Coleen Gray

Birthplace: Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
Birthday: October 23, 1922

This Minnesota farm girl made a good start in movies in the late 1940s, but her career quickly peaked. After graduating from college in the Midwest, the former choir singer hit Los Angeles, doing odd jobs until several leading roles in L.A. stage productions ("Letters to Lucerne", "Brief Music") won her a 20th Century-Fox contract in 1944. At first, though, she was relegated to bits in such films as "State Fair" (1945), "Margie" (1946) and "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim" (1947), while attending the …more

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Actor

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Mrs Cazalis
Bright Promise
Ann Boyd Jones
The Best Place to Be
Dottie Parker
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
My Three Sons
Miss Lovett

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Career Milestones

1964
With actors Victor Jory and Susan Seaforth, testified before Congress as part of "Project Prayer", arguing in favor of Constitutional amendment allowing school prayer
1955
Sued ex-husband Rodney Amateau for child support
1947
First major role, "Kiss of Death"
1945
First documented film credit, "State Fair"
1944
Signed to 20th Century-Fox contract