Jayne Meadows
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Jayne Meadows (born Jane Meadows Cotter; 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 and was the elder sister of actress and memoirist Audrey Meadows.
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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.757 |
Birthday | 1919-09-27 |
Place of Birth | Wu-ch'ang, Heilongjiang, China |
Also Known As | Jane Meadows Allen, Jayne Meadows Allen, Mrs. Steve Allen, Jane Cotter, |
1946
Lady in the Lake
6.064/94
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fro...
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Lady in the Lake
1992
The Player
7.2/773
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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The Player
1999
The Story of Us
6.1/306
Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.
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The Story of Us
1948
Enchantment
6.7/9
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last da...
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Enchantment
1947
Song of the Thin Man
6.8/85
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
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Song of the Thin Man
1946
Undercurrent
5.8/47
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant...
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Undercurrent
1951
The Fat Man
5.7/15
A innocent dentist is murdered and the only apparent motive seems to be to steal a set of dental x-rays. To the police it looks like an accident, but...
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The Fat Man
1982
Miss All-American Beauty
2/1
After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teenage girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning...
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Miss All-American Beauty
1960
College Confidential
5.8/2
Sociology professor Steve MacInter is conducting a survey at Collins College about the mores and lifestyles of the young people. Some of the good citi...
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College Confidential
1976
Norman... Is That You?
5.3/12
Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.
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Norman... Is That You?
1948
The Luck of the Irish
5.794/17
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
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The Luck of the Irish
1951
David and Bathsheba
5.871/58
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
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David and Bathsheba
1947
Dark Delusion
6/4
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay....
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Dark Delusion
1976
James Dean
4.7/7
A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both w...
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James Dean
1956
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
6/1
Star studded charity New York premiere of the film Giant
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New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1980
The Gossip Columnist
7.5/2
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.
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The Gossip Columnist
1984
The Ratings Game
5.667/21
A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
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The Ratings Game
1986
A Masterpiece of Murder
0/0
An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.
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A Masterpiece of Murder
1959
It Happened to Jane
6.115/61
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It Happened to Jane
1991
City Slickers
6.425/738
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
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City Slickers
1990
Murder by Numbers
1/1
Hired by the deceased's ex-wife, a private eye checks out the death of a gay man who had AIDS.
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Murder by Numbers
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
5.216/294
Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Neverthel...
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1989
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
5.2/22
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst co...
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Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1984
Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
0/0
Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows teach viewers computer terminology, basic functionality and the many common uses of home computers.
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Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer
1968
Now You See It, Now You Don't
0/0
A bumbling art expert, hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the Louvre, schemes to steal it.
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1985
Da Capo
2/1
Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biographical look at Finland's violinist Arto Arsi is not...
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Da Capo
1977
Have I Got a Christmas for You
0/0
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorou...
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Have I Got a Christmas for You
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.2/18
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
1968
The Movie Orgy
6.222/9
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
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The Movie Orgy
1990
The Jackie Bison Show
5/1
An animated show about a bison with his own talk show modeled after the Jack Benny Show.
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The Jackie Bison Show
1977
Sex and the Married Woman
1/1
A suburban housewife writes a novel based on her neighbors' sex lives. It becomes a runaway best seller, but causes no end of trouble in her marriage...
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1990
Night of 100 Stars III
4/2
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III
1995
Casino
8.01/5646
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but ov...
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1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
0/0
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Don't Ask Me, Ask God
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
6.563/16
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