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Jayne Meadows
Actor

Jayne Meadows

Born September 27, 1919 in Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China

Died April 26, 2015

5 films

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. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 5

David and Bathsheba (1951) movie poster
David and Bathsheba1951
The Luck of the Irish (1948) movie poster
The Luck of the Irish1948
Song of the Thin Man (1947) movie poster
Song of the Thin Man1947
Lady in the Lake (1946) movie poster
Lady in the Lake1946
Undercurrent (1946) movie poster
Undercurrent1946