Coleen Gray
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Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was born in Staplehurst, Nebraska. After graduating from high school she studied dramatics at Hamline University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, she then decided to see America and traveled to California, stopping off at La Jolla where she worked as a waitress. After several weeks there, she moved to L.A. and enrolled in a drama school. Her performances attracted a talent scout from 20th Century-Fox, with whom she signed a contract after a screen test. Although Fox put her in several good pictures (Kiss of Death (1947), Nightmare Alley (1947), The Razor's Edge (1946) in which she acquitted herself well, many of the roles they gave her were not worthy of her talent and she never became as big a star as many thought she should have. Still, she has an extensive list of credits in films, TV, radio and on the stage.
Known for
Credits
The Killing (1956)
as Fay
Nightmare Alley (1947)
as Molly Carlisle
Red River (1948)
as Fen
Star in the Dust (1956)
as Nellie Mason
Kiss of Death (1947)
as Nettie Cavallo
Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
as Helen Foster
P.J. (1968)
as Betty Orbison
The Vanquished (1953)
as Jane Colfax
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)
as Mrs. Cazalis
The Best Place to Be (1979)
as Dottie Parker
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self
The Phantom Planet (1961)
as Liara
The Vampire (1957)
as Carol Butler
Copper Sky (1957)
as Nora Hayes
Apache Drums (1951)
as Sally
Town Tamer (1965)
as Carol Rosser
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
as Laura
The Leech Woman (1960)
as June Talbot
Arrow In The Dust (1954)
as Christella Burke
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
as Goldie Slater
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
as Molly Baxter
The Sleeping City (1950)
as Ann Sebastian
Hell's Five Hours (1958)
as Nancy Brand
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Prudence Millett
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood (2009)
as Self
I'll Get You for This (1951)
as Kay Wonderly
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
as Self
The Black Whip (1956)
as Jeannie
The Late Liz (1971)
as Sue Webb
Frontier Gambler (1956)
as Sylvia Melbourne
Cry from the Mountain (1985)
as Marian Rissman
Riding High (1950)
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Sabre Jet (1953)
as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
Models Inc. (1952)
as Rusty Faraday
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
as Julie Rae
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
The Fake (1953)
as Mary Mason
Johnny Rocco (1958)
as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
Destination 60,000 (1957)
as Mary Ellen
Sand (1949)
as Joan Hartley