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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
Top Filmography
7.7
The Hustler
1961 // MOVIE
6.5
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981 // MOVIE
6.3
Mommie Dearest
1981 // MOVIE
5.6
St. Elsewhere
1982 // TV
7.3
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972 // MOVIE
6.8
Knots Landing
1979 // TV
4.5
The Buddy System
1984 // MOVIE
4.5
Barn Burning
1980 // MOVIE
4.7
Incident at Crestridge
1981 // MOVIE
7.5
This Child Is Mine
1985 // MOVIE
0.0
Scared Straight! Another Story
1980 // MOVIE