Coleen Gray(1922-2015)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
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. 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.