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.
The Phantom Planet
1961
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
The Killing
1956
Arrow In The Dust
1954
The Fake
1953
The Best Place to Be
1979
Sand
1949
Sabre Jet
1953
Red River
1948
The Black Whip
1956
I'll Get You for This
1951
Kansas City Confidential
1952
Town Tamer
1965
Father Is a Bachelor
1950
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Johnny Rocco
1958
P.J.
1968
The Wild Dakotas
1956
Riding High
1950
Star in the Dust
1956
Nightmare Alley
1947
Kiss of Death
1947
The Leech Woman
1960
Frontier Gambler
1956
The Vampire
1957
The Sleeping City
1950
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
2009
Tennessee's Partner
1955
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
Apache Drums
1951
Hell's Five Hours
1958
Models Inc.
1952
Copper Sky
1957
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
Las Vegas Shakedown
1955
The Vanquished
1953
The Late Liz
1971