Coleen Gray profile
Actor profile

Coleen Gray

23rd October 1922 Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA Acting

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.  

39 Movies 42 TV Shows 86 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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P.J. 27th March 1968 as Betty Orbison
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Sabre Jet 4th September 1953 as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
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Sand 3rd August 1949 as Joan Hartley
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Mrs. O'Neill
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Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Helen Wade
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Perry Mason 21st September 1957 as Lorraine McClaine Kendall
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Climax! 7th October 1954 as Amanda Shepard