Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows, American actress and author (died 2015)

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Born: September 27, 1919
Died: April 26, 2015
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birth year: 1919

About Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows (born Jane Cotter; September 27, 1919 – April 26, 2015) was an American stage, film and television actress, as well as an author and lecturer. She was nominated for three Emmy Awards during her career and was the wife of original Tonight Show host Steve Allen. She was the elder sister of actress, banker, and memoirist Audrey Meadows. She is the elder sister of actress, banker, and memoirist Audrey Meadows.

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The world when Jayne Meadows was born

Jayne Meadows was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1919

Best-selling book"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBlack Sox scandal — 1919 World Series fixed
Top headlineTreaty of Versailles signed — 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
Technology milestoneFirst nonstop transatlantic flight (Alcock & Brown)
Defining fadOuija boards
Notable inventionPop-up toaster
World population~1.79B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
U.S. population103.2M

1919 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jayne Meadows's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1919	2026
Gas	$0.25	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,000	$435,000
Average income	$2,000	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	103.2M	341 million

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