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==Appearances==
Wyman originated the role of Angela in the December 1981 first episode "[[In His Father's House]]", remaining until the series finale episode "[[Home Again (Falcon Crest)|Home Again]]" in May 1990.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/29/arts/jame-wyman-i-always-did-four-handkerchief-roles-until-now.html|title=Jane Wyman: 'I Always Did Four-Handkerchief Roles. Until Now.'|first=Marianne|last=Costantinou|date=November 29, 1981|website=[[The New York Times]]|page=D29|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="People Obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20055635,00.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' Star Jane Wyman Dies at 93|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821155120/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20055635,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Wyman appeared in 208 of the series' 227 episodes, missing two episodes in season five ("[[Law and Ardor]]" and "[[Hidden Meanings]]") and 17 episodes in season nine due to health problems.<ref name="LAT 1986">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-13-ca-23423-story.html|title=Wyman Returns to ''Falcon Crest''|date=February 13, 1986|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161243/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-13-ca-23423-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Luther">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/zap-janewymanobit-story.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' Actress Jane Wyman Dies at 90|first=Claudia|last=Luther|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Casting and production==
Wyman, who won an [[Academy Award]] in 1948 for her role in the film ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'', largely retired from acting in 1962 at age 45,<ref name="NYT"/> though she appeared in guest roles on several television series in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562735/Jane-Wyman.html|title=Jane Wyman|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222154211/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562735/Jane-Wyman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For 19 years, only ''Falcon Crest'' lured her back to full-time employment.<ref name="NYT"/> Wyman was initially undecided about taking the role, which was so different from the "self-sacrificing" characters she had previously played.<ref name="Napa VR">{{Cite web|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies/article_b3538cc4-e4fa-5c3f-97db-92db70e62b88.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' star Jane Wyman dies|first=Bob|last=Thomas|publisher=Associated Press|website=[[Napa Valley Register]]|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161239/https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies/article_b3538cc4-e4fa-5c3f-97db-92db70e62b88.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She said:
{{blockquote| I read the pilot script for ''Falcon Crest'' and all of a sudden, it just struck a bell. I thought, 'Well, I've always done the four-handkerchief bits'—you know, everybody walking outside and saying, 'Wasn't it marvelous?' ... Angie Channing is a very heads-up lady, so why don't we just go ahead and play her? I really like her. A lot. She's very much a 1981 kind of lady. You just can't miss on a thing like this. You really can't. If you do, you're dumb.<ref name="NYT"/>}}
''Falcon Crest'' creator [[Earl Hamner Jr.]] offered Wyman the role. She said, "I told him I'd heard [[Barbara Stanwyck]] had turned it down. And he said that was an untrue rumor. It had never been offered to her."<ref name="Bawden">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkKWCwAAQBAJ&q=vintage+years+wyman&pg=PA287|title=Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era|first1=James|last1=Bawden|first2=Ron|last2=Miller|page=287|date=March 4, 2016|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=978-0813167107|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161149/https://books.google.com/books?id=tkKWCwAAQBAJ&q=vintage+years+wyman&pg=PA287#v=snippet&q=vintage%20years%20wyman&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Hamner said he was looking for a "sympathetic actress" for the role.<ref name="Bawden"/> He called Wyman "one of the legendary stars ... a great actress", and insisted that though she was the ex-wife of recently elected [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], her casting had nothing to do with her connection to Reagan.<ref name="NYT"/> Hamner said Wyman was chosen to add credibility to the role, and noted "The character is a harsh one. Miss Wyman's nice-lady image gives Angie more dimension and sympathy."<ref name="NYT"/>
After shooting the original [[pilot episode]] of the series, called ''The Vintage Years'' and featuring Wyman in a silver wig, the actress pushed for changes in Angela.<ref name="Bawden"/> Hamner had warned Wyman that the press would call Angela a female [[J. R. Ewing]], the amoral [[oil baron]] from ''Falcon Crest''{{'s}} lead-in series, ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'', played by [[Larry Hagman]].<ref name="Bawden"/> Not wanting her character to simply be a J.R. clone, Wyman said, "I feel I'm representing all women in business. I may come off as a hard, tough character, but I want Angie to show she's also capable of love."<ref name="TVHS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvherstory.com/longform/2017/2/10/monied-matriarchs-profiles-of-ellie-ewing-angela-channing|title=Monied Matriarchs: Profiles of Ellie Ewing & Angela Channing|website=TVHerstory}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Quirk">{{cite book|title=Jane Wyman: The Actress and the Woman: An Illustrated Biography|first=Lawrence|last=Quirk|author-link=Lawrence J. Quirk|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|date=April 1, 1986|isbn=978-0934878685}}</ref> She said, "I remade my character",<ref name="Bawden"/> and explained:
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==Characterization==
