Coleen Gray (Doris Bernice Jensen)
Photos with Coleen Gray
Biography
Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
Coleen Gray was born in Staplehurst, Nebraska, in 1922. 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. Read more... 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.
Actor

Character:
Girl with Pappy
State Fair 1945
28

Character:
Minor Role
Three Little Girls in Blue 1946
8

Character:
Nettie
Kiss of Death 1947
1

Character:
Molly
Nightmare Alley 1947
2

Character:
Minor Role
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim 1947
19

Character:
Fen
Red River 1948
39

Character:
Helen Foster
Kansas City Confidential 1952
1

Character:
Christella Burke
Arrow in the Dust 1954
1

Character:
Goldie Slater
Tennessee's Partner 1955
1

Character:
Laura
The Twinkle in God's Eye 1955
2

Character:
Julie Rae
Las Vegas Shakedown 1955
1

Character:
Nellie Mason
Star in the Dust 1956
1

Character:
Sylvia 'The Princess' Melbourne
Frontier Gambler 1956
1

Character:
Nora Hayes
Copper Sky 1957
1

Character:
Betty Orbison
P.J. 1968
1

Character:
Herself
Tyrone Power: Prince of Fox 2008
0

Character:
Jackie
Insight 1960
0

Character:
Sally Holt
Run for Your Life 1965
0

Character:
Ann
Mister Ed 1958
1
0

Character:
Herself
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950
0

Character:
Herself - Guest Performer
Your Show of Shows 1950
2

Character:
Mary Lynch
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors 1969
0

Character:
Clair Brightweiser
Emergency! 1972
0

Character:
Amanda Shepard
Climax! 1954
0

Character:
Molly Baxter
Fury at Furnace Creek 1948
0

Character:
Karen Howard
Bus Stop 1961
1

Character:
Beth Maddox
Judd for the Defense 1967
0

Character:
Helen Conley
77 Sunset Strip 1958
0

Character:
Lisa
Four Star Playhouse 1952
0

Character:
Mrs. Clifford
McCloud 1970
0

Character:
Mrs. O'Neill
Adam-12 1968
0

Character:
Dorothy Nehf
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963
0

Character:
Judge
Whiz Kids 1983
0

Character:
Cecilia Matthews
Tales from the Darkside 1983
0

Character:
Ruth
Frontier 1955
0