Audrey Meadows

Birth Name:

Audrey Cotter

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy at the 1995 American Comedy Awards
Started her career as a vocalist, singing with the Civic Light Opera companies in Detroit, Louisville, Ky․, and Chicago after appearing in Carnegie Hall as a coloratura soprano at the age of 16
A skilled comedian, she is best remembered for playing Alice on "The Honeymooners․"
Departed from her normal style and stretched her dramatic muscles in several straight roles in "Play of the Week," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and other productions
Was the Director of the First National Bank of Denver for 11 years
Was the first celebrity who guest starred on "The Simpsons" to die
Was the only person on the cast of "The Honeymooners" whose contract required her to be paid for television re-runs and the sales of episodes

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