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Jayne Meadows

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9/27/1920, Wu-ch'ang, China (now Wuchang, China)

Birth Name

Jayne Cotter

Gender

Female

Also Known As

Jayne Meadows Allen

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One of four children born to American missionaries, indefatigable Jayne Meadows (nee Cotter) and her family returned to America in the early 30s wherein Jayne was forced to learned the English language, only then speaking Chinese and other foreign languages. She developed an early interest in acting and…more

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Star (8)

Role
- The Story of Us
  Dot
  1999
- High Society (1986)
  Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutton-Cushing-Ferruke
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Family Jewels
    2/26/96
  - S 1: Ep 12 I Found My Thrill on Nancy Garvey Hill
    2/12/96
  - S 1: Ep 11 Touching up Your Roots
    2/5/96
  - S 1: Ep 10 Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore
    1/22/96
  - S 1: Ep 9 Nip and Tuck
    1/15/96
  - + 8 More Credits
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
  Mitch's Mother
  1994
- It's Not Easy
  Ruth Long
  - S 1: Ep 5 Teacher Pets
    10/27/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Betrayal
    10/20/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 Jack Kills Sharon's Grandmother
    10/13/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 Did He or Didn't He?
    10/6/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/29/83
  - + 6 More Credits
- Miss All-American Beauty
  Star
  1982
- Meeting of Minds
  Alexandra
- Medical Center
  Nurse Chambers
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Adversaries
    12/31/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 24 Hours
    12/17/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Loner
    12/10/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Fallen Image
    12/3/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 Jeopardy
    11/26/69
  - + 50 More Credits
- I've Got a Secret (1952)
  Panelist
  - S 14: Ep 2 January 24, 1966
    1/24/66
  - S 14: Ep 1 September 13, 1965
    9/13/65
  - S 13: Ep 0 November 16, 1964
    11/16/64
  - S 12: Ep 570 September 16, 1963
    9/16/63
  - S 11: Ep 550 March 4, 1963
    3/4/63
  - + 48 More Credits
Recurring Role (13)

Role
- High Society (1986)
  Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutton-Cushing-Ferruke
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Family Jewels
    2/26/96
  - S 1: Ep 10 Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore
    1/22/96
  - S 1: Ep 9 Nip and Tuck
    1/15/96
  - S 1: Ep 7 Finnigan's Rainbow
    12/11/95
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tomb with a View
    11/27/95
  - + 2 More Credits
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 116 February 23 - 27, 1987 - Friday
    2/27/87
  - S 1: Ep 115 February 23 - 27, 1987 - Thursday
    2/26/87
  - S 1: Ep 114 February 23 - 27, 1987 - Wednesday
    2/25/87
  - S 1: Ep 113 February 23 - 27, 1987 - Tuesday
    2/24/87
  - S 1: Ep 112 February 23 - 27, 1987 - Monday
    2/23/87
- Meeting of Minds
  Alexandra
  - S 4: Ep 6 Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 2
    5/3/81
  - S 4: Ep 5 Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 1
    4/26/81
  - S 4: Ep 4 Leonardo da Vinci/William Blake/Niccolo Paganini, Part 2
    4/19/81
  - S 4: Ep 3 Leonardo da Vinci/William Blake/Niccolo Paganini, Part 1
    4/12/81
  - S 3: Ep 6 Empress Theodora/Bertrand Russell/St. Augustine/Thomas Jefferson, Part 2
    6/30/79
  - + 15 More Credits
- Meeting of Minds
  Margaret Sanger
  - S 4: Ep 6 Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 2
    5/3/81
  - S 4: Ep 5 Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith, Part 1
    4/26/81
- Meeting of Minds
  Catherine the Great
  - S 4: Ep 2 Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 2
    4/5/81
  - S 4: Ep 1 Catherine the Great/Oliver Cromwell/Daniel O'Connell, Part 1
    3/29/81
- Meeting of Minds
  Dark Lady of the Sonnets
  - S 3: Ep 4 Shakespeare on Love, Part 2
    6/16/79
  - S 3: Ep 3 Shakespeare on Love, Part 1
    6/9/79
- Meeting of Minds
  Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  - S 3: Ep 2 Elizabeth B. Browning/Aristotle/Machiavelli/Sun Yat-sen, Part 2
    6/2/79
  - S 3: Ep 1 Elizabeth B. Browning/Aristotle/Machiavelli/Sun Yat-sen, Part 1
    5/26/79
- Meeting of Minds
  Susan B. Anthony
  - S 2: Ep 6 Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 2
    4/10/78
  - S 2: Ep 5 Susan B. Anthony/Socrates/Sir Francis Bacon/Emiliano Zapata, Part 1
    4/3/78
- Meeting of Minds
  Florence Nightingale
  - S 2: Ep 2 Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 2
    3/13/78
  - S 2: Ep 1 Florence Nightingale/Plato/Martin Luther/Voltaire, Part 1
    3/6/78
- Meeting of Minds
  Marie Antoinette
  - S 1: Ep 4 Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2
    1/31/77
  - S 1: Ep 3 Marie Antoinette/Sir Thomas More/Karl Marx/Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1
    1/24/77
- Meeting of Minds
  Cleopatra
  - S 1: Ep 2 Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 2
    1/17/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Cleopatra/Thomas Paine/Theodore Roosevelt/Thomas Aquinas, Part 1
    1/10/77
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 29 Jayne Meadows & Steve Allen
    3/18/68
  - S 5: Ep 25 Jayne Meadows & Steve Allen
    2/20/67
  - S 4: Ep 4 Jayne Meadows & Sydney Chaplin
    9/20/65
  - S 3: Ep 47 Jayne Meadows & Alan Young
    7/19/65
  - S 3: Ep 27 Jayne Meadows & Bill Leyden
    3/1/65
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
Guest Star (103)

