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Biography

Born in WuChang, China, to Episcopal missionary parents, Auudrey spoke nothing but Chinese until she was five, when her parents returned home to America.…more

Born

2/8/1922, Wu-ch'ang, China. [now Wuchang, China]

Died

2/3/1996

Birth Name

Audrey Cotter

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Uncle Buck
  Maggie Hogoboom
  - S 1: Ep 16 The People's Half Court
    3/9/91
  - S 1: Ep 15 Movin' Out
    3/2/91
  - S 1: Ep 14 Buck to the Future
    2/9/91
  - S 1: Ep 13 Pig-malion
    2/2/91
  - S 1: Ep 12 In Tia We Trust
    1/26/91
  - + 17 More Credits
- Too Close for Comfort
  Iris Martin (1982-1983)
- The Honeymooners
  Alice Kramden
  - S 12: Ep 5 Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners' Christmas
    12/10/78
- The Honeymooners
  Alice Kramden (1952-1957)
  - S 11: Ep 10 Double Trouble
    12/6/69
  - S 11: Ep 9 The Match Game
    11/29/69
  - S 11: Ep 8 The Sun And Racoon Capital
    11/22/69
  - S 11: Ep 7 Hawaii, Uh Oh
    11/15/69
  - S 11: Ep 6 Happiness Is A Rich Uncle
    11/8/69
  - + 165 More Credits
- Person to Person
  Herself/Substitute Host
  - S 6: Ep 27 March 27, 1959
    3/27/59
Recurring Role (10)

Role
- Too Close for Comfort
  Iris Martin
  - S 6: Ep 20 Acropolis Now
    11/22/86
  - S 5: Ep 19 Ars Gratia Iris
    11/9/85
  - S 5: Ep 5 Devereaux & Son
    3/2/85
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Return of Mr. Wonderful
    11/17/84
  - S 4: Ep 16 Hawaii Five-8
    10/13/84
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Dean Martin Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 24 Hank Aaron (Celebrity Roast)
    3/29/74
  - S 9: Ep 23 Dan Rowan & Dick Martin (Celebrity Roast)
    3/22/74
  - S 9: Ep 16 Truman Capote (Celebrity Roast)
    1/25/74
  - S 9: Ep 12 Monty Hall (Celebrity Roast)
    12/14/73
  - S 9: Ep 10 Hubert Humphrey (Celebrity Roast)
    11/23/73
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Red Skelton Show
  Mother
  - S 20: Ep 14 Jr. and Sunday Morning
    1/4/71
- The Red Skelton Show
  Recurring Role
  - S 19: Ep 7 The Emergency Case
    11/4/69
  - S 18: Ep 16 Audrey Meadows / The Lettermen
    1/14/68
  - S 19: Ep 22 The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies
    2/24/70
- Password
  Audrey Meadows
  - S 7: Ep 312 Audrey Meadows & Bob Crane
    5/12/67
  - S 7: Ep 268 Audrey Meadows & Bob Crane
    5/11/67
  - S 7: Ep 263 Audrey Meadows & Bob Crane
    5/10/67
  - S 7: Ep 286 Audrey Meadows & Bob Crane
    5/9/67
  - S 7: Ep 288 Audrey Meadows & Bob Crane
    5/8/67
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 23 Audrey Meadows & David Susskind
    2/6/67
  - S 3: Ep 46 Audrey Meadows & Pat O'Brien
    7/12/65
  - S 3: Ep 20 Audrey Meadows & Sydney Chaplin
    1/11/65
  - S 2: Ep 16 Audrey Meadows & Mitch Miller
    12/16/63
  - S 2: Ep 11 Audrey Meadows & Van Johnson
    11/11/63
- Password
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 105 Audrey Meadows, Tony Randall
    5/27/65
  - S 4: Ep 43 EPISODE
    2/13/64
- The Red Skelton Show
  Clara Appleby
  - S 12: Ep 10 Who Put the Bobby Sox in Mr. Appleby's Chowder
    12/4/62
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 38 June 18, 1961
    6/18/61
  - S 4: Ep 33 Pleasant Dreams
    5/15/60
  - S 4: Ep 25 March 20, 1960
    3/20/60
- Keep Talking
  Panelist
Guest Star (55)

