Acting
Coleen Gray
EN, DE, PT cinema · 41 credits
Born
23 October 1922
Died
3 August 2015 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
Also known as Doris Bernice Jensen
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.
Known for
Filmography
Cry from the Mountain
as Marian Rissman
The Best Place to Be
as Dottie Parker
The Late Liz
as Sue Webb
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
as Mrs. Cazalis
P.J.
as Betty Orbison
Town Tamer
as Carol Rosser
The Phantom Planet
as Liara
The Leech Woman
as June Talbot
Hell's Five Hours
as Nancy Brand
Johnny Rocco
as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
The Vampire
as Carol Butler
Copper Sky
as Nora Hayes
The Killing
as Fay
Death of a Scoundrel
as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Star in the Dust
as Nellie Mason
The Black Whip
as Jeannie
The Wild Dakotas
as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
Frontier Gambler
as Sylvia Melbourne
Tennessee's Partner
as Goldie Slater
Las Vegas Shakedown
as Julie Rae
Arrow In The Dust
as Christella Burke
The Vanquished
as Jane Colfax
The Fake
as Mary Mason
Sabre Jet
as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
Kansas City Confidential
as Helen Foster
Models Inc.
as Rusty Faraday
Apache Drums
as Sally
I'll Get You for This
as Kay Wonderly
The Sleeping City
as Ann Sebastian
Riding High
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Father Is a Bachelor
as Prudence Millett
Sand
as Joan Hartley
Red River
as Fen
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Molly Baxter
Kiss of Death
as Nettie Cavallo
Nightmare Alley
as Molly Carlisle