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Jayne Meadows is a Actor American born on 27 september 1919 at Wuchang, Heilongjiang (Chine)

Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows
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Birth name Jayne Cotter
Nationality USA
Birth 27 september 1919 at Wuchang, Heilongjiang (Chine)
Death 26 april 2015 (at 95 years)

Jayne Meadows (September 27, 1919 – April 26, 2015), also known as Jayne Meadows-Allen, was an American stage, film and television actress, as well as an author and lecturer. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards during her career and was the elder sister of actress and memoirist Audrey Meadows.

Biography

Née en Chine de parents missionnaires, elle débute au théâtre à Broadway (New York) sous son nom de naissance, dans Spring Again (avec Robert Keith et C. Aubrey Smith), de novembre 1941 à janvier 1942. Suivent dans les années 1940 quatre autres pièces comme Jayne Cotter, dont Another Love Story de Frederick Lonsdale (1943-1944, avec Margaret Lindsay et Roland Young) et Kiss Them for Me de Luther Davis (1945, avec Judy Holliday, Daniel Petrie et Richard Widmark). Elle revient à Broadway pour deux ultimes pièces, d'abord en 1958-1959 — sous son nom de scène de Jayne Meadows —, dans The Gazebo d'Alec Coppel (en vedette aux côtés de Walter Slezak), et enfin en 1978, dans Once in a Lifetime de Moss Hart et George S. Kaufman (avec John Lithgow et Treat Williams).

Au cinéma, elle contribue à seulement dix-neuf films (majoritairement américains), depuis Lame de fond de Vincente Minnelli (1946, avec Katharine Hepburn et Robert Taylor) jusqu'à Une vie à deux de Rob Reiner (1999, avec Bruce Willis et Michelle Pfeiffer), en passant notamment par David et Bethsabée d'Henry King (1951, avec Gregory Peck et Susan Hayward dans les rôles-titre, elle-même personnifiant Mikhal).

À la télévision, elle participe entre 1952 et 2001 à de nombreuses émissions comme elle-même. S'y ajoutent neuf téléfilms de 1962 à 1990, ainsi que cinquante-six séries de 1952 à 1999, dont La croisière s'amuse (six épisodes, 1978-1987) et L'Île fantastique (cinq épisodes, 1979-1983).

Sœur aînée de l'actrice Audrey Meadows (née Audrey Cotter, 1922-1996), Jayne Meadows épouse en 1954 l'acteur Steve Allen (né en 1921), dont elle reste veuve à sa mort en 2000. Aussi est-elle parfois créditée Jayne Meadows Allen. Le couple se retrouve souvent au petit écran (notamment dans un épisode de L'Île fantastique), ainsi que dans deux films (College Confidential en 1960, puis un court métrage en 1993) et au théâtre, en dehors de Broadway. À noter aussi leurs caméos comme eux-mêmes, dans The Player de Robert Altman (1992) et Casino de Martin Scorsese (1995).

Best films

The Luck of the Irish (1948)
(Actress)

Usually with

Steve Allen
Steve Allen
(6 films)
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal
(2 films)
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum
(4 films)
Gene Ruggiero
Gene Ruggiero
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jayne Meadows (21 films)

