"Meadows was married to Allen, who was the first host of “The Tonight Show,” from 1954 until his death in 2000, and Audrey Meadows, who starred with Jackie Gleason on “The Honeymooners,” died in 1996."

I loved Audrey as Alice in The Honeymooners.

She accepted scale pay for The Honeymooners in exchange for a residuals clause -- something very rare at the time. Everyone thought she was crazy at the time for doing this. Of course, she was far from crazy. She received royalties from the series for the rest of her life. Such residuals are now a standard component of all TV work.

Good for her for being so prescient. She must have raked a fair amount of money over the years from those residual checks.

Thanks for the information.

Cool!

Not incestuous bisexual polygamy, I mean, but for Variety's weird writing?

has a period after 2000 instead of "and." Maybe an afterthought edit?

It should read "Meadows was married to Allen, who was the first host of “The Tonight Show,” from 1954 until his death in 2000, and sister to Audrey Meadows, who starred with Jackie Gleason on “The Honeymooners,” and who died in 1996."

R.I.P. to another from the "classical" movie and television era.

Few today remember what a genius Steve Allen was, often overshadowed by his comedic ability. He was talented in so many fields and Jayne always seemed to be right up there with him ( a "Meeting of the Minds&quot ?

and she would pop up on there every once in awhile along with the regulars like Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Charo, George Gobel and all the other crazy funny crew.

Yeah, Steve was from a different era of comedians, where they could do everything else too. Literally an all-around entertainer.

RIP.

She lived a long life. 95 is nothing to sneeze at!

I remember her talking about her life when she was young, in China. I just imagine her life with Steve Allen, it must have been a wild ride. My sister and I used to watch his evening show all the time when we were kids and I remember her being on, and being something of a straight 'man' for Steve.

RIP Jayne.

A long, wonderful life. RIP.

May she rest in peace.

Life on the Streets. She and Steve were a couple living in a high rise condo and they were being questioned about witnessing a murder (defenestrated victim). Somehow, they made it funny.

I was working 3-11 PM on the front desk of the Park Manor Hotel in San Diego. Jane Meadows was performing in a play at the Old Globe Theater in Balboa Park and she and her husband stayed in the hotel. It was not unusual for various actors to stay in the hotel.
She and Steve Allen would go out to dinner after the play and then stop by the hotel's front desk to check on mail, messages, etc.

They often stood there for about 10 minutes just chatting with me about everyday things. Talking with them was like speaking with friendly next door neighbors over the backyard fence. They didn't put on 'airs' of Hollywood celebrities. Just nice folks. They seemed to enjoy being treated like everyday folk, and seemed to like to linger and chat. Both were the nicest, unpretentious folks you'd like to meet.

It was a great experience, one I've obviously remembered all these years.

got the impression they were genuinely nice people, now I know.

I've run into a few "personalities" over my time in the travel " industry".

Most were actually very nice...I just treated them as I myself would like to be treated.

RIP Jayne...you out lived my Mom by a year!

His show, Meeting of Minds, was genius.

I always got the impression that Jayne was right on the same level he was.

six, president of contintental airlines at the time). I was walking through the airport to meet a friend, and there they were. I greeted them very quietly, and we chatted for a few minutes. both of them very gracious, very kind ladies.

requiescat in pace, payne.

they played Dr. Erlich's (Ed Begley, Jr) long lost parents. Dr. Erlich thought he was an orphan and all of a sudden his parents show up - turned out they were spies and hadn't been able to contact him all those years. Just another one of "St. Elsewhere's" zany plot twists and parts made for Allen and Meadows.