Jayne Meadows (born Jane Cotter; September , â€" April , ), 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.Jayne Meadows was born
Jane Cotter in , in Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, the elder
daughter of American Episcopal missionary parents, the Rev. Francis
James Meadows Cotter and his wife, the former Ida Miller Taylor, who
had married in . Her younger sister was actress Audrey Meadows. She
also had two older brothers. In the early s, the family settled in
Sharon, Connecticut, where her father had been appointed rector of
Christ Church.Meadows' most famous movies include: Undercurrent (with
Katharine Hepburn), 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) and Enchantment (with David Niven and Teresa Wright). Louella
Parsons presented to Meadows the Cosmopolitan Award for Finest
Dramatic Performance of , for Enchantment.Among her earliest
television appearances, Meadows played reporter Helen Brady in a
episode of Suspense opposite Walter Matthau titled, "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?, the latter
alongside husband Steve Allen. She also appeared on the NBC interview
program Here's Hollywood. During the early days of the burgeoning live
entertainment scene in Las Vegas, the Allens occasionally worked
together as an act.
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.Jayne Meadows was born
Jane Cotter in , in Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, the elder
daughter of American Episcopal missionary parents, the Rev. Francis
James Meadows Cotter and his wife, the former Ida Miller Taylor, who
had married in . Her younger sister was actress Audrey Meadows. She
also had two older brothers. In the early s, the family settled in
Sharon, Connecticut, where her father had been appointed rector of
Christ Church.Meadows' most famous movies include: Undercurrent (with
Katharine Hepburn), 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) and Enchantment (with David Niven and Teresa Wright). Louella
Parsons presented to Meadows the Cosmopolitan Award for Finest
Dramatic Performance of , for Enchantment.Among her earliest
television appearances, Meadows played reporter Helen Brady in a
episode of Suspense opposite Walter Matthau titled, "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?, the latter
alongside husband Steve Allen. She also appeared on the NBC interview
program Here's Hollywood. During the early days of the burgeoning live
entertainment scene in Las Vegas, the Allens occasionally worked
together as an act.
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