Coleen Gray
Acting
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.
Born: October 23, 1922
Place of Birth: Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Marian Rissman
as Cecilia Matthews
as Dottie Parker
as Clair Brightweiser
as Mrs. Cazalis
as Sue Webb
as Mrs. O'Neill
as Sylvia Trager
as Betty Orbison
as Mrs. Barth
as Sally Holt
as Carol Rosser
as Dorothy Nehf
as Pearl
as Mrs. Marsh
as Liara
as June Talbot
as Marcy
as Helen Wade
as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
as Nancy Brand
as Lorraine McClaine Kendall
as Olga Corbin
as Linda Sutton
as Martha Erskine
as Nora Hayes
as Carol Butler
as Jeannie
as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
as Sylvia Melbourne
as Nellie Mason
as Fay
as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
as Laura
as Mrs. Lois Callen
as Goldie Slater
as Julie Rae
as Jean Smith Fortune
as Peggy Minters
as Amanda Shepard
as Christella Burke
as Mary Mason
as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
as Jane Colfax
as Jo Parkes
as Helen Foster
as Rusty Faraday
as Maria Tasnady
as Isabel Ford
as Sally
as Kay Wonderly
as Ann Sebastian
as Self
as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
as Prudence Millett
as Self
as Joan Hartley
as Fen
as Molly Baxter
as Molly Carlisle
as Nettie Cavallo