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One of four children born to American missionaries, Jayne Meadows (nee Cotter) and her family returned to America in the early 1930s wherein Jayne was forced to learn the English language, only then speaking Chinese and other foreign languages. She developed an early interest in acting and her quick... See full bio »

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1999 The Story of Us
Dot
 
1999 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
Connie Masters
The Roast (1999) … Connie Masters
 
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Mrs. Cochran
Shaggy Dog, City Goat (1998) … Mrs. Cochran
 
1995-1996 High Society (TV series)
Alice Morgan
The Family Jewels (1996) … Alice Morgan
Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore (1996) … Alice Morgan
Nip and Tuck (1996) … Alice Morgan
Finnigan's Rainbow (1995) … Alice Morgan
Tomb with a View (1995) … Alice Morgan
 
1994 Tom (TV series)
Marianne
Daddyshack (1994) … Marianne
 
1993 Sisters (TV series)
Ida Benbeow
A Kick in the Caboose (1993) … Ida Benbeow (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1993 For Goodness Sake (short)
 
1992 Civil Wars (TV series)
 
1991 Square One TV (TV series)
Lady Esther Astor Astute
 
1991 City Slickers
Mitch's Mom
 
1991 Mathnet (TV series)
Lady Esther Astor Astute
 
1990 The Jackie Bison Show (TV movie)
Mrs. St. Fawn (voice)
 
1990 Murder by Numbers
Pamela
 
1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (TV movie)
Charlotte Brink
 
1987-1988 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Olga Osoranski
The Abby Singer Show (1988) … Olga Osoranski
Visiting Daze (1987) … Olga Osoranski
Russian Roulette (1987) … Olga Osoranski
 
1986 Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)
Rosie (1986)
 
1978-1986 The Love Boat (TV series)
Gwen Finley / Janice / Mrs. Benson / …
Gothic Romance/Whatever Happened to Crazy Joe Flash?/We'll Meet Again (1986) … Janice (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
April in Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life (1982) … Gwen Finley (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover (1980) … Mrs. Benson (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
The Business of Love/Crash Diet Crush/I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1978) … Myrna Foster (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1986 A Masterpiece of Murder (TV movie)
Matilda Hussey
 
1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Lila Lee Amberson
Murder by Appointment Only (1986) … Lila Lee Amberson (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1985 Da Capo
Mrs. Thomas
 
1985 Hotel (TV series)
Fran Clark
Detours (1985) … Fran Clark (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1983 It's Not Easy (TV series)
Ruth Long
Teacher's Pets (1983) … Ruth Long
Betrayal (1983) … Ruth Long
Jack Kills Sharon's Grandmother (1983) … Ruth Long
Did He or Didn't He? (1983) … Ruth Long
Pilot (1983) … Ruth Long
 
1979-1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Beatrice Solomon / Contessa / Liz Merrill / …
What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors (1983) … Margaret Wharton (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket (1983) … Beatrice Solomon (as Jane Meadows Allen)
Night in the Harem/Druids (1981) … Contessa (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
The Cheerleaders/Marooned (1979) … Liz Merrill (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
Cowboy/Substitute Wife (1979) … Nadine Winslow (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1983 Matt Houston (TV series)
Holly Harkens
The Beverly Woods Social Club (1983) … Holly Harkens (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1982 Miss All-American Beauty (TV movie)
Gertrude Hunnicutt
 
1980-1982 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Edwina Garth / Melissa
Cause for Concern (1982) … Melissa
'Til Life Do Us Part (1980) … Edwina Garth (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1981 Rise and Shine (TV series)
Mrs. Moffett
Pilot (1981) … Mrs. Moffett
 
1980 The Gossip Columnist (TV movie)
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
Ruth
Pilot: Part 1 (1980) … Ruth
 
1979 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Jessica Humboldt
Sign of the Ram (1979) … Jessica Humboldt
 
1979 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Marlene Baker
Sighting 4026: The Atlantic Queen Incident (1979) … Marlene Baker
 
1979 The Paper Chase (TV series)
Marian Chandler
The Man in the Chair (1979) … Marian Chandler
 
1977 Have I Got a Christmas for You (TV movie)
Rita
 
1977 Sex and the Married Woman (TV movie)
Irma Caddish
 
1977 Switch (TV series)
Andrea
Eden's Gate (1977) … Andrea
 
1976 The Nancy Walker Show (TV series)
Georgia
Rival Agents (1976) … Georgia
 
1976 The Practice (TV series)
Mrs. Milnor
The Snow Job (1976) … Mrs. Milnor
 
1976 Norman... Is That You?
Adele Hobart
 
1976 James Dean (TV movie)
Reva Randall
 
1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
The Cost of Giving (1974)
 
