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Legendary Actress Jayne Meadows Allen Dies at 95
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| April 27, 2015
| Alex Ungerman
Posted on 04/27/2015 3:24:51 PM PDT by EveningStar
Jayne Meadows Allen, award winning stage and screen actress, died peacefully of natural causes in her Encino, Calif. home Sunday night at age 95, ET has learned.
Jayne -- who was born in Wuchang, China to missionary parents -- enjoyed more than six decades in the entertainment industry, from Broadway roles like The Gazebo in 1958 to her Emmy-nominated role on CBS' High Society in 1995. Jayne was also a regular panelist on the CBS hit program, I've Got a Secret. During her run on the show, Jayne was the highest rated actress on CBS, second only to Lucille Ball.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: audreymeadows; ivegotasecret; jaynemeadows; jaynemeadowsallen; obituaries; obituary; steveallen
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To: EveningStar
She was a Republican and her hubby, Steve Allen, was a Dem.
RIP
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:28:50 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: EveningStar
Always found it interesting that Jayne had a sort of haughty, superior demeanor, while Audrey seemed very down to earth, even when she wasn’t playing Alice Kramden. Nevertheless, a couple of talented sisters. RIP to them both.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:29:37 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: EveningStar
I think her Sister played Alice opposite Jackie Gleason. She never made it to the moon as far as I know.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:30:06 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Jane Long
Never liked Steve Allen anyway. Struck me as a smarmy, pompous ass.
Traits not uncommon to celebrity libs.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:33:24 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: EveningStar
gotta love Jayne and Steve, they would attend the opening of an envelope...good peeps
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:33:52 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: Jane Long; flaglady47; mickie; Maine Mariner; pax_et_bonum; seenenuf; seekthetruth; Bob Ireland; ...
Staunch Republicans live longer than their moody, unhappy, perpetually-victimized lefty counterparts.
That's because of all that good ole GOP clean livin', LOL.
God bless you, Jayne. You provided many funny and happy moments in my life.
Leni
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:36:04 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
To: drewh
I thought Audrey was more appealing.
Kind of a Ginger/Mary Ann thing I guess.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:36:52 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: Jane Long
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:38:09 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: Steely Tom
I also thought Audrey was slightly prettier. They did look a lot alike.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:38:32 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
Audrey was one of the best actresses ever on television.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:46:22 PM PDT
by
liberalism is suicide
(Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
To: Jane Long
I once hired their kid to build a house for me...it went well. He was part of a cultist foundation in Seattle, I think he called himself “Love Israel” at that point. Life is funny.
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posted on
04/27/2015 3:58:15 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: JennysCool
I never thought she was haughty at all. I thought she was a very funny, intelligent, and outgoing person.
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posted on
04/27/2015 4:00:02 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: yarddog
To: EveningStar
Another piece of a better America is now gone.
RIP.
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posted on
04/27/2015 4:13:23 PM PDT
by
mojito
(Zero, our Nero.)
To: yarddog
think her Sister played Alice opposite Jackie Gleason. She never made it to the moon as far as I know.
Nope, it was only Alice.....
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posted on
04/27/2015 4:21:05 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(November 2016 shall be set aside as rodent removal month.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
04/27/2015 4:24:25 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Kirkwood
I agree. I thought she was very interesting on talk shows ... very entertaining. I always liked her. Sad to learn that she is now gone.
To: EveningStar
I remember her in The Meeting of the Minds. That was a great show and spurred my interest in history at an impressionable age. RIP Miss Meadows.
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posted on
04/27/2015 4:41:56 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
To: drewh
Steve Allen was a liberal back in the days when liberals were actually liberal and actually sane.
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