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Phyllis Coates
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) was an American actress best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane i…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) was an American actress best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole-Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman. Coates signed a movie contract with Warner Bros. extending from 1948 to 1956. She co-starred with George O'Hanlon as the title character's wife in the studio's Joe McDoakes short-subject comedies. She acted in film serials including Jungle Drums of Africa (1953), Gunfighters of the Northwest (1953), and Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955). Her film career also included roles in Girls in Prison (1956), I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), Blood Arrow (1958), Cattle Empire (1958), The Incredible Petrified World (1959), The Baby Maker (1970) and Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989). Coates was one of Hollywood's most consistently employed actresses of the 1950s and '60s. She freelanced steadily, appearing in numerous low-budget features, many of them Westerns, as well as serials and a steady stream of TV appearances, both as a regular in several series and as a guest cast member in others. All this was in addition to the "McDoakes" shorts, in which she continued to appear until Warner Bros. discontinued the series in 1956.
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2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1996
Hollywood: The Movie
Movie Old Dora
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1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV show Ellen Lane
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1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV show Mrs. Howard
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1991
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Movie Katherine
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1989
Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
Movie Gladys Baker
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1989
Christine Cromwell
TV show Friend
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1989
The Story of Superman
Movie Self / Lois Lane (archival footage)
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1989
Kiss Shot
Movie
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1988
Whisper Kill
Movie
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1970
The Baby Maker
Movie Tish's Mother
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1966
Summer Fun
TV show
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1966
The Claw Monsters
Movie Jean Evans (archive footage)
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1966
U-238 and the Witch Doctor
Movie Carol Bryant
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1963
The Patty Duke Show
TV show
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Mrs. Marden
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1961
Gunslinger
TV show Teresa Perez
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1959
The Incredible Petrified World
Movie Dale Marshall
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1959
The Untouchables
TV show Angela Lamberto
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
TV show Laura Seldon
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1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV show Penny
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1959
Black Saddle
TV show Maggie
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Nora Sage
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1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV show
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1958
Cattle Empire
Movie Janice Hamilton
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1958
Blood Arrow
Movie Bess Johnson
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1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Movie Margaret
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1957
Leave It to Beaver
TV show Betty Donaldson
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Norma Carter
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1957
Chicago Confidential
Movie Helen Fremont (uncredited)
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1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV show Monica Freeborn
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1956
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Movie Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
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1956
Girls in Prison
Movie Dorothy
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1956
So You Want to Play the Piano
Movie Alice McDoakes
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1956
So You Want to Be Pretty
Movie Alice McDoakes aka Cynthia (uncredited)
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1956
Once to Every Woman
Movie Marsha
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1955
Frontier
TV show Medora De More
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1955
Navy Log
TV show
