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
Kiss of Death (1947)
as Nettie Cavallo
Star in the Dust (1956)
as Nellie Mason
P.J. (1968)
as Betty Orbison
Town Tamer (1965)
as Carol Rosser
Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
The Sleeping City (1950)
as Ann Sebastian
Hell's Five Hours (1958)
as Nancy Brand
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
as Helen Foster
Copper Sky (1957)
as Nora Hayes
The Leech Woman (1960)
as June Talbot
The Vanquished (1953)
as Jane Colfax
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
as Goldie Slater
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self
I'll Get You for This (1951)
as Kay Wonderly
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
as Julie Rae
Arrow In The Dust (1954)
as Christella Burke
The Phantom Planet (1961)
as Liara
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
as Molly Baxter
The Vampire (1957)
as Carol Butler
Apache Drums (1951)
as Sally
Riding High (1950)
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
The Best Place to Be (1979)
as Dottie Parker
The Fake (1953)
as Mary Mason
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)
as Mrs. Cazalis
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
as Prudence Millett
Cry from the Mountain (1985)
as Marian Rissman
Sabre Jet (1953)
as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
The Black Whip (1956)
as Jeannie
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
as Laura
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood (2009)
as Self
Johnny Rocco (1958)
as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
as Self
Frontier Gambler (1956)
as Sylvia Melbourne
Models Inc. (1952)
as Rusty Faraday
Sand (1949)
as Joan Hartley
The Late Liz (1971)
as Sue Webb
Destination 60,000 (1957)
as Mary Ellen