Phyllis Coates

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Age

Movies

Born: January 15, 1927 – October 11, 2023
From: Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

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 Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955). Her film career also included roles in Girls in Prison (1956), I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), Blood Arrow (1958), Cattle Empire (1958), The Incredible Petrified World (1959), The Baby Maker (1970) and Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989). Coates was one of Hollywood's most consistently employed actresses of the 1950s and '60s. She freelanced steadily, appearing in numerous low-budget features, many of them Westerns, as well as serials and a steady stream of TV appearances, both as a regular in several series and as a guest cast member in others. All this was in addition to the "McDoakes" shorts, in which she continued to appear until Warner Bros. discontinued the series in 1956.

Works

72 films

Superman and the Mole Men

19515.4

So You Want to Be an Heir

19537.0

My Blue Heaven

19507.5

Scorching Fury

195210.0

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

20028.0

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

19575.7

Oklahoma Justice

19519.0

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

19915.1

So You Want to Play the Piano

19566.3

So You Want to Be on the Radio

19486.3

Kiss Shot

19895.8

Smart Girls Don't Talk

19485.7

The Incredible Petrified World

19593.6

Hollywood: The Movie

19964.6

Girls in Prison

19564.5

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

20214.7

The Screen Director

19517.0

Flat Top

19524.6

Chicago Confidential

19575.0

So You're Having In-Law Trouble

194910.0

So You Want to Be a Bachelor

195110.0

Wyoming Roundup

19526.5

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

19498.0

So You Want to Throw a Party

19507.0

The Gunman

19524.3

Fargo

19526.6

Canyon Raiders

19518.0

So You Want a Television Set

19538.0

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

20027.0

The Baby Maker

19706.2

Gunfighters of the Northwest

19547.0

Cattle Empire

19586.2

Stage to Blue River

19519.0

U-238 and the Witch Doctor

19666.0

The Maverick

19529.0

Perils of the Jungle

19534.5

Blues Busters

19506.7

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

19519.0

Nevada Badmen

19517.5

Topeka

19536.0

Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn

19893.0

Canyon Ambush

19526.5

Panther Girl of the Kongo

19556.4

Invasion, U.S.A.

19523.4

Blood Arrow

19588.0

So You Want to Wear the Pants

19526.3

So You Want to Be Popular

19498.0

Jungle Drums of Africa

19537.0

El Paso Stampede

19537.0

So You Think You're Not Guilty

19506.1

So You Never Tell a Lie

19526.7

Man from Sonora

19519.0

Marshal of Cedar Rock

19536.3

Whisper Kill

19887.2

The Story of Superman

198910.0

So Your Wife Wants to Work

19567.3

The Longhorn

19516.0

So You Want to Move

19508.0

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

194910.0

Outlaws of Texas

195010.0

So You Want to Be a Plumber

19515.7

So You Want a Raise

19507.0

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

19498.0

The Sun Was Setting

19515.4

So You Think You Can't Sleep

19536.5

So You Want to Be Pretty

19564.0

So You Want to Be in Politics

194810.0

Once to Every Woman

1956

The Claw Monsters

19667.0

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

19509.0

So You Want to Go to a Convention

19529.0

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

19517.0