Coleen Gray

Born: 1922-10-23

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.  


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The Killing

as Fay
Released: 1956-06-06

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a...

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Red River

as Fen
Released: 1948-08-26

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful...

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Nightmare Alley

as Molly Carlisle
Released: 1947-10-09

Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic...

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Kansas City Confidential

as Helen Foster
Released: 1952-11-11

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

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Kiss of Death

as Nettie Cavallo
Released: 1947-08-27

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

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The Phantom Planet

as Liara
Released: 1961-12-13

After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the...

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Apache Drums

as Sally
Released: 1951-04-01

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a...

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The Vampire

as Carol Butler
Released: 1957-06-14

A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats...

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Arrow In The Dust

as Christella Burke
Released: 1954-04-25

Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom...

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Death of a Scoundrel

as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear
Released: 1956-10-31

A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.

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Riding High

as Alice 'Princess' Higgins
Released: 1950-04-12

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win...

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Johnny Rocco

as Lois Mayfield, Teacher
Released: 1958-12-21

Gangster and police look for a gangster's son who witnessed a murder.

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Fury at Furnace Creek

as Molly Baxter
Released: 1948-04-30

The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who...

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P.J.

as Betty Orbison
Released: 1968-03-27

Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen...

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Town Tamer

as Carol Rosser
Released: 1965-07-07

A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to...

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The Leech Woman

as June Talbot
Released: 1960-05-01

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa...

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Star in the Dust

as Nellie Mason
Released: 1956-06-13

The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle...

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Tennessee's Partner

as Goldie Slater
Released: 1955-09-21

A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with...

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Copper Sky

as Nora Hayes
Released: 1957-09-01

Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did...

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The Sleeping City

as Ann Sebastian
Released: 1950-09-20

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue...

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Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

as Mrs. Cazalis
Released: 1971-11-19

Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in...

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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

as Self
Released: 2021-02-13

A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the...

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Father Is a Bachelor

as Prudence Millett
Released: 1950-02-22

Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids:...

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Sabre Jet

as Mrs. Gil Manton nee Jane Carter
Released: 1953-09-04

The story of jet pilots flying over Korea by day, from their Itazuke Air Base in Japan, and of...

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Sand

as Joan Hartley
Released: 1949-08-03

Novelist Will James, a specialist in horse stories, wrote the yarn upon which 20th Century-Fox's...

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The Fake

as Mary Mason
Released: 1953-09-25

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them...

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The Best Place to Be

as Dottie Parker
Released: 1979-05-27

A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an...

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The Twinkle In God's Eye

as Laura
Released: 1955-10-13

A new parson arrives in the mining town of Lodestone and attempts to build a church. Western.

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Models Inc.

as Rusty Faraday
Released: 1952-05-19

The wealthy owner of a modeling agency keeps a new student in the high life, unaware that she...

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Frontier Gambler

as Sylvia Melbourne
Released: 1956-07-01

A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a...

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The Late Liz

as Sue Webb
Released: 1971-09-01

Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.

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The Vanquished

as Jane Colfax
Released: 1953-06-03

A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a...

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I'll Get You for This

as Kay Wonderly
Released: 1951-01-01

Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American...

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The Black Whip

as Jeannie
Released: 1956-12-01

A gang of renegade Civil War soldiers terrorize four women and the owners of an inn as they plot...

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Las Vegas Shakedown

as Julie Rae
Released: 1955-05-15

A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.

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The Wild Dakotas

as Sue 'Lucky' Duneen
Released: 1956-02-28

When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder...

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Hell's Five Hours

as Nancy Brand
Released: 1958-04-13

The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow)...

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Cry from the Mountain

as Marian Rissman
Released: 1985-11-01

The film centers on an emotional kayaking trip between a father and a son. The father has taken...

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Adam-12

as Mrs. O'Neill
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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Perry Mason

as Lorraine McClaine Kendall
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Olga Corbin
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Linda Sutton
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Martha Erskine
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Barth
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Tales from the Darkside

as Cecilia Matthews
First aired: 1984-09-30

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Name of the Game

as Sylvia Trager
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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My Three Sons

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dorothy Nehf
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Run for Your Life

as Sally Holt
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mrs. Lois Callen
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Sixth Sense

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-15

The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television

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The Tall Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-10

The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the...

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The Virginian

as Pearl
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Mrs. Marsh
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Blanche
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Maverick

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-22

Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....

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Climax!

as Amanda Shepard
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Emergency!

as Clair Brightweiser
First aired: 1972-01-22

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...

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Mister Ed

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-05

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...

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Family Affair

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...

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Rawhide

as Helen Wade
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Branded

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-01-24

Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by...

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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

as Peggy Minters
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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The Millionaire

as Jean Smith Fortune
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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Bus Stop

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-01

Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...

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General Electric Theater

as Jo Parkes
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Maria Tasnady
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Isabel Ford
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Coronado 9

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-06

Dan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.

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The Dakotas

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-01-07

The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and...

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