Role
- Larry King Live
  herself
  - S 19: Ep 303 Episode 19-303
    6/30/03
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Mrs. Cochran
  - S 6: Ep 11 Shaggy Dog, City Goat
    1/16/98
- The Nanny
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 22 No Muse is Good Muse
    4/23/97
- Tom
  Marianne
  - S 1: Ep 6 Daddyshack
    4/6/94
- Tom
  Guest Star
- Diagnosis Murder
  Connie Masters
- Sisters
  Ida Benbeow
  - S 4: Ep 4 A Kick in the Caboose
    10/16/93
- Civil Wars
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Triumph Of DeVille
    12/16/92
- Civil Wars
  Guest Star
- Square One TV
  Lady Astute
  - S 4: Ep 6 Episode 406
    10/7/91
- Disneyland
  Charlotte Brink
  - S 34: Ep 7 Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (1)
    11/19/89
- St. Elsewhere
  Olga Oseransky
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Abby Singer Show
    5/18/88
  - S 5: Ep 13 Russian Roulette
    1/14/87
- St. Elsewhere
  Mrs. Olga Oseransky
  - S 5: Ep 14 Visiting Daze
    1/21/87
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 38: Ep 1 The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/86
- Crazy Like A Fox
  Vi
  - S 2: Ep 20 Rosie
    4/12/86
- Murder, She Wrote
  Lila Lee Amberson
  - S 2: Ep 12 Murder by Appointment Only
    1/5/86
- Hotel
  Fran Clark
  - S 2: Ep 22 Detours
    6/5/85
- Crazy Like A Fox
  Unknown
- The Love Boat
  Mrs. Tate
  - S 8: Ep 6 Soap Gets in Your Eyes/A Match Made in Heaven/Tugs of the Heart
    10/20/84
- Fantasy Island
  Rose Warren
  - S 6: Ep 20 What's the Matter with Kids? / Island of Horrors
    4/16/83
- Matt Houston
  Holly Harkins
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Beverly Hills Social Club
    3/13/83
- Tattletales
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 23 February 15, 1983
    2/15/83
  - S 6: Ep 26 July 12, 1982
    7/12/82
  - S 5: Ep 16 December 19, 1977
    12/19/77
  - S 3: Ep 31 March 29, 1976
    3/29/76
  - S 1: Ep 7 April 1, 1974
    4/1/74
  - + 1 More Credits
- Fantasy Island
  Beatrice Solomon
  - S 6: Ep 9 Naughty Marietta / The Winning Ticket
    1/8/83
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Melissa
  - S 3: Ep 23 Cause for Concern
    4/18/82
- Password Plus
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 43 PWP-147
    12/14/81
- Fantasy Island
  Contessa
  - S 5: Ep 6 Druids / A Night in the Harem
    11/14/81
- Enos
  Ellen Cromwell
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Shaming of the Shrew
    4/8/81
- The Love Boat
  Gertrude Benson (as Jayne Meadows Allen)
  - S 3: Ep 24 Dumb Luck/Tres Amigos/Hey, Jealous Lover
    3/15/80
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Edwina Garth
  - S 1: Ep 16 'Till Life Us Do Part
    2/10/80
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  Ruth
  - S 1: Ep 2 Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)
    1/27/80
  - S 1: Ep 1 Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)
    1/27/80
- Fantasy Island
  Liz Merrill
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Cheerleaders / Marooned
    12/8/79
- Over Easy
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 33 November 14, 1979
    11/14/79
- Hawaii Five-O
  Jessica Humboldt
  - S 12: Ep 5 Sign of the Ram
    10/25/79
- Project UFO
  Marlene Baker
  - S 2: Ep 11 Sighting 4026: The Atlantic Queen Incident
    7/5/79
- Fantasy Island
  Nadine Winslow
  - S 2: Ep 15 Cowboy / Substitute Wife
    1/20/79
- The Love Boat
  Myrna Foster
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Business of Love/Crash Diet Crisis/I'll Never Fall in Love Again
    5/13/78
- Meeting of Minds
  Dark Lady of the Sonnets
- Meeting of Minds
  Florence Nightingale
- Meeting of Minds
  Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Meeting of Minds
  Catherine the Great
- Meeting of Minds
  Marie Antoinette
- Meeting of Minds
  Margaret Sanger
- Meeting of Minds
  Cleopatra
- Meeting of Minds
  Susan B. Anthony
- The Nancy Walker Show
  Georgia
