[4] Meadows was born in Arrowwood, Alberta, later moving with her family to Montana and then California.

[1][5] She worked as a singer while in high school, and was a winner of the Miss Sacramento pageant, after which she moved to Hollywood, California.

Meadows moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began her screen career in the 1956 film Flesh and the Spur.

[1] Meadows guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Bachelor Father, 77 Sunset Strip, Harbor Command, Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Restless Gun, Highway Patrol, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Millionaire, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Man and the Challenge, and Maverick.

[1] Meadows also appeared in films such as The Brain from Planet Arous, Frontier Gun, The Girl in Lovers Lane, Walk Tall, and Zebra in the Kitchen.