Jayne Meadows Allen, a versatile early television actress who was nominated for three Emmy Awards and perhaps best known as a panelist on “I’ve Got a Secret,” died Sunday at her home in Encino, Calif. She was 95.
Her family said she died peacefully, ofnatural causes.
Meadows was also known as the wife and sometimes performance partner of TV host Steve Allen. They were married from 1954 until his death in 2000.
Born in China to missionary parents, Meadows got her start in the movies, appearing opposite Katherine Hepburn in the 1946 film “Undercurrent.”
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