Coleen Gray

Known for ActingBorn 1922-10-23Died 2015-08-03Staplehurst, 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. Read more

Movies & web series

Bus Stop

Destination 60,000

The Black Whip

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

The Wild Dakotas

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Emergency!

The Late Liz

The Wonderful World of Disney

Judd, for the Defense

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

The Best Place to Be

The Killing

Danger

Bonanza

Tales from the Darkside

The Twinkle In God's Eye

Frontier

Father Is a Bachelor

Have Gun, Will Travel

Red River

Rawhide

Run for Your Life

Adam-12

Your Show of Shows

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

77 Sunset Strip

The Name of the Game

Nightmare Alley

Kansas City Confidential

Ironside

What's My Line?

Sabre Jet

Kiss of Death

I'll Get You for This

Maverick

Town Tamer

The Tall Man

Branded

Mannix

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Family Affair

Mister Ed

General Electric Theater

Cry from the Mountain

Four Star Playhouse

Window on Main Street