1974 Witness to Yesterday (TV series)
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1974) … Cleopatra
 
1973 Adam-12 (TV series)
Ida Huntington
Harbor Division (1973) … Ida Huntington
 
1972 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
Miss Brandon
Good Luck, Leftkowitz (1972) … Miss Brandon
 
1969-1972 Medical Center (TV series)
Nurse Chambers
Terror (1972) … Nurse Chambers
The Shattered Man (1971) … Nurse Chambers
The Imposter (1971) … Nurse Chambers
Danger Point (1971) … Nurse Chambers
Man at Bay (1970) … Nurse Chambers
 
1970 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Laura Trenton
Lucy Stops a Marriage (1970) … Laura Trenton
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Tana Wright (segment "Love and the Many Married Couple")
Love and the Safely Married Man/Love and the Uncoupled Couple/Love and the Many Married Couple (1970) … Tana Wright (segment "Love and the Many Married Couple")
 
1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Eleanor Tangiers
Next Week, East Lynne (1969) … Eleanor Tangiers
 
1968 Now You See It, Now You Don't (TV movie)
Ida
 
1968 Good Morning, World (TV series)
Mary Margaret
The Lady and the Pussycat (1968) … Mary Margaret
 
1967 The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (TV series)
Various parts
Episode dated 5 July 1967 (1967) … Various parts
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Bredan
Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 2 (1964) … Mrs. Bredan
Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 1 (1964) … Mrs. Bredan
 
1957-1963 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Clem's Greedy Relative / Gloria Dalton / Mrs. Cavendish / …
My Son, the Monster (1963) … Mrs. Cavendish
The Dalton Gals (1962) … Gloria Dalton
San Fernando's Thanksgiving (1959) … Ruby - San Fernando's Accomplice
Cauliflower's Reducing Salon (1958) … Ruthie
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Myra
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1962) … Myra
 
1961 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Regular
Christmas Show (1961) … Regular
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Jean Fletcher
The Man Who Thought for Himself (1960) … Jean Fletcher
 
1957-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Comedian-Babies Mother / Comedian-Babies Nurse / Wife of Frankenstein / …
Episode #5.14 (1960) … Wife of Frankenstein
Episode #3.29 (1958) … Comedian-Babies Nurse
Episode #3.22 (1958) … Comedian-Babies Mother
New York Film Critics Awards (1957) … Woman (segment "Man on the Street")
 
1959 The Ann Sothern Show (TV series)
Liza Vincent
Top Executive (1959) … Liza Vincent
 
1959 It Happened to Jane
Jayne Meadows - Panelist
 
1956 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Leslie Abbott
The Drop of a Hat (1956) … Leslie Abbott
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Alice
The Sport (1955) … Alice
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Cora
Red Gulch (1955) … Cora
 
1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
The Old Maid (1954)
 
1954 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
 
1952-1953 Danger (TV series)
Flamingo (1953)
Five Minutes to Die (1953)
Love Trap (1952)
 
1953 The Web (TV series)
End of the Line (1953)
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
Helen Brady
F.O.B. Vienna (1953) … Helen Brady
 
1952 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Indian Summer (1952)
 
1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
 
1952 Woman with a Sword (TV movie)
Anna Ella Carroll
 
1952 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Eva? Caroline? (1952)
 
1951 The Fat Man
Jane Adams
 
1948 Enchantment
Selina Dane
 
1948 The Luck of the Irish
Frances Augur
 
1947 Song of the Thin Man
Janet Thayar
 
1947 Dark Delusion
Mrs. Selkirk
 
1947 Lady in the Lake
Mildred Havelend
 
1946 Undercurrent
Sylvia Lea Burton
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie) (performer: "Off With Their Heads", "Can You Hear Us, Alice?")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)
What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors (1983) (story / segment "What's the Matter with Kids?")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (70 titles)
2008 Tyrone Power: Prince of Fox (video short)
Herself
 
2007 Son of Fury: Behind the Scenes (video short)
Herself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Jackie Gleason: The Great One (2001) … Herself
 
2000 Inside TV Land: The Honeymooners (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Steve Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 The Nanny (TV series)
Herself
No Muse Is Good Muse (1997) … Herself
 
1996 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
 
1996 James Dean: A Portrait (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Casino
Herself
 
1993 The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1693 (1993) … Herself
Episode #1.1692 (1993) … Herself
Episode #1.1691 (1993) … Herself
 
1993 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Player
Herself
 
1992 Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 2 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Herself
 
