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Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows

Born: 1919-09-27 • Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China

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.

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Filmography
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift poster
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 • (archive footage)
The Story of Us poster
The Story of Us
1999 • Dot
Casino poster
Casino
1995 • Jayne Meadows
James Dean: A Portrait poster
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 • Self
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold poster
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994 • Mitch's Mother
The Player poster
The Player
1992 • Jayne Meadows
City Slickers poster
City Slickers
1991 • Mitch's Mom
Murder by Numbers poster
Murder by Numbers
1990 • Pamela
The Jackie Bison Show poster
The Jackie Bison Show
1990 • (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III poster
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 • Self
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon poster
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989 • Charlotte Brink
No Image
A Masterpiece of Murder
1986 • Matilda Hussey
Da Capo poster
Da Capo
1985 • Mrs. Thomas
The Ratings Game poster
The Ratings Game
1984 • Jayne Meadows
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer poster
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984 • Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983 poster
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1983
Miss All-American Beauty poster
Miss All-American Beauty
1982 • Gertrude Hunnicutt
The Gossip Columnist poster
The Gossip Columnist
1980 • Jayne Meadows
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 • Self
Have I Got a Christmas for You poster
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 • Rita
Sex and the Married Woman poster
Sex and the Married Woman
1977 • Irma Caddish
Norman... Is That You? poster
Norman... Is That You?
1976 • Adele Hobart
James Dean poster
James Dean
1976 • Reva Randall
Now You See It, Now You Don't poster
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968 • Ida
The Movie Orgy poster
The Movie Orgy
1968 • Self (archive footage)
College Confidential poster
College Confidential
1960 • Betty Duquesne
It Happened to Jane poster
It Happened to Jane
1959 • Jayne Meadows
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' poster
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956 • Host
David and Bathsheba poster
David and Bathsheba
1951 • Michal
The Fat Man poster
The Fat Man
1951 • Jane Adams
Enchantment poster
Enchantment
1948 • Selina Dane
The Luck of the Irish poster
The Luck of the Irish
1948 • Frances Augur
Song of the Thin Man poster
Song of the Thin Man
1947 • Janet Thayar
Dark Delusion poster
Dark Delusion
1947 • Mrs. Selkirk
Lady in the Lake poster
Lady in the Lake
1946 • Mildred Haveland
Undercurrent poster
Undercurrent
1946 • Sylvia Burton