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Jayne Meadows

Acting

Born September 27, 1919 · Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China

Died April 26, 2015

Also known as Jane Meadows Allen · Jayne Meadows Allen · Mrs. Steve Allen

Biography

Jayne Meadows 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 wife of original Tonight Show host Steve Allen. She was the elder sister of actress, banker, and memoirist Audrey Meadows.

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Filmography31 titles

The Nanny

1993as Jayne Meadows

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Mrs. Cochran

Casino

1995as Jayne Meadows

I've Got a Secret

1952as Self

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Lila Lee Amberson

The Player

1992as Jayne Meadows

Sisters

1991as Ida Benbow

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Jessica Humboldt

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Connie Masters

Adam-12

1968as Ida Huntington

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

1980as Ruth LaCross

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969as Self

Enchantment

1948as Selina Dane

Song of the Thin Man

1947as Janet Thayar

Here's Lucy

1968as Laura Trenton

City Slickers

1991as Mitch's Mom

Fantasy Island

1978as Liz Merrill

The Love Boat

1977as Gertrude Benson

It Happened to Jane

1959as Jayne Meadows

The Story of Us

1999as Dot

The Luck of the Irish

1948as Frances Augur

Lady in the Lake

1946as Mildred Haveland

Undercurrent

1946as Sylvia Burton

David and Bathsheba

1951as Michal

The Ratings Game

1984as Jayne Meadows

St. Elsewhere

1982as Olga Oseransky

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994as Mitch's Mother

Suspense

1949as Helen Brady

James Dean

1976as Reva Randall

Miss All-American Beauty

1982as Gertrude Hunnicutt