seeing only the best in all her family members and giving us all confidence that we had value to offer the world and should take risks because we could do no wrong in her eyes meadows is survived by her son bill allen hows steveo every living room however her favorite time professionally were the years she spent with her husband as a celebrity panelist on ive 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 id be leaving the apartment and the cab drivers would yell jayney hows the baby meadows went on to earn three emmy nominations for her work on meeting of minds st elsewhere and high society it was the medium that came into your living room 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 great show last night 151 jayne meadows has died her agent confirmed to abc news they knew you as a friend she also appeared on broadway in spring again the gazebo and once in a lifetime and in films including undercurrent and lady in the lake she told emmy tv legends her work in tv was varied from appearances on whats my line and hollywood squares to the honeymooners alongside her sister audrey meadows she was the most loving mother and grandmother i could ever imagine he told entertainment tonight