
Coleen Gray (born Doris Bernice Jensen; October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015) was born in Staplehurst, Nebraska. 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.

Red River
1948 · as Fen

The Killing
1956 · as Fay

Nightmare Alley
1947 · as Molly Carlisle

Kiss of Death
1947 · as Nettie Cavallo

P.J.
1968 · as Betty Orbison

Copper Sky
1957 · as Nora Hayes

Star in the Dust
1956 · as Nellie Mason

Town Tamer
1965 · as Carol Rosser

The Sleeping City
1950 · as Ann Sebastian

The Vanquished
1953 · as Jane Colfax

The Phantom Planet
1961 · as Liara

Apache Drums
1951 · as Sally

The Leech Woman
1960 · as June Talbot

Kansas City Confidential
1952 · as Helen Foster

Death of a Scoundrel
1956 · as Mrs. Edith Van Renasslear

Riding High
1950 · as Alice 'Princess' Higgins

Hell's Five Hours
1958 · as Nancy Brand

The Vampire
1957 · as Carol Butler