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Born:
1919-09-27

Birthplace:
Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China

Credits:
88 Total Roles

Jayne Meadows

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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.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2010 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift MOVIE (archive footage)
1999 The Story of Us MOVIE Dot
1995 Casino MOVIE Jayne Meadows
1995 High Society TV Alice
1995 James Dean: A Portrait MOVIE Self
1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold MOVIE Mitch's Mother
1993 The Nanny TV Jayne Meadows
1993 Diagnosis: Murder TV Connie Masters
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street TV Mrs. Cochran
1992 The Player MOVIE Jayne Meadows

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