Most Recent Role: Ruby on Dave's World
Alias Name(s): Aud
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Wu-ch'ang, China. [now Wuchang, China]
Birthday: 2-8-1922
Birth Name: Audrey Cotter
Date of Death: 2-3-1996
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
Alias Name(s): Aud
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Wu-ch'ang, China. [now Wuchang, China]
Birthday: 2-8-1922
Birth Name: Audrey Cotter
Date of Death: 2-3-1996
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
Born in WuChang, China, to Episcopal missionary parents, Auudrey spoke nothing but Chinese until she was five, when her parents returned home to America.
Although Audrey had made her debut as a coloratura soprano in Carnegie Hall when she was sixteen, she also sang with the Civic Light Opera companies in Detroit, Louisville and Chicago in standards like "Roberta," "Anything Goes," "Good...
Most Recent Appearance
Working Stiffs
Wednesday 20 December 1995 on CBS
When Kenny becomes a victim of "corporate downsizing," Dave tries to get his friend's job back by talking to the boss, who tells him the real reason Kenny was let go.
Both of Audrey's brothers preceeded her in death, both were from complications due to smoking (heart disease and lung cancer), of which she also succumbed.
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Audrey was the youngest of four children.
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Audrey earned the nickname of "The Rock" around the Honeymooners set due to her ability to memorize every line of an episode script and bail out other actors that were having trouble with their lines, since Jackie Gleason insisted on doing shows live without rehearsals.
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Audrey is buried at Holy Cross Cemetary in Culver City, CA, even though she was not Roman Catholic.
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Audrey performed at Carnegie Hall when she was 16 years old.
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Other Appearances
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The Honeymooners
Alice Kramden (1952-1957) |
Too Close for Comfort
Iris Martin (1982-1983) |
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Uncle Buck
Maggie Hogoboom |
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Password
Audrey Meadows |
The Dean Martin Show
Herself |
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Herself |
The Match Game
Herself |
| The Red Skelton Show |
Too Close for Comfort
Iris Martin |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat Mrs. Bixby |
Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed Alexander the Great? Georgia Stark |
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Dave's World
The Mommies Ruby |
Dave's World
Working Stiffs Ruby |
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Davis Rules
Gunny's Ex Gunny's Ex-Wife |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
Evel Knievel Herself |
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