Jayne Meadows

Acting

Jayne Meadows

Born September 27, 1919Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China82 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Casino
1995Casino
as Jayne MeadowsMovie
The Nanny
1993The Nanny
as Jayne MeadowsTV
Diagnosis: Murder
1993Diagnosis: Murder
as Connie MastersTV
The Player
1992The Player
as Jayne MeadowsMovie
City Slickers
1991City Slickers
as Mitch's MomMovie
Sisters
1991Sisters
as Ida BenbowTV
Murder by Numbers
1990Murder by Numbers
as PamelaMovie
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1986A Masterpiece of Murder
as Matilda HusseyMovie
Alice in Wonderland
1985Alice in Wonderland
as Queen of HeartsTV
Da Capo
1985Da Capo
as Mrs. ThomasMovie
The Ratings Game
1984The Ratings Game
as Jayne MeadowsMovie
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wrote
as Lila Lee AmbersonTV
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1983It's Not Easy
as Ruth LongTV
Miss All-American Beauty
1982Miss All-American Beauty
as Gertrude HunnicuttMovie
St. Elsewhere
1982St. Elsewhere
as Olga OseranskyTV
The Gossip Columnist
1980The Gossip Columnist
as Jayne MeadowsMovie
The Love Boat
1977The Love Boat
as Myrna FosterTV
Sex and the Married Woman
1977Sex and the Married Woman
as Irma CaddishMovie
Norman... Is That You?
1976Norman... Is That You?
as Adele HobartMovie
James Dean
1976James Dean
as Reva RandallMovie
Switch
1975Switch
as AndreaTV
Temperatures Rising
1972Temperatures Rising
as Miss BrandonTV
Medical Center
1969Medical Center
as Nurse ChambersTV
Here's Lucy
1968Here's Lucy
as Laura TrentonTV
Adam-12
1968Adam-12
as Ida HuntingtonTV
Hawaii Five-O
1968Hawaii Five-O
as Jessica HumboldtTV
The Movie Orgy
1968The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Good Morning World
1967Good Morning World
as Mary MargaretTV
College Confidential
1960College Confidential
as Betty DuquesneMovie
It Happened to Jane
1959It Happened to Jane
as Jayne MeadowsMovie
The Ann Sothern Show
1958The Ann Sothern Show
as Liza VincentTV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rita SolomonTV
The Fat Man
1951The Fat Man
as Jane AdamsMovie
Suspense
1949Suspense
as Helen BradyTV
Enchantment
1948Enchantment
as Selina DaneMovie
Studio One
1948Studio One
as LeslieTV
The Luck of the Irish
1948The Luck of the Irish
as Frances AugurMovie
Song of the Thin Man
1947Song of the Thin Man
as Janet ThayarMovie
Dark Delusion
1947Dark Delusion
as Mrs. SelkirkMovie
Lady in the Lake
1946Lady in the Lake
as Mildred HavelandMovie
Undercurrent
1946Undercurrent
as Sylvia BurtonMovie