Coleen Gray
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Perry Mason
Lorraine McClaine Kendall
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Olga Corbin
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Linda Sutton
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Martha Erskine
1957
Series
Bonanza
Marcy
1959
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
Maverick
1957
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
Adam-12
Mrs. O'Neill
1968
Series
Emergency!
Clair Brightweiser
1972
Series
The Virginian
Pearl
1962
Series
The Virginian
Mrs. Marsh
1962
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Rawhide
Helen Wade
1959
Series
My Three Sons
1960
Series
Climax!
Amanda Shepard
1954
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Lisa
1952
Series
Tales from the Darkside
Cecilia Matthews
1984
Series
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Barth
1965
Series
Run for Your Life
Sally Holt
1965
Series
The Name of the Game
Sylvia Trager
1968
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Mister Ed
1961
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dorothy Nehf
1963
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Lois Callen
1955
Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Series
Family Affair
1966
Series
The Millionaire
Jean Smith Fortune
1955
Series
Branded
1965
Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Series
The Tall Man
1960
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Danger
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Blanche
1950
Series
Bus Stop
1961
Series
The Sixth Sense
1972
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Peggy Minters
1954
Film
The Killing
Fay
1956
Series
The Dakotas
1963
Film
Red River
Fen
1948
Series
Coronado 9
Ruth Evans
1960
Series
Frontier
1955
Film
Kiss of Death
Nettie Cavallo
1947
Film
Nightmare Alley
Molly Carlisle
1947
Series
General Electric Theater
Jo Parkes
1953
Film
Death of a Scoundrel
Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
1956
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Maria Tasnady
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Isabel Ford
1951
Film
Kansas City Confidential
Helen Foster
1952
Film
Star in the Dust
Nellie Mason
1956
Film
Copper Sky
Nora Hayes
1957
Film
The Phantom Planet
Liara
1961
Window on Main Street
1961
Film
Town Tamer
Carol Rosser
1965
Film
P.J.
Betty Orbison
1968
Film
Apache Drums
Sally
1951
Film
The Sleeping City
Ann Sebastian
1950
Film
The Vampire
Carol Butler
1957
Film
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Laura
1955
Film
Models Inc.
Rusty Faraday
1952
Film
The Vanquished
Jane Colfax
1953
Film
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
2021
Film
Riding High
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
1950
Film
Las Vegas Shakedown
Julie Rae
1955
Film
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Mrs. Cazalis
1971
Film
Arrow In The Dust
Christella Burke
1954
Film
Johnny Rocco
Lois Mayfield, Teacher
1958
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
2004
Film
Hell's Five Hours
Nancy Brand
1958
Film
The Late Liz
Sue Webb
1971
Film
Tennessee's Partner
Goldie Slater
1955
Film
The Best Place to Be
Dottie Parker
1979
Film
Father Is a Bachelor
Prudence Millett
1950
Film
The Leech Woman
June Talbot
1960
Film
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Self
2009
Film
The Fake
Mary Mason
1953
Film
Fury at Furnace Creek
Molly Baxter
1948
Film
The Black Whip
Jeannie
1956
Destination 60,000
Mary Ellen
1957
Film
Frontier Gambler
Sylvia Melbourne
1956
Film
Sand
Joan Hartley
1949
Film
I'll Get You for This
Kay Wonderly
1951
Film
The Wild Dakotas
Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
1956
Film
Cry from the Mountain
Marian Rissman
1985
Film
Sabre Jet
Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
1953