Coleen Gray
Born: 1922-10-23
Place of Birth: Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
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.
Known For
Red River
Nightmare Alley
The Vampire
Riding High
Frontier Gambler
The Black Whip
The Killing
Kiss of Death
Hell's Five Hours
P.J.
The Leech Woman
Models Inc.
Town Tamer
The Vanquished
Fury at Furnace Creek
Kansas City Confidential
Copper Sky
Death of a Scoundrel
The Phantom Planet
Apache Drums
Star in the Dust
Arrow In The Dust
Tennessee's Partner
Sabre Jet
The Sleeping City
Las Vegas Shakedown
Sand
The Fake
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
The Wild Dakotas
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Father Is a Bachelor
The Twinkle In God's Eye
I'll Get You for This
Johnny Rocco
The Best Place to Be
Cry from the Mountain
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