Wyman said that Angela "runs everything. She goes straight through everything like a Mack truck."<ref name="Napa VR"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20070911/ENTERTAINMENT/309119827|title=Oscar winner was first Mrs. Reagan|website=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161235/https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2007/09/11/oscar-winner-was-first-mrs/23811979007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNT">{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2007/09/10/oscar-winner-and-falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies-in-california/|title=Oscar Winner and ''Falcon Crest'' Star Jane Wyman Dies in California|website=[[CityNews Toronto]]|author=News Staff|date=September 10, 2007|via=toronto.citynews.ca|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161109/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2007/09/10/oscar-winner-and-falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies-in-california/|url-status=live}}</ref> The character, positioned as "a Napa Valley winery owner who maintained her power with a steely will",<ref name="Napa VR"/> has been described as "icy",<ref name="THR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-winner-jane-wyman-dies-149848|title=Oscar winner Jane Wyman dies at 90|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Duane|last=Byrge|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/oscar-winner-jane-wyman-dies-149848/|url-status=live}}</ref> "vicious",<ref name="DC">{{Cite web|url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/01/24/a-toast-to-you-falcon-crests-angela-channing|title=A Toast to You ''Falcon Crest''{{'s}} Angela Channing|first=Jamey|last=Giddens|website=[[Daytime Confidential]]|date=March 17, 2015|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022094557/https://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/01/24/a-toast-to-you-falcon-crests-angela-channing|url-status=live}}</ref> "domineering",<ref name="THR"/> "formidable",<ref name="People Obit"/> "ruthless",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wyman-death-idUSN1033676920070910|title=Actress Jane Wyman dead|date=September 10, 2007|first=Steve|last=Gorman|publisher=[[Reuters]]|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517152137/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wyman-death-idUSN1033676920070910|url-status=live}}</ref> "conniving",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14293445|title=Oscar Winner Jane Wyman, Reagan's First Wife, Dies|website=[[NPR]]|first=Elizabeth|last=Blair|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202065012/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14293445|url-status=live}}</ref> "wily",<ref name="SS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-21-8602060582-story.html|title=Actor Revels in Vileness of ''Dynasty'' Bad Guy|first=Vernon|last=Scott|publisher=[[United Press International]]|website=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|date=21 June 1986|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=2021-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629134351/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-21-8602060582-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "power-mad",<ref name="Napa VR"/><ref name="CNT"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2007/9/11/20040520/actress-jane-wyman-is-dead-at-93|title=Actress Jane Wyman is dead at 93|agency=Associated Press|date=September 11, 2007|website=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153923/https://www.deseret.com/2007/9/11/20040520/actress-jane-wyman-is-dead-at-93|url-status=live}}</ref> "villainous",<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y04MQEgHbZsC&q=angela+channing+villain&pg=PA422|title=Historical Dictionary of American Cinema|first=Keith M.|last=Booker|date=March 17, 2011|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|isbn=9780810874596|via=Google Books|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153923/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y04MQEgHbZsC&q=angela+channing+villain&pg=PA422#v=onepage&q=angela%20channing%20villain&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> "backstabbing",<ref name="CNT"/> "a female tyrant",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/television-124731|title=Television|author=''Newsweek'' Staff|date=November 28, 2004|website=[[Newsweek]]|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213085629/https://www.newsweek.com/television-124731|url-status=live}}</ref> and as "an iron-fisted matriarch who will let nothing stop her quest for power and goes head-to-head with anyone trying to gain control of the coveted Falcon Crest Vineyards."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.warnerarchive.com/dueling-divas-jane-wyman-and-lana-turner-in-falcon-crest-bfb95e4642cc|title=Dueling Divas: Jane Wyman and Lana Turner in ''Falcon Crest''|date=February 3, 2017|website=Warner Archive|access-date=April 15, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Jamey Giddens of ''[[Daytime Confidential]]'' called Angela "the most cunning, lethal, downright venomous one of them all" among prime time soap opera villainesses from the 1980s, and described her as "the indominable Angela, a woman wouldn't think twice about stabbing her own children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews in the back if it meant maintaining control of her grandfather's legacy, Falcon Crest."<ref name="DC"/> Angela runs the winery and her family "with the precision of a drill sergeant", and is "feared, loathed and respected" by everyone in the Tuscany Valley.<ref name="121 Shows">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOUyBwAAQBAJ&q=angela+channing+villain&pg=PA133|title=The American Family on Television: A Chronology of 121 Shows, 1948–2004|first=Marla|last=Brooks|date=March 12, 2015|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|via=Google Books|pages=132–135|isbn=9781476606903|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153923/https://books.google.com/books?id=qOUyBwAAQBAJ&q=angela+channing+villain&pg=PA133#v=snippet&q=angela%20channing%20villain&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> According to her nemesis [[Richard Channing]] ([[David Selby]]), Angela tells more lies "than the devil himself".<ref name="121 Shows"/>
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