About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1922-10-23
Place of birth:
Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
Website:
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Coleen Gray

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! Actor Self 59
Average
2009 Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood Actor Self N/A
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2004 Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz Actor Self N/A
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1985 Cry from the Mountain Actor Marian Rissman 59
Average
1979 The Best Place to Be Actor Dottie Parker 59
Average
1971 Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You Actor Mrs. Cazalis 58
Average
1971 The Late Liz Actor Sue Webb N/A
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1968 P.J. Actor Betty Orbison 58
Average
1965 Town Tamer Actor Carol Rosser 59
Average
1961 The Phantom Planet Actor Liara 56
Average
1961 Window on Main Street Actor 69
Fair
1960 The Leech Woman Actor June Talbot 58
Average
1958 Johnny Rocco Actor Lois Mayfield, Teacher 58
Average
1958 Hell's Five Hours Actor Nancy Brand 59
Average
1957 Copper Sky Actor Nora Hayes 59
Average
1957 The Vampire Actor Carol Butler 59
Average
1957 Destination 60,000 Actor Mary Ellen N/A
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1956 The Black Whip Actor Jeannie N/A
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1956 Death of a Scoundrel Actor Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear 59
Average
1956 Frontier Gambler Actor Sylvia Melbourne 58
Average
1956 Star in the Dust Actor Nellie Mason 58
Average
1956 The Killing Actor Fay 72
Good
1956 The Wild Dakotas Actor Sue 'Lucky' Duneen N/A
N/A
1955 The Twinkle In God's Eye Actor Laura 59
Average
1955 Tennessee's Partner Actor Goldie Slater 59
Average
1955 Las Vegas Shakedown Actor Julie Rae 58
Average
1954 Arrow In The Dust Actor Christella Burke 59
Average
1953 The Fake Actor Mary Mason 59
Average
1953 Sabre Jet Actor Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter 59
Average
1953 The Vanquished Actor Jane Colfax 58
Average
1952 Kansas City Confidential Actor Helen Foster 61
Fair
1952 Models Inc. Actor Rusty Faraday 59
Average
1951 Apache Drums Actor Sally 59
Average
1951 I'll Get You for This Actor Kay Wonderly 59
Average
1950 The Sleeping City Actor Ann Sebastian 58
Average
1950 Riding High Actor Alice 'Princess' Higgins 58
Average
1950 Father Is a Bachelor Actor Prudence Millett 59
Average
1949 Sand Actor Joan Hartley 58
Average
1948 Red River Actor Fen 66
Fair
1948 Fury at Furnace Creek Actor Molly Baxter 59
Average
1947 Nightmare Alley Actor Molly Carlisle 62
Fair
1947 Kiss of Death Actor Nettie Cavallo 61
Fair