Audrey Meadows Overview:

Actress, Audrey Meadows, was born Audrey Cotter on Feb 8, 1922 in Wu-ch'ang, China. Meadows died at the age of 74 on Feb 3, 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA .

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television.

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Cathy Timberlake: [Cathy is rushing off to meet Philip, over Connie's objections] Connie, this is terribly important to me. I've got to *prove* to him that I'm a woman!
Connie Emerson: [calls after her] Well, there are easier ways to do it. Send him your birth certificate!


Connie Emerson: [talking to Cathy] For 2000 years we've had their children, washed their clothes, cooked their meals and cleaned their houses. And what did they give us in return? The right to smoke in public. We sold out for a cigarette - and you don't even smoke!


Connie Emerson: Men take one look at you and all of a sudden their wives don't understand them.


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When she first auditioned for the part of Alice Kramden, Jackie Gleason turned her down because, he said, she was too pretty to be believable as Ralph's wife. Determined to get the part, she hired a photographer to take pictures of her with frumpy clothes, no makeup and a generally world-weary attitude and sent them to Gleason. Gleason, not recognizing the woman in the photo as Audrey, told his producers that she was "Alice" and to find her. When he found out it was indeed Audrey, he said that any actress that determined to get the part deserved it, and hired her.

Brother-in-law is the late Steve Allen.

Was a chain smoker.

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