The 1990's were a busy decade for stage, screen and television star Jayne Meadows. Her stage performance in Neil Simon's LOST IN YONKERS was called a "triumph," "superb," "the performance of a lifetime," by the critics and she won the 1993 Drama-Logue Award for Best Performance by a Stage Actress in a drama. With her husband, Steve Allen, she performed A.R. Gurney's two character play, LOVE LETTERS, to rave reviews across the country. Under the direction of Rob Reiner, she was featured as Michelle Pfeiffer's mother in Castle Rock's THE STORY OF US (1999) starring Bruce Willis. In her recurring role on the CBS TV comedy series HIGH SOCIETY, Miss Meadows earned her fifth Emmy nomination (1995).

Jayne's career is the stuff dreams are made of -- a Broadway comedy star in her teens -- a film dramatic actress performing opposite the likes of Hepburn, Niven, Peck, etc. - and a television star with innumerable prestigious dramatic and comedy roles, as well as five Television series: I'VE GOT A SECRET (CBS - 7 years), MEDICAL CENTER (CBS - 3 years), MEETING OF MINDS (PBS - 4 years), IT'S NOT EASY (ABC) and HIGH SOCIETY (CBS).

Throughout, Jayne has enjoyed extraordinary critical acclaim and has received many honors, including, the Emmy Award (1991) the American Book Award (1988), five Emmy nominations, a Grammy nomination (1985), and the 1990 International Platform Association Award for her one-woman show, POWERFUL WOMEN IN HISTORY, with which she toured the United States for ten years. She recently received the Susan B. Anthony Award for her contribution to portraying women in positive roles, and in 1981 was presented with the first award given by the National Organization for Women for her TV portrayal of Ms. Anthony. She is also the recipient of several Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from various universities.

As a teenager, Jayne made her debut on Broadway in the hit comedy SPRING AGAIN, and went on to star in six more Broadway shows. However, it was the Broadway hit THE GAZEBO that established . Jayne as a top comedienne. She was called to Hollywood to begin a successful film and television career. Her return to Broadway in the revival of Kaufman and Hart's classic ONCE IN A LIFETIME was met with rave notices.

Hollywood established Jayne, the Broadway comedienne, as Jayne, the serious dramatic actress, in such films as: UNDERCURRENT, with Katherine Hepburn; DAVID AND BATHSHEBA, with Gregory Peck; LADY IN THE LAKE, with Robert Montgomery; ENCHANTMENT, with David Niven; THE SONG OF THE THIN MAN, with William Powell and Myrnta Loy; and LUCK OF THE IRISH, opposite Tyrone Power -- to name a few.

On television she starred in virtually all the prestigious dramatic programs of the Golden Age of Television: HALLMARK HALL OF FAME, PULITZER PRIZE PLAYHOUSE, STUDIO ONE, GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER, U.S. STEEL HOUR, ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS, THE DUPONT SHOW OF THE WEEK, KRAFT TELEVISION THEATER, etc.

During all the above activity, Jayne was a regular panelist on I'VE GOT A SECRET (CBS) for seven years. The popular program was consistently rated in the top five prime- time shows during her tenure, and made her a household name and the second highest- rated actress on the CBS network. Lucille Ball was number one.

Among her more recent dramatic credits are: four years on the award-winning MEETING OF MINDS, for which she co-wrote and performed the epic characters: Marie Antoinette, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Catherine the Great, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and the 90-year-old Florence Nightingale (Emmy nomination, 1979); two seasons on ST. ELSEWHERE (Emmy nomination, 1987); MURDER SHE WROTE; SISTERS; MEDICAL CENTER (3 years), UNCLE BUCK, HOMICIDE, THE NANNY, DIAGNOSIS MURDER, etc.

A few of her Movies-of-the-Week include: ALICE IN WONDERLAND, & ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (as the Queen of Hearts for CBS), HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON (Disney - NBC two parter), Bob Hope's

NICE, DEADLY WEEKEND (NBC), TEN SPEED AND BROWNSHOE (ABC), THE JAMES DEAN STORY, (CBS - as Hedda Hopper), MISS ALL AMERICAN BEAUTY (CBS), etc. Miss Meadows also was the MC with Arthur Godfrey of the first two years of the MISS UNIVERSE pageant.

Jayne's television comedy/variety career has been equally full with multiple appearances on the Red Skelton, Steve Allen, Milton Berle, HOLLYWOOD PALACE television shows, as well as appearances with Bob Hope and Sid Caesar, etc.

Jayne, an accomplished writer in several media, wrote the original story for a segment of FANTASY ISLAND, which starred her and Steve Allen. Her play, THE ETERNAL BED, was produced at the Stop-Gap Theater in Los Angeles. Carte Blanche magazine published a column under Jayne's byline for five years.

Jayne and her brilliantly talented and versatile husband, Steve Allen, appeared together in concert in a wide variety of venues from Las Vegas to Carnegie Hall. Miss Meadows has one son, Bill, a veteran network and studio television executive who also runs the entertainment and music publishing companies co-founded by Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen more than 40 years ago.

For more information please visit Jayne's official website at: www.JayneMeadows.com