Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 23, 1922
Died
Aug 03, 2015
Place of Birth
Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
Credits
81 titles
Coleen Gray
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
Cry from the Mountain
Marian Rissman
Tales from the Darkside
Cecilia Matthews
The Best Place to Be
Dottie Parker
Emergency!
Clair Brightweiser
The Sixth Sense
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Mrs. Cazalis
The Late Liz
Sue Webb
Adam-12
Mrs. O'Neill
The Name of the Game
Sylvia Trager
P.J.
Betty Orbison
Mannix
Judd, for the Defense
Ironside
Family Affair
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Barth
Run for Your Life
Sally Holt
Town Tamer
Carol Rosser
Branded
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dorothy Nehf
The Dakotas
The Virginian
Pearl
The Phantom Planet
Liara
Window on Main Street
Bus Stop
Mister Ed
My Three Sons
The Tall Man
Coronado 9
Ruth Evans
The Leech Woman
June Talbot
Bonanza
Marcy
Rawhide
Helen Wade
Johnny Rocco
Lois Mayfield, Teacher
77 Sunset Strip
Hell's Five Hours
Nancy Brand
Maverick
Perry Mason
Lorraine McClaine Kendall
Have Gun, Will Travel
Copper Sky
Nora Hayes
The Vampire
Carol Butler
Destination 60,000
Mary Ellen
The Black Whip
Jeannie
Death of a Scoundrel
Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Frontier Gambler
Sylvia Melbourne
Star in the Dust
Nellie Mason
The Killing
Fay
The Wild Dakotas
Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Laura