Acting · Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - USA · Born April 29, 1927
Coates was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., where she acted in children's theater. She went on to major in acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in stock companies in the East. She met her future husband, James Noble - who played "Governor Gene Gatling" on the TV show Benson(1979) - in 1951 in Worcester, Mass., while playing "Eliza Doolittle" in "Pygmalion". The couple appeared in many plays together, notably "Long Day's Journey into Night" and "A Delicate Balance". - IMDb Mini Biography
MovieThis Child Is Mine
1985
as Grace
MovieThe Buddy System
1984
as Teacher
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Mrs. Fordham
MovieIncident at Crestridge
1981
as Mrs. Dobbs
MovieMommie Dearest
1981
as Mother Superior
MovieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Twin Oaks Customer
MovieScared Straight! Another Story
1980
as Mary Loring
MovieBarn Burning
1980
as Aunt
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Karen's Mother
MovieThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972
as Mrs. McKay
MovieThe Hustler
1961
as Waitress
