Jayne Meadows

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.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Diagnosis: Murder

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Nanny

All Movies (37)

• 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift2010 · as (archive footage)
• The Story of Us1999 · as Dot
• Casino1995 · as Jayne Meadows
• James Dean: A Portrait1995 · as Self
• City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold1994 · as Mitch's Mother
• The Player1992 · as Jayne Meadows
• City Slickers1991 · as Mitch's Mom
• Murder by Numbers1990 · as Pamela
• The Jackie Bison Show1990 · as (voice)
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon1989 · as Charlotte Brink
• A Masterpiece of Murder1986 · as Matilda Hussey
• Da Capo1985 · as Mrs. Thomas
• The Ratings Game1984 · as Jayne Meadows
• Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer1984
• Don't Ask Me, Ask God1984 · as Self
• Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 19831983
• Miss All-American Beauty1982 · as Gertrude Hunnicutt
• The Gossip Columnist1980 · as Jayne Meadows
• The Muppets Go Hollywood1979 · as Self
• Have I Got a Christmas for You1977 · as Rita
• Sex and the Married Woman1977 · as Irma Caddish
• Norman... Is That You?1976 · as Adele Hobart
• James Dean1976 · as Reva Randall
• Now You See It, Now You Don't1968 · as Ida
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• College Confidential1960 · as Betty Duquesne
• It Happened to Jane1959 · as Jayne Meadows
• New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'1956 · as Host
• David and Bathsheba1951 · as Michal
• The Fat Man1951 · as Jane Adams
• Enchantment1948 · as Selina Dane
• The Luck of the Irish1948 · as Frances Augur
• Song of the Thin Man1947 · as Janet Thayar
• Dark Delusion1947 · as Mrs. Selkirk
• Lady in the Lake1946 · as Mildred Haveland
• Undercurrent1946 · as Sylvia Burton

All TV Shows (51)

• High Society1995 · as Alice
• The Nanny1993 · as Jayne Meadows
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Connie Masters
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Mrs. Cochran
• Sisters1991 · as Ida Benbow
• The Wil Shriner Show1987 · as Self
• Alice in Wonderland1985 · as Queen of Hearts
• Crazy like a Fox1984 · as Vi
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lila Lee Amberson
• It's Not Easy1983 · as Ruth Long
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Olga Oseransky
• Matt Houston1982
• Hotel1982
• Aloha Paradise1981
• Enos1980
• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe1980 · as Ruth LaCross
• Trapper John, M.D.1979
• The Love Boat1977 · as Myrna Foster
• The Love Boat1977 · as Jayne Meadows
• The Love Boat1977 · as Mrs. Tate
• The Love Boat1977 · as Gertrude Benson
• The Love Boat1977 · as Gwen Finley
• Meeting of Minds1977 · as Self
• The Nancy Walker Show1976 · as Georgia
• The Practice1976
• Switch1975 · as Andrea
• Temperatures Rising1972 · as Miss Brandon
• Love, American Style1969 · as Tana
• Medical Center1969 · as Nurse Chambers
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969 · as Self
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Laura Trenton
• Adam-121968 · as Ida Huntington
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Jessica Humboldt
• The Outsider1968 · as LIl
• Good Morning World1967 · as Mary Margaret
• The Judy Garland Show1963 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Ann Sothern Show1958 · as Liza Vincent
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Jean Fletcher
• I've Got a Secret1952 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Rita Solomon
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Anna Ella Carroll
• Pulitzer Prize Playhouse1950
• Your Show of Shows1950 · as Various
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Panelist
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Suspense1949 · as Helen Brady
• Studio One1948 · as Leslie