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Actress

The Story of Us, 1h35
Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Red Buttons, Colleen Rennison, Tim Matheson, Jake Sandvig
Roles Dot
Rating60% 3.000623.000623.000623.000623.00062
Ben Jordan (Bruce Willis) and his wife Katie (Michelle Pfeiffer) have been married for fifteen years; they have two children, Erin (Colleen Rennison) and Josh (Jake Sandvig), a nice home and a comfortable life. Their happy marriage, however, turns into a sham—a performance they deliver daily for the benefit of their children, while behind the scenes they cannot stand each other anymore. Sending their kids off to summer camp, Ben and Katie commence a trial separation, during which both try to recall what it is about the other that led them to fall in love in the first place.
Casino
Casino (1995)
, 2h58
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Frank Vincent, Pasquale Cajano
Roles Herself
Rating81% 4.0989954.0989954.0989954.0989954.098995
In 1973, Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is a sports handicapper and Mafia associate who is sent to Las Vegas to run the Teamsters Union-funded Tangiers Casino on behalf of the Chicago Outfit. He hires old friend Billy Sherbert (Don Rickles) as his manager. In between, Ace and his friend, mob enforcer and caporegime Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro (Joe Pesci), narrate how the mob bosses control the Teamsters Union, which gives out money for casinos that they own, such as The Tangiers, and how they also drive off rival crews and get rid of cheaters. Ace becomes the Tangiers' de facto boss by taking advantage of lax gaming laws allowing him to work at the casino while his gaming license is still pending. He doubles the casino's profits, which are skimmed by the Mob before the records are reported to income tax agencies. The bosses are impressed with Ace's work and send Nicky to protect Ace and the whole business, along with Nicky's brother Dominick, Nicky's friend and subordinate Frank Marino (Frank Vincent), and the rest of Nicky's soldiers in his crew. Nicky, however, becomes more of a liability than an asset; his criminal activities- which he makes nearly no effort to conceal- and his violent and vicious temper quickly gets him banned by the gaming board from every casino, and his name is placed in the Black Book. In retaliation, Nicky gathers his own crew, opens a jewelry store and restaurant, begins running unsanctioned shakedowns and burglaries, and soon after is considered the mob boss of Vegas.
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, 1h51
Directed by Paul Weiland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance, Patricia Wettig, Noble Willingham
Roles Mitch's Mother
Rating55% 2.797472.797472.797472.797472.79747
A year after the events of the first film, Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is a much happier and livelier man, having moved out of the city and become station manager at the New York radio station where he works, where he has employed his best friend, Phil Berquist (Daniel Stern). However, he is being plagued with nightmares about his deceased friend, Curly, and comes to believe that he may still be alive. On his 40th birthday, Mitch sees a man resembling Curly on the train, which does nothing to placate his worries, and later finds a treasure map belonging to Lincoln Washburn hidden in Curly's old hat, albeit with a missing corner. Mitch and Phil investigate the contents of the map in the public library and learn that Lincoln Washburn, Curly's father, was a train robber in the Old West and in 1908 infamously stole and hid one million dollars in gold bullion in the deserts near Las Vegas. With an impending trip to Las Vegas for a convention, Mitch decides to venture out to find the gold (which would now be worth twenty million) along with Phil and his estranged younger brother, Glen (Jon Lovitz).
The Player
The Player (1992)
, 2h4
Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about films, Musical films
Actors Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James
Roles Jayne Meadows
Rating74% 3.7480353.7480353.7480353.7480353.748035
Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson). He hears story pitches from screenwriters and decides which have the potential to be made into films, green-lighting only 12 out of 50,000 submissions every year. His job is threatened when up-and-coming story executive Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher) begins working at the studio. Mill has also been receiving death threat postcards, assumed to be from a screenwriter whose pitch he rejected.
City Slickers, 1h53
Directed by Ron Underwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about cows, Buddy films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Daniel Stern, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance
Roles Mitch's Mom
Rating67% 3.3975953.3975953.3975953.3975953.397595
New Yorker Mitch Robbins has just turned 39 years old, and is having a midlife crisis. His best friends are also having crises of their own: Phil Berquist is stuck managing his father-in-law's grocery store, while trapped in a 12-year sexless marriage with his ruthless wife, Arlene, and Ed Furillo (Bruno Kirby) is a successful sporting-goods salesman and playboy, having recently married an underwear model, but is struggling with the idea of monogamous marriage and the pressure to have kids.