  - S 1: Ep 9 Rival Agents
    12/9/76
- The Practice (1976)
  Mrs. Milnor
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Snow Job
    12/1/76
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 42 Jayne Meadows & Steve Allen
    7/15/74
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 90 Show #2090
    5/27/74
- The Girl with Something Extra
  Mrs. Elkins
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Cost of Giving
    1/25/74
- Adam-12
  Ida Huntington
  - S 6: Ep 1 Harbor Division
    9/12/73
- The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 18 Ken Berry guest
    9/1/73
- Temperatures Rising
  Miss Brandon
  - S 1: Ep 7 Good Luck, Lefkowitz
    10/24/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 224 September 5, 1972
    9/5/72
  - S 6: Ep 216 August 22, 1972
    8/22/72
  - S 6: Ep 212 August 8, 1972
    8/8/72
  - S 6: Ep 211 August 7, 1972
    8/7/72
  - S 6: Ep 119 March 17, 1972
    3/17/72
  - + 2 More Credits
- Here's Lucy
  Laura Trenton
  - S 3: Ep 16 Lucy Stops a Marriage
    12/28/70
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 59 Love and the Many Married Couple
    2/20/70
- It's Not Easy
  Ruth Long
  - — Stepping
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 90 December 22, 1969
    12/22/69
  - S 7: Ep 85 December 15, 1969
    12/15/69
  - S 3: Ep 27 October 12, 1965
    10/12/65
  - S 16: Ep 204 July 20, 1979
    7/20/79
  - S 16: Ep 203 July 19, 1979
    7/19/79
  - + 11 More Credits
- Here Come the Brides
  Eleanore
  - S 2: Ep 4 Next Week, East Lynne
    10/17/69
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 252 August 26, 1969
    8/26/69
  - S 3: Ep 162 April 21, 1969
    4/21/69
- Della!
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 17 July 1, 1969
    7/1/69
- The Outsider
  Lil
  - S 1: Ep 27 Through a Stained Glass Window
    4/16/69
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
  Herself (Cameo
  - S 1: Ep 4 February 19, 1969
    2/19/69
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 19 Host: Milton Berle
    2/15/69
  - S 5: Ep 20 Host: Victor Borge / Steve Allen / Dino Desi & Billy
    2/10/68
  - S 7: Ep 15 Hosts: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme / Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca
    1/24/70
- Here's Lucy
  Guest Star
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 67 July 1-5, 1968
    7/1/68
  - S 2: Ep 36 March 11-15, 1968
    3/11/68
  - S 2: Ep 29 February 16, 1968
    2/16/68
  - S 2: Ep 21 January 15-19, 1968
    1/15/68
  - S 2: Ep 4 September 25-29, 1967
    9/25/67
  - + 4 More Credits
- Good Morning, World
  Mary Margaret
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Lady and the Pussycat
    3/19/68
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 125 February 16, 1968
    2/16/68
- The Jerry Lewis Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 9 November 11, 1967
    11/11/67
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 18: Ep 49 EPISODE #872
    8/6/67
  - S 18: Ep 30 EPISODE #855
    3/26/67
  - S 18: Ep 24 EPISODE #849
    2/12/67
  - S 18: Ep 4 EPISODE #832
    9/25/66
  - S 17: Ep 51 EPISODE #827
    8/21/66
  - + 5 More Credits
- Password
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 364 Mimi Hines & Phil Ford
    3/16/67
  - S 5: Ep 113 EPISODE
    7/15/65
  - S 4: Ep 79 EPISODE
    11/19/64
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 16: Ep 24 EPISODE #751
    2/14/65
  - S 10: Ep 16 EPISODE #445
    12/21/58
  - S 5: Ep 48 EPISODE #218
    8/1/54
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 150 April 7, 1964
    4/7/64
  - S 16: Ep 214 August 15, 1978
    8/15/78
  - S 14: Ep 95 January 23, 1976
    1/23/76
  - S 14: Ep 80 January 2, 1976
    1/2/76
  - S 14: Ep 42 October 28, 1975
    10/28/75
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 26 Does My Mother Have to Know? (1)
    3/25/64
- The Red Skelton Show
  Herself / Mrs. Cavendish
  - S 13: Ep 2 My Son, the Monster
    10/1/63
