Jayne Meadows
Known For
Acting
Born
1919-09-27 in Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China
Died
2015-04-26
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jayne Meadows, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Nanny
as Jayne Meadows
The Love Boat
as Myrna Foster
The Love Boat
as Jayne Meadows
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Tate
The Love Boat
as Gertrude Benson
The Love Boat
as Gwen Finley
Murder, She Wrote
as Lila Lee Amberson
Diagnosis: Murder
as Connie Masters
What's My Line?
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
Adam-12
as Ida Huntington
St. Elsewhere
as Olga Oseransky
Hawaii Five-O
as Jessica Humboldt
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Studio One
as Leslie
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Mrs. Cochran
Hotel
Love, American Style
as Tana
The Oscars
as Self
