TIGERX.COM Memorials: Fond Farewell to Audrey Meadows

Fond Farewell

Audrey Meadows

February 8, 1926 - - - February 3, 1996

Born in China to missionary parents, Audrey spoke mostly Chinese until her parents brought her to the United States. She went on to sing at Carnegie Hall and became most famous for her role opposite Jackie Gleason as Alice in The Honeymooners, one of hte most famous sitcoms of all time, it still runs today in syndication after 40 years. After she took a breadk from show business and served as the first woman director of the First National Bank of Denver, and as honorary vice president of sales for Continental Airlines. She died of lung cancer just days before her 70th birthday.

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