1987-1989 The New Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 January 1989 (1989) … Herself
Episode dated 8 February 1988 (1988) … Herself
Episode dated 14 December 1987 (1987) … Herself
Episode dated 23 November 1987 (1987) … Herself
Episode dated 23 February 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
1987 The Love Boat (TV series)
Herself
Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987) … Herself (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1987 The 39th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1984 The Ratings Game (TV movie)
Herself
 
1984 Trivia Trap (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 December 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 13 December 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 12 December 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 11 December 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 10 December 1984 (1984) … Herself
 
1984 Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 April 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 5 April 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 4 April 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 3 April 1984 (1984) … Herself
Episode dated 2 April 1984 (1984) … Herself
 
1984 Don't Ask Me, Ask God (TV movie)
Herself - Question Presenter
 
1983 Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television (TV special)
Herself
 
1981 Password Plus (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 9 December 1981 (1981) … Herself
 
1979 The Muppets Go Hollywood (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1978 The 30th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
 
1977 The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry! (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1976 Laugh Back (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1965-1976 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #13.128 (1976) … Herself
Episode dated 18 June 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode #3.27 (1965) … Herself
 
1976 The Second Annual Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1964-1975 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 November 1975 (1975) … Herself
Episode dated 20 April 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1974 The Joker's Wild (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 January 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1971-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 October 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 16 June 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 11 October 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 All About Faces (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 August 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1968-1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Sketch Actor / Herself / Singer
Episode #7.15 (1970) … Herself - Sketch Actor
Episode #6.19 (1969) … Herself
Episode #5.20 (1968) … Herself - Sketch Actor/Singer
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.252 (1969) … Herself
Episode #3.162 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.17 (1969) … Herself
 
1967-1968 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.220 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.219 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.218 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.217 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.216 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 Showtime (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.13 (1968) … Herself
Episode #1.4 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Pat Boone Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 January 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1954-1967 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 6 August 1967 (1967) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 26 March 1967 (1967) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 12 February 1967 (1967) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 25 September 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 21 August 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1967 The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1952-1967 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself - Panelist / Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Celebrity Guest / …
Episode dated 27 March 1967 (1967) … Herself - Celebrity Guest
Episode dated 4 April 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 28 February 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 27 September 1965 (1965) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1967 The Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Co-Host
 
1966-1967 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.17 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.3 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.15 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 Hollywood Deb Star Ball (TV movie)
Herself - Co-Host
 
1965 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 30 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 24 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 12 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 2 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
 
1965 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 June 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1963-1964 The Steve Allen Playhouse (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 October 1964 (1964) … Herself
Episode dated 2 May 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1964 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 July 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.11 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The Art Linkletter Show (TV series)
Regular (Apr - Sept, 1963)
 
1961-1962 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself
Jackie Cooper vs. Jayne Meadows (1962) … Herself
Jayne Meadows vs. Bennett Cerf (1961) … Herself
 
1957-1961 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 23 October 1961 (1961) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 21 July 1959 (1959) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 14 July 1959 (1959) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 7 July 1959 (1959) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 30 June 1959 (1959) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1961 Miss Universe Pageant (TV special)
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
 
1960 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 December 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 June 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1957-1960 Masquerade Party (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 February 1960 (1960) … Herself
Episode dated 7 August 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1958-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Herself - Comedian / Herself - Singer / …
Episode #5.17 (1960) … Herself - Comedian
Episode #5.10 (1959) … Herself - Guest
Episode #5.5 (1959) … Herself - Guest
Episode #4.26 (1959) … Herself - Singer
Episode #4.1 (1958) … Herself - Sketch Performer
 
1958 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
Steve Allen (1958) … Herself
 
1957 Tonight! (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Finale (1957) … Herself - Guest
 
1955 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Herself - Contestant / Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 21 March 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 24 January 1955 (1955) … Herself - Contestant
 
1954-1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself / Herself - Actress
Episode #2.25 (1955) … Herself
Episode #1.30 (1954) … Herself - Actress
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself, Actress - Shampoo Commerical
Episode #2.21 (1952) … Herself, Actress - Shampoo Commerical (uncredited)
 

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Other Works:

(1958). Stage Play: The Gazebo. Comedy/mystery. Written by Alec Coppel. From a story by Myra Coppel and Alec Coppel. Minuet by Zoya Leporska. Production Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Jerome Chodorov. Lyceum Theatre: 12 Dec 1958- 27 Jun 1959 (218 performances). Cast: Jayne Meadows... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Jane Meadows Allen | Jayne Meadows Allen | Mrs. Steve Allen
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Personal Quote:

I have this tremendous energy. I just loved and love life. I love it today. I never want to die. See more »

Trivia:

She is a strong supporter of the Republican party. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra