Actor
Jayne Meadows
Born September 27, 1919 in Wuchang, Heilongjiang, ChinaDied April 26, 201530 films
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.
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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.
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30 films as actor- 1999The Story of UsDot
- 1995CasinoJayne Meadows
- 1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldMitch's Mother
- 1992The PlayerJayne Meadows
- 1991City SlickersMitch's Mom
- 1990Murder by NumbersPamela
- 1990The Jackie Bison Show(voice)
- 1989Parent Trap: Hawaiian HoneymoonCharlotte Brink
- 1986A Masterpiece of MurderMatilda Hussey
- 1985Da CapoMrs. Thomas
- 1984The Ratings GameJayne Meadows
- 1984Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
- 1983Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
- 1982Miss All-American BeautyGertrude Hunnicutt
- 1980The Gossip ColumnistJayne Meadows
- 1977Have I Got a Christmas for YouRita
- 1977Sex and the Married WomanIrma Caddish
- 1976Norman... Is That You?Adele Hobart
- 1976James DeanReva Randall
- 1968Now You See It, Now You Don'tIda
- 1960College ConfidentialBetty Duquesne
- 1959It Happened to JaneJayne Meadows
- 1951David and BathshebaMichal
- 1951The Fat ManJane Adams
- 1948EnchantmentSelina Dane
- 1948The Luck of the IrishFrances Augur
- 1947Song of the Thin ManJanet Thayar
- 1947Dark DelusionMrs. Selkirk
- 1946Lady in the LakeMildred Haveland
- 1946UndercurrentSylvia Burton