Carolyn Coates

Born: 1927-04-29

Coates was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., where she acted in children's theater. She went on to major in acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in stock companies in the East. She met her future husband, James Noble - who played "Governor Gene Gatling" on the TV show Benson(1979) - in 1951 in Worcester, Mass., while playing "Eliza Doolittle" in "Pygmalion". The couple appeared in many plays together, notably "Long Day's Journey into Night" and "A Delicate Balance". - IMDb Mini Biography


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The Hustler

as Waitress
Released: 1961-09-25

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive...

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Twin Oaks Customer
Released: 1981-03-20

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy...

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Mommie Dearest

as Mother Superior
Released: 1981-09-16

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as...

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The Buddy System

as Teacher
Released: 1984-05-04

A school truant officer uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake his residential address and...

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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

as Mrs. McKay
Released: 1972-12-20

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to...

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Barn Burning

as Aunt
Released: 1980-03-17

Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature...

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Incident at Crestridge

as Mrs. Dobbs
Released: 1981-12-29

A woman campaigns for and wins election as sheriff in a crusade against the ineptitude and...

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This Child Is Mine

as Grace
Released: 1985-11-04

An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.

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Scared Straight! Another Story

as Mary Loring
Released: 1980-11-06

A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in...

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Knots Landing

as Karen's Mother
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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