Saturday, October 23, 2010

Happy Birthday: Coleen Gray!


Coleen Gray (October 23, 1922),  performed in many leading roles in the Los Angeles stage productions, Letters to Lucerne and Brief Music, which won her a 20th Century Fox contract in 1944.

After playing a small part in, State Fair (1945), she became pregnant and briefly stopped working, only to return a year later as the love interest of John Wayne in, Red River (1948).

Later she performed in films noirs:  Kiss of Death (1947) opposite Victor Mature and Nightmare Alley (1947) opposite Tyrone Power(pictured below).

List of Coleen Gray's best known films:

Kiss of Death (1947)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Red River (1948)
Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
Riding High (1950)
The Sleeping City (1950)
I'll Get You for This (1951)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)



Sabre Jet (1953)
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
The Killing (1956)



Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
The Leech Woman (1960)
The Phantom Planet (1961)
P.J. (1968)
Mother (1978)

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