Jayne Meadows

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caption = Meadows and Steve Allen, September 1987
birthname = Jayne Cotter
birthdate = birth date and age|1920|9|27
birthplace = Wu-ch'ang, China
(now Wuchang, China)
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spouse = Steve Allen
1954 – 2000 (his death)
website = http://www.jaynemeadows.com
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Jayne Meadows (born September 27, 1920) is an American movie and stage actress and author.

Biography

Early life

Meadows was born Jayne Meadows Cotter in Wu-ch'ang (now Wuchang), China, to Episcopal missionary parents, the Rev. Francis James Meadows Cotter and Ida Cotter ("née" Ida Miller Taylor). [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950CE4DF1338E633A25755C1A9629C946496D6CF Miss Ida M. Taylor to be Bride of Rev. F.J.M. Cotter on May 27.] , "The New York Times", April 16, 1915, last accessed May 6, 2008.] The family later returned to their home in Connecticut, United States.

Career

Meadows' most famous movies include: "Song of the Thin Man" (with William Powell and Myrna Loy), "David and Bathsheba" (with Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Raymond Massey), "Lady in the Lake" (with Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter), "Enchantment" (with David Niven and Teresa Wright). and "City Slickers" (as the voice of Billy Crystal's oversolicitous mother).

Meadows was a regular panelist on the original version of "I've Got a Secret" and an occasional panelist on "What's My Line?", the latter alongside husband Steve Allen. During the early days of the burgeoning live entertainment scene in Las Vegas, the Allens occasionally worked together as an act.

Personal life

Meadows was the older sister of Audrey Meadows, whom she survives, as well as having had two brothers who are also deceased.

She was married to Steve Allen from 1954 until his death in 2000, with whom she had one son, and several stepchildren.

Filmography

* "Undercurrent" (1946)
* "Lady in the Lake" (1947)
* "Dark Delusion" (1947)
* "Song of the Thin Man" (1947)
* "The Luck of the Irish" (1948)
* "Enchantment" (1948)
* "The Fat Man" (1951)
* "David and Bathsheba" (1951)
* "It Happened to Jane" (1959)
* "College Confidential" (1960)
* "Norman... Is That You?" (1976)
* "Da Capo" (1985)
* "Murder by Numbers" (1990)
* "City Slickers" (1991)
* "The Player" (1992)
* "For Goodness Sake" (1993)
* "" (1994)
* "Casino" (1995)
* "The Story of Us" (1999)

Television work

* "I've Got a Secret" (panelist from 1952 – 1959)
* "To Tell the Truth" (regular panelist from 1957 – 1961)
* "The Judy Garland Show" (ep. 11, 1963)
* "Medical Center" (cast member from 1969 – 1972)
* "James Dean" (1976)
* "Meeting of Minds" (1977 – 1981)
* "Sex and the Married Woman" (1977)
* "The Gossip Columnist" (1980)
* "Trivia Trap" (panelist Celebrity Week from 1984)
* "Miss All-American Beauty" (1982)
* "It's Not Easy" (1983) (canceled after 4 episodes)
* "The Ratings Game" (1984)
* "Alice in Wonderland" (1985)
* "A Masterpiece of Murder" (1986)
* "" (1989)
* "The Jackie Bison Show" (1990) (voice) (unsold pilot)
* "High Society" (1995 – 1996)

References

External links

* [http://www.jaynemeadows.com Jayne Meadows official website]
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