Actor

Carolyn Coates

April 29, 1927 · Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - USA

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 "A Delicate Balance". - IMDb Mini Biography

Notable work

7.7
The Hustler (1961)
as Waitress
6.5
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
as Twin Oaks Customer

Often works with

Michael Lerner
2 titles together
The Postman Always Rings Twice, This Child Is Mine
Eric Laneuville
2 titles together
St. Elsewhere, Scared Straight! Another Story

Full filmography · 11

This Child Is Mine
as Grace
1985
The Buddy System
as Teacher
1984
Incident at Crestridge
as Mrs. Dobbs
1981
Mommie Dearest
as Mother Superior
19816.4
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Twin Oaks Customer
19816.5
Scared Straight! Another Story
as Mary Loring
1980
Barn Burning
as Aunt
1980
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
as Mrs. McKay
19727.3
The Hustler
as Waitress
19617.7