Coleen Gray
Acting • Born 1922-10-23 – Died 2015-08-03
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.
Filmography
86 credits
The Killing
Movie • 1956
Fay
Red River
Movie • 1948
Fen
Kansas City Confidential
Movie • 1952
Helen Foster
Kiss of Death
Movie • 1947
Nettie Cavallo
The Phantom Planet
Movie • 1961
Liara
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Movie • 2004
Self
The Sleeping City
Movie • 1950
Ann Sebastian
Tennessee's Partner
Movie • 1955
Goldie Slater
The Vanquished
Movie • 1953
Jane Colfax
Death of a Scoundrel
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Nightmare Alley
Movie • 1947
Molly Carlisle
The Leech Woman
Movie • 1960
June Talbot
Apache Drums
Movie • 1951
Sally
The Fake
Movie • 1953
Mary Mason
The Vampire
Movie • 1957
Carol Butler
Hell's Five Hours
Movie • 1958
Nancy Brand
Sabre Jet
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
Riding High
Movie • 1950
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Star in the Dust
Movie • 1956
Nellie Mason
The Black Whip
Movie • 1956
Jeannie
Fury at Furnace Creek
Movie • 1948
Molly Baxter
Las Vegas Shakedown
Movie • 1955
Julie Rae
Models Inc.
Movie • 1952
Rusty Faraday
Arrow In The Dust
Movie • 1954
Christella Burke
I'll Get You for This
Movie • 1951
Kay Wonderly
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie • 1955
Laura
The Wild Dakotas
Movie • 1956
Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
Frontier Gambler
Movie • 1956
Sylvia Melbourne
Father Is a Bachelor
Movie • 1950
Prudence Millett
Copper Sky
Movie • 1957
Nora Hayes
Sand
Movie • 1949
Joan Hartley
Town Tamer
Movie • 1965
Carol Rosser
P.J.
Movie • 1968
Betty Orbison
The Best Place to Be
Movie • 1979
Dottie Parker
Destination 60,000
Movie • 1957
Mary Ellen
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie • 2021
Self
Cry from the Mountain
Movie • 1985
Marian Rissman
The Late Liz
Movie • 1971
Sue Webb
Johnny Rocco
Movie • 1958
Lois Mayfield, Teacher
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Movie • 2009
Self
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Cazalis
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Family Affair
TV • 1966
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Cecilia Matthews
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Dorothy Nehf
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Mrs. Barth
Mannix
TV • 1967
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Lorraine McClaine Kendall
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Jo Parkes
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Clair Brightweiser
Ironside
TV • 1967
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Mrs. Lois Callen
Window on Main Street
TV • 1961
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Helen Wade
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Sally Holt
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Jean Smith Fortune
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Pearl
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Blanche
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Maria Tasnady
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
Climax!
TV • 1954
Amanda Shepard
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The Sixth Sense
TV • 1972
Branded
TV • 1965
The Dakotas
TV • 1963
Coronado 9
TV • 1960
Frontier
TV • 1955
Maverick
TV • 1957
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mrs. Marsh
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Mrs. O'Neill
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Isabel Ford
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Lisa
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Sylvia Trager
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Olga Corbin
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Linda Sutton
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Martha Erskine
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Peggy Minters
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Marcy
Danger
TV • 1950