Alice in Wonderland, 3h7
Directed by Harry Harris
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors Natalie Gregory, Red Buttons, Anthony Newley, Sheila Mathews Allen, Jayne Meadows, Carol Channing
Roles The Queen of Hearts
Rating72% 3.626273.626273.626273.626273.62627
The first part opens with Alice (Natalie Gregory) helping Mother (Sheilla Allen) set the table for tea time. Although thankful for her daughter's help, Mother tells Alice that she is still not grown-up enough to join the adults at tea. Alice goes outside to see her sister (played by Gregory's real-life older sister Sharee Gregory), but gets bored of reading a book with no pictures. Her sister tells her that she will understand when she grows up, but Alice thinks she is already grown up (after all, she's seven and a half).
The Ratings Game, 1h42
Directed by Danny DeVito
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Huntz Hall, Cisse Cameron, Gerrit Graham, Kevin McCarthy
Roles Jayne Meadows
Rating58% 2.9498952.9498952.9498952.9498952.949895
Vic DeSalvo (Danny DeVito) and his brother Goody are successful New Jersey trucking magnates, but Vic has a desire to make it big as a Hollywood producer. He hawks his scripts and ideas from one network executive to another, but he is turned down at each attempt.
Miss All-American Beauty, 1h36
Directed by Gus Trikonis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Diane Lane, Cloris Leachman, David Dukes, Jayne Meadows, Alice Hirson, Brian Kerwin
Roles Gertrude Hunnicutt
Rating51% 2.575482.575482.575482.575482.57548
This script must be run from the command line
James Dean
James Dean (1976)
, 1h34
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Michael Brandon, Stephen McHattie, Brooke Adams, Heather Menzies, Candy Clark, Meg Foster
Roles Reva Randall
Rating59% 2.995852.995852.995852.995852.99585
Une dramatisation de l'histoire du légendaire acteur de cinéma James Dean. L'écrivain du film, William Bast, avait logé avec Dean au début des années 50, lorsque les deux essayaient de se lancer dans des films en tant qu'acteurs.
College Confidential, 1h31
Directed by Albert Zugsmith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Steve Allen, Mamie Van Doren, Jayne Meadows, Herbert Marshall, Mickey Shaughnessy, Sheilah Graham
Roles Betty Duquesne
Rating48% 2.4327152.4327152.4327152.4327152.432715
A sociology professor Steve McInter starts conducting a survey at Collins College about the lifestyles and sexual urges of the younger generation. One of his students Sally Blake excels with the survey and may or may not be having an affair with the professor. A reporter Betty Ducayne receives an anonymous tip that Steve is corrupting the youth and she discovers a dark past which he had obviously fled from.
It Happened to Jane, 1h37
Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Carter, Steve Forrest, Gina Gillespie
Roles Jayne Meadows
Rating64% 3.2454653.2454653.2454653.2454653.245465
In May 1959, in the town of Cape Anne, Maine, a foul-up by the Eastern & Portland Railroad (E&P) results in the death of 300 lobsters shipped by Jane Osgood (Day), an attractive, widowed businesswoman with two children. She gets her lawyer and friend, George Denham (Lemmon), to go after the E&P to pay damages after her customer, the Marshalltown Country Club, refuses all future orders.
David and Bathsheba, 1h56
Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore, James Robertson Justice, Francis X. Bushman
Roles Michal
Rating60% 3.0471153.0471153.0471153.0471153.047115
Un jeune berger de quinze ans tue le géant Goliath à coup de fronde. Plus tard, fort de sa célébrité, il devient le roi David et règne sur le peuple juif. Aujourd'hui, ses troupes assiègent la ville ammonite de Rabbath-Ammon. Marié à Mikhal, David s’éprend d’une femme d’une grande beauté aperçue prenant son bain, Bethsabée. Épouse délaissée d’un officier du roi, Urie le Hittite, Bethsabée devient la maîtresse de David. Lorsque celle-ci lui apprend qu’elle est enceinte et, son mari étant loin sur le champ de bataille, risque selon la loi d’être lapidée pour adultère, le roi décide pour la sauver d’envoyer Urie en première ligne au plus fort de la bataille. Urie meurt au combat et le roi épouse Bethsabée, après avoir répudié sa femme.
The Fat Man, 1h17
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hudson, John Russell, Clinton Sundberg, Jayne Meadows
Roles Jane Adams
Rating61% 3.0940353.0940353.0940353.0940353.094035
Portly amateur detective Runyan is hired by dental nurse Adams to investigate the unexplained murder of her boss. Suspicion falls on disappeared patient Clark, who had been helped by probable gangster Gordon. Runyan finds Boyd, Clark’s former lover and briefly his wife, who reveals that Clark had done time in jail. The police tell Runyan it was for robbery of half a million unrecovered dollars. In jail, Clark had a cellmate Deets, with whom he shared everything. On release, Deets had claimed Clark’s share of the loot from Gordon and had promised to eliminate Clark, whose corpse he left in a burnt-out truck. When he realised Clark had been having dental treatment, so his teeth could be identified, he killed first the unfortunate dentist and then the nurse as well. Runyan tracks him down and in a final shoot-out he meets his end.