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She was the older sister of actress Audrey Meadows.

When her husband, Steve Allen, asked her to play Cleopatra in his television series Meeting of the Minds, she refused. After he told her that if she didn't accept the part he didn't know how their marriage could continue, she agreed to do it.

She quietly lived out her retirement in Encino, California until her death in April 2015.

In 1965, Jayne was attending college to study Chinese language.

Cecil B. DeMille chose her for the role of Moses' adoptive mother, Bithiah, in his film Die zehn Gebote (1956) because he thought she was "very beautiful and very warm." She turned it down because she did not want to commute to Hollywood and be away from her husband (they lived in New York City). The part went to Nina Foch.

Longtime friend of Julie London.

Her father was Francis Meadows Cotter, an Episcopal missionary. Her mother's name was Ida Miller Taylor.

She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, beside her beloved husband, Steve Allen. Plot Court of Liberty section, Gardens of Heritage division, Map #H22, Lot 1725, Single Garden Crypt 4.

In 1988, she received the "America Book Award".

Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

In 1991, she received the Women's International Center Living Legacy Award.

Attended an event at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre marking the 50th anniversary of the untimely passing of actor Tyrone Power. Four of his films were screened: Der Liebesreporter (1937), Im Zeichen des Zorro (1940), Auf Messers Schneide (1946) and Der Scharlatan (1947). Also in attendance were his children, Tyrone Power Jr., Taryn Power and Romina Power, and other actors who have worked with him, including Coleen Gray, Piper Laurie and Terry Moore. (November 2008)