Phyllis Coates
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday15 January 1927
Died11 October 2023 (age 96)
Place of birthWichita Falls, Texas, USA
Known credits115
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) was an American actress best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole-Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman. Coates signed a movie contract with Warner Bros. extending from 1948 to 1956. She co-starred with George O'Hanlon as the title character's wife in the studio's Joe McDoakes short-subject comedies. She acted in film serials including Jungle Drums of Africa (1953), Gunfighters of the Northwest (1953), and …
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Movie
1996 · Old Dora
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Ellen Lane
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · Mrs. Howard
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991 · Katherine
Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
1989 · Gladys Baker
Christine Cromwell
1989 · Friend
The Story of Superman
1989 · Self / Lois Lane (archival footage)
Kiss Shot
1989
Whisper Kill
1988
The Baby Maker
1970 · Tish's Mother
Summer Fun
1966
The Claw Monsters
1966 · Jean Evans (archive footage)
U-238 and the Witch Doctor
1966 · Carol Bryant
The Patty Duke Show
1963
The Virginian
1962 · Mrs. Marden
Gunslinger
1961 · Teresa Perez
The Incredible Petrified World
1959 · Dale Marshall
The Untouchables
1959 · Angela Lamberto
The Untouchables
1959 · Renee Sullivan
The Untouchables
1959 · Ellie Morley
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Laura Seldon
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Penny
Black Saddle
1959 · Maggie
Rawhide
1959 · Nora Sage
Rawhide
1959 · Elizabeth Gwynn
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Cattle Empire
1958 · Janice Hamilton
Blood Arrow
1958 · Bess Johnson
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1957 · Margaret
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · Betty Donaldson
Perry Mason
1957 · Norma Carter
Perry Mason
1957 · Frieda Crawson
Perry Mason
1957 · Inez Fremont
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Helen Fremont (uncredited)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Monica Freeborn
So Your Wife Wants to Work
1956 · Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Girls in Prison
1956 · Dorothy
So You Want to Play the Piano
1956 · Alice McDoakes
So You Want to Be Pretty
1956 · Alice McDoakes aka Cynthia (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman
1956 · Marsha
Frontier
1955 · Medora De More
Navy Log
1955
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Hattie Kelly
Gunsmoke
1955 · Rose
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