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Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Birthday: 1922-10-23 | Place of Birth: Staplehurst, Nebraska, U.S.

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1969
Bright Promise

as    Ann Boyd Jones

1968
P.J.

as    Betty Orbison

1961
The Phantom Planet

as    Liara

1960
The Leech Woman

as    June Talbot

1958
Hell's Five Hours

as    Nancy Brand

1957
The Vampire

as    Carol Butler

1957
Copper Sky

as    Nora Hayes

1956
The Killing

as    Fay

1956
The Black Whip

as    Jeannie

1956
Star in the Dust

as    Nellie Mason

1956
The Wild Dakotas

as    Sue 'Lucky' Duneen

1955
Tennessee's Partner

as    Goldie Slater

1954
Arrow In The Dust

as    Christella Burke

1953
The Vanquished

as    Jane Colfax

1953
Sabre Jet

as    Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter

1952
Kansas City Confidential

as    Helen Foster

1951
I'll Get You for This

as    Kay Wonderly

1951
Apache Drums

as    Sally

1950
The Sleeping City

as    Ann Sebastian

1950
Father Is a Bachelor

as    Prudence Millett

1949
Sand

as    Joan Hartley

1948
Red River

as    Fen

1948
Fury at Furnace Creek

as    Molly Baxter

1947
Nightmare Alley

as    Molly Carlisle

1947
Kiss of Death

as    Nettie Cavallo