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Home/People/Jayne Meadows
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Born
Sep 27, 1919Died: Apr 26, 2015
Lived 95 years
Place of Birth
Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

37
Movies
51
TV Shows
Also Known As
Jane Meadows Allen
Jayne Meadows Allen
Mrs. Steve Allen
Jane Cotter
IMDb Profile

Jayne Meadows

Acting

Biography
Jayne Meadows (September 27, 1919 – April 26, 2015), also known as Jayne Meadows-Allen, was an American stage, film and television actress, as well as an author and lecturer. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards during her career. Meadows' most famous movies include: Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man, David and Bathsheba, Lady in the Lake, Enchantment. Among her earliest television appearances, Meadows played reporter Helen Brady in the 1953 Suspense episode F.O.B. Vienna. She was a regular panelist on the original version of I've Got a Secret and an occasional panelist on What's My Line?. She also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. Prior to Allen's death in 2000, the couple made several television appearances together; in 1998 they played an argumentative elderly couple in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1999, the couple made their last joint TV appearance in the Diagnosis: Murder episode The Roast, which marked Steve Allen's final screen appearance. She also appeared in City Slickers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jayne Meadows, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

as (archive footage)
2010
The Story of Us poster

The Story of Us

as Dot
1999
Casino poster

Casino

as Jayne Meadows
1995
James Dean: A Portrait poster

James Dean: A Portrait

as Self
1995
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold poster

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

as Mitch's Mother
1994
The Player poster

The Player

as Jayne Meadows
1992
City Slickers poster

City Slickers

as Mitch's Mom
1991
Murder by Numbers poster

Murder by Numbers

as Pamela
1990
The Jackie Bison Show poster

The Jackie Bison Show

as (voice)
1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self
1990
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Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

as Charlotte Brink
1989
A Masterpiece of Murder poster

A Masterpiece of Murder

as Matilda Hussey
1986
Da Capo poster

Da Capo

as Mrs. Thomas
1985
The Ratings Game poster

The Ratings Game

as Jayne Meadows
1984
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer poster

Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer

Cast
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

as Self
1984
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Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983

Cast
1983
Miss All-American Beauty poster

Miss All-American Beauty

as Gertrude Hunnicutt
1982
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The Gossip Columnist

as Jayne Meadows
1980
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

as Self
1979