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Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 27, 1919
Died Apr 26, 2015 (95)
Birthplace Wu-ch'ang, Heilongjiang, China
Popularity 11 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jayne Meadows (born Jane Meadows Cotter; 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 a ... nd was the elder sister of actress and memoirist Audrey Meadows. 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

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as archival footage

The Story of Us

The Story of Us

1999

as Dot

The Player

The Player

1992

as Jayne Meadows

City Slickers

City Slickers

1991

as Mitch's Mom

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

1990

as Pamela

The Jackie Bison Show

The Jackie Bison Show

1990

as (voice)

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

1989

as Charlotte Brink

A Masterpiece of Murder

A Masterpiece of Murder

1986

as Matilda Hussey

The Ratings Game

The Ratings Game

1984

as Jayne Meadows

Miss All-American Beauty

Miss All-American Beauty

1982

as Gertrude Hunnicutt

The Gossip Columnist

The Gossip Columnist

1980

as Jayne Meadows

Sex and the Married Woman

Sex and the Married Woman

1977

as Irma Caddish

Norman... Is That You?

Norman... Is That You?

1976

as Adele Hobart

James Dean

James Dean

1976

as Reva Randall

College Confidential

College Confidential

1960

as Betty Duquesne

It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

1959

as Jayne Meadows

The Fat Man

The Fat Man

1951

as Jane Adams

David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

1951

as Michal

Enchantment

Enchantment

1948

as Selina Dane

The Luck of the Irish

The Luck of the Irish

1948

as Frances Augur

Dark Delusion

Dark Delusion

1947

as Mrs. Selkirk

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

as Janet Thayar

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

1946

as Mildred Haveland

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

1946

as Sylvia Burton

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Television Credits

It's Not Easy

as Ruth Long

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 29, 1983

High Society

as Alice

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 30, 1995

Alice in Wonderland

as Queen of Hearts

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 09, 1985

Here's Lucy

as Laura Trenton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

The Love Boat

as Myrna Foster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Hawaii Five-O

as Jessica Humboldt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Studio One

as Leslie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as Jean Fletcher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Mrs. Cochran

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1993

Crazy like a Fox

as Vi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1984

The Nancy Walker Show

as Georgia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1976

Temperatures Rising

as Miss Brandon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1972

Switch

as Andrea

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1975

Your Show of Shows

as Various

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 1950

Suspense

as Helen Brady

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1949

Diagnosis: Murder

as Connie Masters

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

The Love Boat

as Jayne Meadows

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Adam-12

as Ida Huntington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1968

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Rita Solomon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

The Love Boat

as Mrs. Tate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

The Love Boat

as Gertrude Benson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

The Love Boat

as Gwen Finley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Anna Ella Carroll

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

The Outsider

as LIl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1968

The Ann Sothern Show

as Liza Vincent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

Sisters

as Ida Benbow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 11, 1991

Murder, She Wrote

as Lila Lee Amberson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Medical Center

as Nurse Chambers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Good Morning World

as Mary Margaret

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1967

Love, American Style

as Tana

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1969

I've Got a Secret

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 328

First Aired: Jun 19, 1952

Meeting of Minds

as Self

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Jan 10, 1977

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

St. Elsewhere

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 26, 1982

Trapper John, M.D.

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 23, 1979

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

Hotel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Matt Houston

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Enos

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 12, 1980

Robert Montgomery Presents

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Aloha Paradise

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 1981

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Practice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1976

The Judy Garland Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1963

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - cameo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Comedian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1950

The Wil Shriner Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1987

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1969

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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