Jayne Meadows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1919
- Died
- April 26, 2015
- Birthplace
- Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China
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.
Filmography
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift 2010
as (archive footage)
The Story of Us 1999
as Dot
Casino 1995
as Jayne Meadows
James Dean: A Portrait 1995
as Self
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994
as Mitch's Mother
The Player 1992
as Jayne Meadows
City Slickers 1991
as Mitch's Mom
Murder by Numbers 1990
as Pamela
The Jackie Bison Show 1990
as (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
as Self
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon 1989
as Charlotte Brink
- A Masterpiece of Murder
A Masterpiece of Murder 1986
as Matilda Hussey
Da Capo 1985
as Mrs. Thomas
The Ratings Game 1984
as Jayne Meadows
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer 1984
Actor
Don't Ask Me, Ask God 1984
as Self
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983 1983
Actor
Miss All-American Beauty 1982
as Gertrude Hunnicutt
The Gossip Columnist 1980
as Jayne Meadows
The Muppets Go Hollywood 1979
as Self (uncredited)
Have I Got a Christmas for You 1977
as Rita
Sex and the Married Woman 1977
as Irma Caddish
Norman... Is That You? 1976
as Adele Hobart
James Dean 1976
as Reva Randall
Now You See It, Now You Don't 1968
as Ida
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Self (archive footage)
College Confidential 1960
as Betty Duquesne
It Happened to Jane 1959
as Jayne Meadows
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' 1956
as Host
David and Bathsheba 1951
as Michal
The Fat Man 1951
as Jane Adams
Enchantment 1948
as Selina Dane
The Luck of the Irish 1948
as Frances Augur
Song of the Thin Man 1947
as Janet Thayar
Dark Delusion 1947
as Mrs. Selkirk
Lady in the Lake 1946
as Mildred Haveland
Undercurrent 1946
as Sylvia Burton
Credits from TMDB.