Coleen Gray

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Coleen Gray

Acting October 23, 1922

Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA

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 Un…

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What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Killing

The Killing

7.6 1956 Movie
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
Maverick

Maverick

7.0 1957 TV Show
Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8 1955 TV Show
Red River

Red River

7.3 1948 Movie
Adam-12

Adam-12

7.1 1968 TV Show
Mannix

Mannix

6.8 1967 TV Show
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.3 1957 TV Show
Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

7.2 1984 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

    Movie Self

  2. 2009
    Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood

    Movie Self

  3. 2004
    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    Movie Self

  4. 1985
    Cry from the Mountain

    Movie Marian Rissman

  5. 1984
    Tales from the Darkside

    TV show Cecilia Matthews

  6. 1979
    The Best Place to Be

    Movie Dottie Parker

  7. 1972
    Emergency!

    TV show Mrs. Thompson

  8. 1972
    The Sixth Sense

    TV show

  9. 1971
    Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

    Movie Mrs. Cazalis

  10. 1971
    The Late Liz

    Movie Sue Webb

  11. 1968
    Adam-12

    TV show Mrs. O'Neill

  12. 1968
    The Name of the Game

    TV show Sylvia Trager

  13. 1968
    P.J.

    Movie Betty Orbison

  14. 1967
    Mannix

    TV show

  15. 1967
    Judd, for the Defense

    TV show

  16. 1967
    Ironside

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1966
    Family Affair

    TV show

  2. 1965
    The F.B.I.

    TV show Mrs. Barth

  3. 1965
    Run for Your Life

    TV show Sally Holt

  4. 1965
    Town Tamer

    Movie Carol Rosser

  5. 1965
    Branded

    TV show

  6. 1963
    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    TV show Dorothy Nehf

  7. 1963
    The Dakotas

    TV show

  8. 1962
    The Virginian

    TV show Pearl

  9. 1961
    The Phantom Planet

    Movie Liara

  10. 1961
    Window on Main Street

    TV show

  11. 1961
    Bus Stop

    TV show

  12. 1961
    Mister Ed

    TV show

  13. 1960
    My Three Sons

    TV show

  14. 1960
    The Tall Man

    TV show

  15. 1960
    Coronado 9

    TV show Ruth Evans

  16. 1960
    The Leech Woman

    Movie June Talbot

  17. 1959
    Bonanza

    TV show Marcy

  18. 1959
    Rawhide

    TV show Helen Wade

  19. 1958
    Johnny Rocco

    Movie Lois Mayfield, Teacher

  20. 1958
    77 Sunset Strip

    TV show

  21. 1958
    Hell's Five Hours

    Movie Nancy Brand

  22. 1957
    Maverick

    TV show

  23. 1957
    Perry Mason

    TV show Lorraine McClaine Kendall

  24. 1957
    Have Gun, Will Travel

    TV show