Coleen Gray

Actor Oct 23 (died age 92) Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA 1947–2021 (74 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Killing

Fay

Film

Red River

Fen

Film

Nightmare Alley

Molly Carlisle

Film

Kiss of Death

Nettie Cavallo

Film

Kansas City Confidential

Helen Foster

Film

The Vampire

Carol Butler

Film

Apache Drums

Sally

Film

Tennessee's Partner

Goldie Slater

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (41)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

2021

as Self

4.7

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

2009

as Self

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

2004

as Self

Cry from the Mountain

as Marian Rissman

The Best Place to Be

as Dottie Parker

The Late Liz

as Sue Webb

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

as Mrs. Cazalis

P.J.

as Betty Orbison

Town Tamer

as Carol Rosser

The Phantom Planet

as Liara

The Leech Woman

as June Talbot

Hell's Five Hours

as Nancy Brand

Johnny Rocco

as Lois Mayfield, Teacher

The Vampire

as Carol Butler

Copper Sky

as Nora Hayes

Destination 60,000

as Mary Ellen

The Black Whip

1956

as Jeannie

The Killing

as Fay

Star in the Dust

as Nellie Mason

Frontier Gambler

as Sylvia Melbourne

Death of a Scoundrel

as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear

5.8

The Wild Dakotas

1956

as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen

Tennessee's Partner

as Goldie Slater

Las Vegas Shakedown

as Julie Rae

The Twinkle In God's Eye

as Laura

Arrow In The Dust

as Christella Burke

The Vanquished

as Jane Colfax

Sabre Jet

as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter

6.7

The Fake

1953

as Mary Mason

5.5

Kansas City Confidential

as Helen Foster

Models Inc.

as Rusty Faraday

Apache Drums

as Sally

I'll Get You for This

1951

as Kay Wonderly

6.8

Riding High

1950

as Alice 'Princess' Higgins

The Sleeping City

as Ann Sebastian

Father Is a Bachelor

as Prudence Millett

Sand

as Joan Hartley

Red River

as Fen

Fury at Furnace Creek

as Molly Baxter

Kiss of Death

as Nettie Cavallo

Nightmare Alley

as Molly Carlisle

Television (40)

Tales from the Darkside

1984

as Cecilia Matthews

7.2

Emergency!

1972

as Clair Brightweiser

The Sixth Sense

Adam-12

as Mrs. O'Neill

The Name of the Game

as Sylvia Trager

Ironside

Mannix

Judd for the Defense

Family Affair

The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Barth

Run for Your Life

as Sally Holt

Branded

The Dakotas

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dorothy Nehf

The Virginian

as Pearl

Mister Ed

Bus Stop

Window on Main Street

My Three Sons

The Tall Man

Coronado 9

Bonanza

as Marcy

Rawhide

as Helen Wade

77 Sunset Strip

Perry Mason

as Lorraine McClaine Kendall

7.7

Maverick

1957

6.9

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.3

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Mrs. Lois Callen

7.8

The Millionaire

1955

as Jean Smith Fortune

Frontier

Climax!

as Amanda Shepard

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Peggy Minters

7.8

General Electric Theater

as Jo Parkes

Four Star Playhouse

as Lisa

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Maria Tasnady

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Danger

Your Show of Shows

Lux Video Theatre

as Blanche