Acting · Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA · Born October 23, 1922
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.
MovieHollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
MovieWestern Legenden - Made in Hollywood
2009
as Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
as Self
MovieCry from the Mountain
1985
as Marian Rissman
TVTales from the Darkside
1984
as Cecilia Matthews
MovieThe Best Place to Be
1979
as Dottie Parker
TVEmergency!
1972
as Clair Brightweiser
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
MovieEllery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971
as Mrs. Cazalis
MovieThe Late Liz
1971
as Sue Webb
TVAdam-12
1968
as Mrs. O'Neill
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Sylvia Trager
MovieP.J.
1968
as Betty Orbison
TVMannix
1967
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVIronside
1967
TVFamily Affair
1966
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Barth
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Sally Holt
MovieTown Tamer
1965
as Carol Rosser
TVBranded
1965
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Dorothy Nehf
TVThe Dakotas
1963
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Pearl
MovieThe Phantom Planet
1961
as Liara
Window on Main Street
1961
TVBus Stop
1961
TVMister Ed
1961
TVMy Three Sons
1960
TVThe Tall Man
1960
TVCoronado 9
1960
as Ruth Evans
MovieThe Leech Woman
1960
as June Talbot
TVBonanza
1959
as Marcy
TVRawhide
1959
as Helen Wade
MovieJohnny Rocco
1958
as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
MovieHell's Five Hours
1958
as Nancy Brand
TVMaverick
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Lorraine McClaine Kendall
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieCopper Sky
1957
as Nora Hayes
MovieThe Vampire
1957
as Carol Butler
Destination 60,000
1957
as Mary Ellen
MovieThe Black Whip
1956
as Jeannie
MovieDeath of a Scoundrel
1956
as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
MovieFrontier Gambler
1956
as Sylvia Melbourne
MovieStar in the Dust
1956
as Nellie Mason
MovieThe Killing
1956
as Fay
MovieThe Wild Dakotas
1956
as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
MovieThe Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
as Laura
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mrs. Lois Callen
TVFrontier
1955
MovieTennessee's Partner
1955
as Goldie Slater
MovieLas Vegas Shakedown
1955
as Julie Rae
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Jean Smith Fortune
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Peggy Minters
TVClimax!
1954
as Amanda Shepard
MovieArrow In The Dust
1954
as Christella Burke
MovieThe Fake
1953
as Mary Mason
MovieSabre Jet
1953
as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
MovieThe Vanquished
1953
as Jane Colfax
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Jo Parkes
MovieKansas City Confidential
1952
as Helen Foster
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Lisa
MovieModels Inc.
1952
as Rusty Faraday
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Maria Tasnady
MovieApache Drums
1951
as Sally
MovieI'll Get You for This
1951
as Kay Wonderly
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Blanche
Danger
1950
MovieThe Sleeping City
1950
as Ann Sebastian
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieRiding High
1950
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
TVYour Show of Shows
1950
MovieFather Is a Bachelor
1950
as Prudence Millett
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieSand
1949
as Joan Hartley
MovieRed River
1948
as Fen
MovieFury at Furnace Creek
1948
as Molly Baxter
MovieNightmare Alley
1947
as Molly Carlisle
MovieKiss of Death
1947
as Nettie Cavallo