- The Steve Allen Playhouse
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 71 October 1, 1962
    10/1/62
  - S 1: Ep 37 August 14, 1962
    8/14/62
  - S 1: Ep 2 June 26, 1962
    6/26/62
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Myra
  - S 1: Ep 29 Seven Keys to Baldpate
    6/24/62
- The Red Skelton Show
  Gloria Dalton
  - S 11: Ep 26 The Dalton Gals
    4/10/62
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 33: Ep 1 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards
    4/17/61
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 13 December 22, 1960
    12/22/60
  - S 2: Ep 25 February 18, 1955
    2/18/55
  - S 1: Ep 30 April 23, 1954
    4/23/54
- Here's Hollywood
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 8 December 21, 1960
    12/21/60
- The Red Skelton Show
  Ruby
  - S 10: Ep 6 San Fernando Investigates the Investigating Committees
    11/1/60
- General Electric Theater
  Jean Fletcher
  - S 9: Ep 1 The Man Who Thought for Himself
    9/18/60
- The Steve Allen Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 17 Steve Lawrence, Carlos Montoya; Jayne Meadows
    2/1/60
  - S 5: Ep 14 Tony Bennett; Jayne Meadows; Caroline Richter; Monica Zetterlund
    1/11/60
  - S 5: Ep 10 Vic Damone; Andre Previn; Jayne Meadows; Steve Allen's Children
    12/14/59
  - S 5: Ep 5 Rock Hudson; Johnny Carson; Jayne Meadows; Jane Harvey
    11/2/59
  - S 4: Ep 26 Charlton Heston; Jonathan Winters; Peter Lawford; Jayne Meadows; Debra Paget
    3/15/59
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Ann Sothern Show
  Liza Vincent
  - S 2: Ep 11 Top Executive
    12/21/59
- This Is Your Life
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 5 Steve Allen
    9/24/58
- The Red Skelton Show
  Ruthie
  - S 7: Ep 34 Cauliflower’s Reducing Parlor
    6/17/58
- The Red Skelton Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 31 Clem the Millionaire
    5/14/57
- The Tonight Show
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 10 January 25, 1957
    1/25/57
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Duo
  - S 8: Ep 17 EPISODE #342
    12/23/56
- Studio One
  Leslie Abbott
  - S 8: Ep 33 The Drop of a Hat
    5/7/56
- Stage Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 28 4/7/1956
    4/7/56
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Team
  - S 7: Ep 31 EPISODE #304
    4/1/56
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Alice
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Sport
    10/4/55
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Guest Star
- The United States Steel Hour
  Cora
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Red Gulch
    6/21/55
- Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Old Maid
    4/8/54
- Danger
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 7 Flamingo
    11/10/53
  - S 3: Ep 48 Five Minutes to Die
    9/15/53
  - S 2: Ep 16 Love Trap
    1/1/52
- Suspense
  Helen Brady
  - S 5: Ep 33 F.O.B. Vienna
    4/28/53
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 48 Indian Summer
    8/20/52
- The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 6 Melville Goodwin, U.S.A.
    2/27/52
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Anna Ella Carroll
  - S 1: Ep 7 Woman with a Sword
    2/10/52
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 13 Eva? Caroline?
    1/28/52
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest
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
  - S 2: Ep 28 Mickey & Sylvia; Mickey Rooney; Joey Forman; Eleanor Steber; Betty Walker; The Muppets
    4/21/57
  - S 2: Ep 17 Julie London; George Jessel; Modernaires
    1/20/57
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Diagnosis Murder
  Connie Masters
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Roast
    9/23/99
Story (1)

Role
- Fantasy Island
  Story
  - S 6: Ep 20 What's the Matter with Kids? / Island of Horrors
    4/16/83

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