Coleen Gray

Birthday:

10/23/1922

Place of birth:

Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA:

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.  



Credits

Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood (2009)
Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
Self
Cry from the Mountain (1985)
Marian Rissman
The Best Place to Be (1979)
Dottie Parker
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)
Mrs. Cazalis
The Late Liz (1971)
Sue Webb
P.J. (1968)
Betty Orbison
Town Tamer (1965)
Carol Rosser
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Liara
The Leech Woman (1960)
June Talbot
Johnny Rocco (1958)
Lois Mayfield, Teacher
Hell's Five Hours (1958)
Nancy Brand
Copper Sky (1957)
Nora Hayes
The Vampire (1957)
Carol Butler
Destination 60,000 (1957)
Mary Ellen
The Black Whip (1956)
Jeannie
Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Frontier Gambler (1956)
Sylvia Melbourne
Star in the Dust (1956)
Nellie Mason
The Killing (1956)
Fay
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
Laura
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
Goldie Slater
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
Julie Rae
Arrow In The Dust (1954)
Christella Burke
The Fake (1953)
Mary Mason
Sabre Jet (1953)
Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
The Vanquished (1953)
Jane Colfax
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Helen Foster
Models Inc. (1952)
Rusty Faraday
Apache Drums (1951)
Sally
I'll Get You for This (1951)
Kay Wonderly
The Sleeping City (1950)
Ann Sebastian
Riding High (1950)
Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
Prudence Millett
Sand (1949)
Joan Hartley
Red River (1948)
Fen
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
Molly Baxter
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Molly Carlisle
Kiss of Death (1947)
Nettie Cavallo