Phyllis Gates nació el 7 de diciembre de 1925 en Minnesota, Estados Unidos. Estuvo casada con Rock Hudson. Murió el 4 de enero de 2006 en California, Estados Unidos.
Was a secretary for influential Hollywood agent Henry Willson when she
agreed to marry actor Rock Hudson, whom she had been a fan of. The marriage
was not a happy one, and Gates claimed that he struck her on several
occasions. They divorced a few years later.