Audrey Meadows, the Emmy Award winning actress who played one of television's strongest and most spirited wives in the 1950s comedy "The Honeymooners," has died of cancer in Los Angeles. She was 71.

Audrey Meadows was eventually replaced by Sheila MacRae as Alice, and Jane Kean stepped in as Trixie, but Carney remained at Gleason’s side—still the perfect comedic foil in every incarnation.

Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden 1957/1979 Archive Photos / Stringer/Getty; Harry Langdon / Contributor/Getty Audrey Meadows portrayed Alice Kramden, Ralph's no-nonsense, patient and quick-witted wife.

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie, the wife of Art Carney’s goofy sewer worker Ed Norton, on the classic sitcom The Honeymooners, has died.She was 99. Randolph, the last surviving member of the ...

Audrey Meadows was his wisecracking, strong-willed wife Alice, ... Gleason died in 1987 at age 71, followed by Meadows in 1996 and Carney in 2003.