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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

Gender

Female

Birthday

1919-09-27

Day of Death

2015-04-26 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Wu-ch'ang, Heilongjiang, China

Also Known As

Jane Meadows Allen

Jayne Meadows Allen

Mrs. Steve Allen

Jane Cotter

Jayne Meadows

Biography

​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 and 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.

Known For

Acting

Lady in the Lake

1946

Lady in the Lake

as

Mildred Haveland

The Player

1992

The Player

as

Jayne Meadows

The Movie Orgy

1968

The Movie Orgy

as

Self (archive footage)

Enchantment

1948

Enchantment

as

Selina Dane

Song of the Thin Man

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as

Janet Thayar

Undercurrent

1946

Undercurrent

as

Sylvia Burton

The Fat Man

1951

The Fat Man

as

Jane Adams

Miss All-American Beauty

1982

Miss All-American Beauty

as

Gertrude Hunnicutt

College Confidential

1960

College Confidential

as

Betty Duquesne

Norman... Is That You?

1976

Norman... Is That You?

as

Adele Hobart

The Luck of the Irish

1948

The Luck of the Irish

as

Frances Augur

Casino

1995

Casino

as

Herself

Sex and the Married Woman

1977

Sex and the Married Woman

as

Irma Caddish

Dark Delusion

1947

Dark Delusion

as

Mrs. Selkirk

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

as

(archive footage)

James Dean

1976

James Dean

as

Reva Randall

The Gossip Columnist

1980

The Gossip Columnist

as

Jayne Meadows

A Masterpiece of Murder

1986

A Masterpiece of Murder

as

Matilda Hussey

The Ratings Game

1984

The Ratings Game

as

Jayne Meadows

It Happened to Jane

1959

It Happened to Jane

as

Jayne Meadows

City Slickers

1991

City Slickers

as

Mitch's Mom

Murder by Numbers

1990

Murder by Numbers

as

Pamela

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

1989

Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon

as

Charlotte Brink

Da Capo

1985

Da Capo

as

Mrs. Thomas

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy

as

Laura Trenton

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Myrna Foster

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

as

Jessica Humboldt

Studio One

Studio One

as

Leslie

I've Got a Secret

I've Got a Secret

as

Self - Panelist

Temperatures Rising

Temperatures Rising

as

Miss Brandon

Switch

Switch

as

Andrea

Suspense

Suspense

as

Helen Brady

It's Not Easy

It's Not Easy

as

Ruth Long

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

as

Queen of Hearts

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Connie Masters

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Jayne Meadows

Adam-12

Adam-12

as

Ida Huntington

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Rita Solomon

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Mrs. Tate

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as

Self - Singer

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as

Self - cameo

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as

Self - Guest

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as

Self - Comedian

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Gertrude Benson

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Gwen Finley

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Mystery Guest

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Panelist

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Anna Ella Carroll

The Ann Sothern Show

The Ann Sothern Show

as

Liza Vincent

Sisters

Sisters

as

Ida Benbow

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Lila Lee Amberson

Medical Center

Medical Center

as

Nurse Chambers

Good Morning World

Good Morning World

as

Mary Margaret

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

as

Olga Oseransky

Production

Crew

Directing