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Jayne Meadows has died, her agent confirmed to ABC News. She was 95.
Meadows, who was married to TV legend Steve Allen from 1954 until his death in 2000, was born in China and moved to Connecticut with her missionary parents as a child. As a teenager, she developed a love of theater and made a name for herself in a local company as "the redhead with the loud voice," she told Emmy TV Legends.
Meadows went on to earn three Emmy nominations for her work on "Meeting of Minds," "St. Elsewhere" and "High Society." However, her favorite time professionally were the years she spent with her husband as a celebrity panelist on "I've Got a Secret."
"That was a period in New York, where everybody I worked with, they were our best friends and I would do the show at night and the next day I'd be leaving the apartment ... and the cab drivers [would yell] 'Jayney! Great show last night! How's Steve-o? How's the baby?'" she told Emmy TV Legends. "It was the medium that came into your living room. Every living room ... they knew you as a friend."
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