Carolyn Coates
Acting
April 29, 1927
Died March 28, 2005 (77 years old)
Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - USA
11
Acting Credits
Biography
Coates was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., where she acted in children's theater. She went on to major in acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in stock companies in the East. She met her future husband, James Noble - who played "Governor Gene Gatling" on the TV show Benson(1979) - in 1951 in Worcester, Mass., while playing "Eliza Doolittle" in "Pygmalion". The couple appeared in many plays together, notably "Long Day's Journey into Night" and...
Known For
Filmography
This Child Is Mine
1985
as Grace
7.7
The Buddy System
1984
as Teacher
4.9
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mrs. Fordham
5.7
Incident at Crestridge
1981
as Mrs. Dobbs
4.8
Mommie Dearest
1981
as Mother Superior
6.4
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as Twin Oaks Customer
6.5
Barn Burning
1980
as Aunt
5.4
Scared Straight! Another Story
1980
as Mary Loring
9
Knots Landing
1979
as Karen's Mother
6.9
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972
as Mrs. McKay
7.3
The Hustler
1961
as Waitress
7.7