- 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 he hired her.
- In one sense, Audrey and her agent were smarter than the usually visionary Jackie Gleason. Audrey was the only one of the Honeymooners cast whose contract required payments to her for TV reruns and sales of the episodes.
- She was the live action model for the cartoon character Wilma Flintstone.
- She lived in China for the first five years of her life because her parents were missionaries there. Until her family moved back to the US, Audrey spoke nothing but Chinese. Her family was visiting New York City when she was born.
- Both Audrey and Jayne Meadows competed against members of the William F. Buckley family in local talent shows. In 1944, three of Buckley's sisters were accused of vandalizing the church where Audrey and Jayne's father was rector.
- Audrey and Joyce Randolph (who played neighbor Trixie in the Honeymooners sketches) knew each other before the classic TV show. They once worked together in a summer stock production of "No, No, Nanette".
- Late husband, Bob Six, was CEO of Continental Airlines and was once married to Ethel Merman.
- She returned once to The Honeymooners (1955) in 1966 for the last black-and-white sketch, entitled "The Adoption", which was broadcast in Miami.
- Jackie Gleason was short and had a Napoleon complex, so he hired short actors to work with. One of the few exceptions was Audrey, who was 5'6" but wore flats.
- Her father was Francis Meadows Cotter, an Episcopal missionary. Her mother's name was Ida Miller Taylor.
- Was a chain smoker.
- She was the first The Simpsons (1989) guest star to have passed away. Ironically she played an old woman at an old folks home who died and came back as a ghost.
- Younger sister of actress Jayne Meadows.
- Her father, Rev. Francis James Meadows Cotter, was an Episcopal priest and mother, Ida, was a missionary.
- Became the first woman director of the First National Bank of Denver in post-acting years.
- Debuted at Carnegie Hall as a mezzo-soprano.
- Brother-in-law was the late Steve Allen.
- One of her character's many famous quips to Jackie Gleason's "Ralph Kramden" was when Ralph said that he was waiting for his "pot of gold": "Go for the gold, Ralph, you've already got the pot!".
- Although not a comedienne by nature, Audrey appeared with many of Hollywood's top comic royalty during her "Golden Age of TV" years, including Red Skelton, George Gobel, Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, and Carol Burnett.
- Played field hockey in school.
- The youngest of four children.
- She and sister Jayne Meadows had nicknames for each other when they were little. Audrey was Sara and Jayne was Elinor.
- Best remembered for her continuing role as Alice Kramden, wife of Ralph Kramden (played by Jackie Gleason), in TV's The Honeymooners (1955). (The same role had been played earlier by Pert Kelton, and later by Sheila MacRae.).
- A Republican, she publicly endorsed Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan for president.
- Although very busy in television for over forty years, she appeared in only four movie roles - and the first of those was an uncredited bit part.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 401-403. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- In honor of her 100th birthday on February 8, 2022, her name was cited first and foremost in national "Born on This Day" mention columns.
- Meadows was portrayed by Kristen Dalton in "Gleason", a 2002 television biopic about the life of her "Honeymooners" co-star Jackie Gleason.
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