Carolyn Coates
Acting
1927-04-29 · 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
Filmography(11)
movieThis Child Is Mine
as Grace · 1985 · 7.7
movieThe Buddy System
as Teacher · 1984 · 4.7
tvSt. Elsewhere
as Mrs. Fordham · 1982 · 5.7
movieIncident at Crestridge
as Mrs. Dobbs · 1981 · 5.5
movieMommie Dearest
as Mother Superior · 1981 · 6.4
movieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
as Twin Oaks Customer · 1981 · 6.5
movieScared Straight! Another Story
as Mary Loring · 1980 · 9.0
movieBarn Burning
as Aunt · 1980 · 5.4
tvKnots Landing
as Karen's Mother · 1979 · 6.9
movieThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
as Mrs. McKay · 1972 · 7.3
movieThe Hustler
as Waitress · 1961 · 7.7