Carolyn Coates
Actor
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
Filmography
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Twin Oaks Customer 1981
Mommie Dearest
as Mother Superior 1981
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
as Mrs. McKay 1972
The Buddy System
as Teacher 1984
Barn Burning
as Aunt 1980
Incident at Crestridge
as Mrs. Dobbs 1981
This Child Is Mine
as Grace 1985