Role
- Dave's World
  Ruby
  - S 3: Ep 12 Working Stiffs
    12/20/95
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Mommies
    5/8/95
- Empty Nest
  Margaret Randall
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Devil and Dr. Weston
    4/9/94
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Georgia Stark
  - S 1: Ep 6 Who Killed Alexander the Great?
    3/4/94
- Sisters
  Ada Benbeow
  - S 4: Ep 4 A Kick in the Caboose
    10/16/93
- Davis Rules
  Gunny's Ex-Wife
  - S 2: Ep 7 Gunny's Ex
    2/5/92
- Hi Honey, I'm Home!
  Alice Kramden
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fur Flies
    8/2/91
- The Simpsons
  Beatrice Simmons
  - S 2: Ep 17 Old Money
    3/28/91
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 182 Show #4227
    9/21/90
- Uncle Buck
  Mrs. Hogoboom
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/10/90
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 87 May 11, 1989
    5/11/89
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 39: Ep 1 The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/87
  - S 38: Ep 1 The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/86
- Life with Lucy
  Audrey, Lucy's Sister
  - S 1: Ep 8 Mother of the Bride
    11/15/86
- Murder, She Wrote
  Mildred Tilley
  - S 2: Ep 22 If The Frame Fits
    5/18/86
- Hotel
  Amelia Chelton
  - S 3: Ep 4 Pathways
    10/16/85
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 24 A Rose Is Not a Rose/ Novelties/ Too Rich and Too Thin
    3/17/84
- Diff'rent Strokes
  Mrs. Martinson
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Squatter
    2/18/82
- The Love Boat
  Mrs. Elliott
  - S 3: Ep 23 Another Time, Another Place/Doctor Who/Gopher's Engagement
    3/3/80
- Starsky And Hutch
  Hilda Zuckerman
  - S 4: Ep 8 Dandruff
    11/14/78
- The Love Boat
  Gladys Watkins
  - S 1: Ep 21 Taking Sides/A Friendly Little Game/Going by the Book
    2/18/78
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 90 January 16, 1976
    1/16/76
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Evel Knievel
    11/10/75
  - S 2: Ep 4 Jackie Gleason
    2/27/75
  - S 1: Ep 24 Henry "Hank" Aaron
    3/29/74
  - S 1: Ep 23 Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
    3/22/74
  - S 1: Ep 22 George Washington
    3/15/74
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Dean Martin Show
  Martha Washington
  - S 9: Ep 22 George Washington Roast
    3/15/74
- Love, American Style
  Eve/Harriet/Mom
  - S 4: Ep 19 Love and Dear Old Mom and Dad
    10/13/72
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 13 with Kaye Stevens, Audrey Meadows
    1/5/70
- The Jonathan Winters Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 16 February 6, 1969
    2/6/69
  - S 2: Ep 8 November 20, 1968
    11/20/68
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 59 June 3-7, 1968
    6/3/68
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 7 Audrey Meadows & Hugh Downs
    10/16/67
  - S 1: Ep 8 Audrey Meadows & Orson Bean
    2/18/63
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 72 July 25, 1967
    7/25/67
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 16 Host: Ray Bolger / Paul Revere & the Raiders
    1/7/67
- The Red Skelton Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 5 Audrey Meadows / Shirley Bassey
    10/11/66
  - S 15: Ep 8 Audrew Meadows / The Lettermen / Douglas Fowley
    11/2/65
- Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
  Alice Kramden
  - S 4: Ep 17 1/8/1966
    1/8/66
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies
  Kitty
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Big Brass Blonde
    12/21/65
- TV SPECIAL
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 A Salute To Stan Laurel
    11/23/65
- The Steve Allen Playhouse
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 June 26, 1962
    6/26/62
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Constance
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Action in New Orleans
    4/15/62
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 5 January 26, 1962
    1/26/62
  - S 3: Ep 16 January 18, 1959
    1/18/59
  - S 3: Ep 10 December 7, 1958
    12/7/58
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Wonderful World of Toys
    11/12/61
- Password
  Guest
- The Perry Como Show
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 34 May 31, 1961
    5/31/61
- General Electric Theater
  Connie Marlowe
  - S 9: Ep 28 Sis Bowls 'Em Over
    4/9/61
- Wagon Train
  Nancy Palmer
  - S 4: Ep 24 The Nancy Palmer Story
    3/7/61
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Mrs. Bixby
  - S 6: Ep 1 Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
    9/27/60
- The Play of the Week
  Nell Valentine
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Grand Tour
    5/30/60
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 5 Marriage--Handle with Care
    12/2/59
  - S 7: Ep 2 Holiday on Wheels
    10/21/59
- The Garry Moore Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 3 October 14, 1958
    10/14/58
- The Steve Allen Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Audrey Meadows; Jayne Meadows; Roberta Sherwood; Mary Ann Mobley
    9/14/58
  - S 3: Ep 29 Sammy Davis Jr.; Carmen McRae; Dody Goodman; Jayne and Audrey Meadows
    4/13/58
  - S 3: Ep 22 Jayne and Audrey Meadows; Teddi King; The McGuire Sisters; The Playmates
    2/23/58
  - S 3: Ep 10 Audrey Meadows; Joan Caulfield; Sam Levenson; Steve Lawrence; Greta Thyssen; The Treniers; Teal Joy
    11/24/57
  - S 2: Ep 49 Ed Wynn; Audrey Meadows; Don Adams; Sugar Ray Robinson; Frankie Laine
    9/15/57
- The Jack Benny Program
  Herself/Alice Kramden
  - S 8: Ep 10 Honeymooners Show
    1/26/58
- The Tonight Show
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 10 January 25, 1957
    1/25/57
- Stage Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 28 4/7/1956
    4/7/56
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 6: Ep 51 EPISODE #272
    8/21/55
- Toast of the Town
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 47 Victor Borge; The Four Lads / scheduled: Audrey Meadows; Jack Whiting
    8/8/54
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 30 April 23, 1954
    4/23/54
- The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  Lady Mary
  - S 2: Ep 7 Monsieur Beaucaire
    3/12/52
- The Lux Video Theatre
  The Singer
  - S 2: Ep 21 Ceylon Treasure
    1/14/52
- The Red Skelton Show
  Mother
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Steve Allen Show
  Herself (Cameo)
  - S 4: Ep 1 Andy Griffith; Steve Lawrence; Eydie Gorme; The McGuire Sisters
    9/7/58

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Trivia
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- 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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Quotes
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- Audrey Meadows: You as you are are better by far than the you that you are trying to be.
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