Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 29, 1927
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - USA
Carolyn Coates
Biography
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
Known For - Movies
The Hustler
as Waitress
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Twin Oaks Customer
Mommie Dearest
as Mother Superior
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
as Mrs. McKay
The Buddy System
as Teacher
Barn Burning
as Aunt
This Child Is Mine
as Grace
Scared Straight! Another Story
as Mary Loring
Incident at Crestridge
as Mrs. Dobbs
