Jayne Meadows
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| Jayne Meadows | |
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 Meadows and Steve Allen, September 1987 |
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| Born | Jayne Cotter September 27, 1920 Wu-ch'ang, China (now Wuchang, China) |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Allen 1954 – 2000 (his death) |
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Jayne Meadows (born September 27, 1920) is an American movie and stage actress and author.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] 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).[1] The family later returned to their home in Connecticut, United States.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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, by whom she had one son, and several stepchildren.
[edit] 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)
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
- Casino (1995)
- The Story of Us (1999)
[edit] 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)
- The Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
- The Jackie Bison Show (1990) (voice) (unsold pilot)
- High Society (1995 – 1996)
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
