Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 23, 1922
Place of Birth:
Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
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Coleen Gray
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self |
| 2009 | Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood | Self |
| 2004 | Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz | Self |
| 1985 | Cry from the Mountain | Marian Rissman |
| 1979 | The Best Place to Be | Dottie Parker |
| 1971 | The Late Liz | Sue Webb |
| 1971 | Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You | Mrs. Cazalis |
| 1968 | P.J. | Betty Orbison |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Carol Rosser |
| 1961 | The Phantom Planet | Liara |
| 1960 | The Leech Woman | June Talbot |
| 1958 | Hell's Five Hours | Nancy Brand |
| 1958 | Johnny Rocco | Lois Mayfield, Teacher |
| 1957 | The Vampire | Carol Butler |
| 1957 | Copper Sky | Nora Hayes |
| 1957 | Destination 60,000 | Mary Ellen |
| 1956 | The Killing | Fay |
| 1956 | Death of a Scoundrel | Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust | Nellie Mason |
| 1956 | The Black Whip | Jeannie |
| 1956 | The Wild Dakotas | Sue 'Lucky' Duneen |
| 1956 | Frontier Gambler | Sylvia Melbourne |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner | Goldie Slater |
| 1955 | Las Vegas Shakedown | Julie Rae |
| 1955 | The Twinkle In God's Eye | Laura |
| 1954 | Arrow In The Dust | Christella Burke |
| 1953 | The Vanquished | Jane Colfax |
| 1953 | The Fake | Mary Mason |
| 1953 | Sabre Jet | Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter |
| 1952 | Kansas City Confidential | Helen Foster |
| 1952 | Models Inc. | Rusty Faraday |
| 1951 | Apache Drums | Sally |
| 1951 | I'll Get You for This | Kay Wonderly |
| 1950 | The Sleeping City | Ann Sebastian |
| 1950 | Riding High | Alice 'Princess' Higgins |
| 1950 | Father Is a Bachelor | Prudence Millett |
| 1949 | Sand | Joan Hartley |
| 1948 | Red River | Fen |
| 1948 | Fury at Furnace Creek | Molly Baxter |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Nettie Cavallo |
| 1947 | Nightmare Alley | Molly Carlisle |