Coleen Gray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 23, 1922
- Died
- August 3, 2015
- Birthplace
- 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 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
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! 2021
as Self
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood 2009
as Self
- Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz 2004
as Self
Cry from the Mountain 1985
as Marian Rissman
The Best Place to Be 1979
as Dottie Parker
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You 1971
as Mrs. Cazalis
The Late Liz 1971
as Sue Webb
P.J. 1968
as Betty Orbison
Town Tamer 1965
as Carol Rosser
The Phantom Planet 1961
as Liara
The Leech Woman 1960
as June Talbot
Johnny Rocco 1958
as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
Hell's Five Hours 1958
as Nancy Brand
Copper Sky 1957
as Nora Hayes
The Vampire 1957
as Carol Butler
- Destination 60,000
Destination 60,000 1957
as Mary Ellen
The Black Whip 1956
as Jeannie
Death of a Scoundrel 1956
as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Frontier Gambler 1956
as Sylvia Melbourne
Star in the Dust 1956
as Nellie Mason
The Killing 1956
as Fay
The Wild Dakotas 1956
as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
The Twinkle In God's Eye 1955
as Laura
Tennessee's Partner 1955
as Goldie Slater
Las Vegas Shakedown 1955
as Julie Rae
Arrow In The Dust 1954
as Christella Burke
The Fake 1953
as Mary Mason
Sabre Jet 1953
as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
The Vanquished 1953
as Jane Colfax
Kansas City Confidential 1952
as Helen Foster
Models Inc. 1952
as Rusty Faraday
Apache Drums 1951
as Sally
I'll Get You for This 1951
as Kay Wonderly
The Sleeping City 1950
as Ann Sebastian
Riding High 1950
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Father Is a Bachelor 1950
as Prudence Millett
Sand 1949
as Joan Hartley
Red River 1948
as Fen
Fury at Furnace Creek 1948
as Molly Baxter
Nightmare Alley 1947
as Molly Carlisle
Kiss of Death 1947
as Nettie Cavallo
Credits from TMDB.