Jayne Meadows Allen dies, Jayne Meadows Allen, award winning stage and screen player, died peacefully of natural causes in her Encino, Calif. home Sunday night at age ninety five.
Jayne -- UN agency was born in Wuchang, China to missionary oldsters -- enjoyed over six decades within the show biz, from Broadway roles like "The Gazebo" in 1958 to her Emmy-nominated role on CBS' "High Society" in 1995. Jayne was conjointly a daily critic on the CBS hit program,
"I've Got a Secret." throughout her run on the show, Jayne was the best rated player on CBS, second solely to Ball.In film, Jayne appeared in several roles, together with 1946's Undercurrent aboard actress. Her one girl show, "Powerful girls in History" -- that toured the us for seven years -- earned her the International Platform Association Award. Jayne received the Susan B. Anthony Award for her continuing positive portrayals of ladies in her acting.
Jayne's husband of forty six years, Steve Allen -- the primary host of "The Tonight Show" -- died in 2000.
Jayne's son, Bill Allen tells ET that Jayne was straight off charmed by Allen once she met him, even telling her sister Audrey Meadows -- UN agency died in 1996 and notably asterisked as Jackie Gleason's partner on "The Honeymooners" -- "If that man is not married he shortly are...and to me."
In associate exclusive letter to ET, Bill lovingly remembered his ma.
"She was the foremost warm mother and gran I might ever imagine," aforementioned Bill. "Seeing solely the most effective all told her members of the family and giving United States of America all confidence that we tend to had price to supply the globe and will take risks as a result of we tend to might do no wrong in her eyes."
"She wasn't solely an awfully talented player UN agency might move audiences from laughter to tears and back once more beat one scene, however she was the best story teller I actually have ever famed and that i can miss her endlessly fascinating and often uproarious anecdotes concerning her life and therefore the several bright gifted folks she worked with and befriended on the method. she's going to be painfully lost and ne'er forgotten."
Jayne -- UN agency was born in Wuchang, China to missionary oldsters -- enjoyed over six decades within the show biz, from Broadway roles like "The Gazebo" in 1958 to her Emmy-nominated role on CBS' "High Society" in 1995. Jayne was conjointly a daily critic on the CBS hit program,
"I've Got a Secret." throughout her run on the show, Jayne was the best rated player on CBS, second solely to Ball.In film, Jayne appeared in several roles, together with 1946's Undercurrent aboard actress. Her one girl show, "Powerful girls in History" -- that toured the us for seven years -- earned her the International Platform Association Award. Jayne received the Susan B. Anthony Award for her continuing positive portrayals of ladies in her acting.
Jayne's husband of forty six years, Steve Allen -- the primary host of "The Tonight Show" -- died in 2000.
Jayne's son, Bill Allen tells ET that Jayne was straight off charmed by Allen once she met him, even telling her sister Audrey Meadows -- UN agency died in 1996 and notably asterisked as Jackie Gleason's partner on "The Honeymooners" -- "If that man is not married he shortly are...and to me."
In associate exclusive letter to ET, Bill lovingly remembered his ma.
"She was the foremost warm mother and gran I might ever imagine," aforementioned Bill. "Seeing solely the most effective all told her members of the family and giving United States of America all confidence that we tend to had price to supply the globe and will take risks as a result of we tend to might do no wrong in her eyes."
"She wasn't solely an awfully talented player UN agency might move audiences from laughter to tears and back once more beat one scene, however she was the best story teller I actually have ever famed and that i can miss her endlessly fascinating and often uproarious anecdotes concerning her life and therefore the several bright gifted folks she worked with and befriended on the method. she's going to be painfully lost and ne'er forgotten."
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