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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1927-01-15 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

Phyllis Coates

Biography:

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Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) was an American actress best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole-Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman.

Coates signed a movie contract with Warner Bros. extending from 1948 to 1956. She co-starred with George O'Hanlon as the title character's wife in the studio's Joe McDoakes short-subject comedies. She acted in film serials including Jungle Drums of Africa (1953), Gunfighters of the Northwest (1953), and Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955). Her film career also included roles in Girls in Prison (1956), I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), Blood Arrow (1958), Cattle Empire (1958), The Incredible Petrified World (1959), The Baby Maker (1970) and Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989).

Coates was one of Hollywood's most consistently employed actresses of the 1950s and '60s. She freelanced steadily, appearing in numerous low-budget features, many of them Westerns, as well as serials and a steady stream of TV appearances, both as a regular in several series and as a guest cast member in others. All this was in addition to the "McDoakes" shorts, in which she continued to appear until Warner Bros. discontinued the series in 1956.

Known For

Acting

2021

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (uncredited)

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited archive footage)

1996

Hollywood: The Movie as Old Dora

1993

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Ellen Lane

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Mrs. Howard

1991

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love as Katherine

1989

Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn as Gladys Baker

The Story of Superman as Self / Lois Lane (archival footage)

1988

1970

The Baby Maker as Tish's Mother

1966

The Claw Monsters as Jean Evans (archive footage)

1963

The Patty Duke Show

1962

The Virginian as Mrs. Marden

1961

1959

The Incredible Petrified World as Dale Marshall

Hawaiian Eye as Laura Seldon

Rawhide as Nora Sage

Black Saddle as Maggie

The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Penny

The Untouchables as Angela Lamberto

Rawhide as Elizabeth Gwynn

The Untouchables as Renee Sullivan

The Untouchables as Ellie Morley

1958

Cattle Empire as Janice Hamilton

Blood Arrow as Bess Johnson

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1957

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as Margaret

Chicago Confidential as Helen Fremont (uncredited)

Perry Mason as Norma Carter

Leave It to Beaver as Betty Donaldson

Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Monica Freeborn

Perry Mason as Frieda Crawson

Perry Mason as Inez Fremont

1956

So You Want to Play the Piano as Alice McDoakes

Girls in Prison as Dorothy

So Your Wife Wants to Work as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Once to Every Woman as Marsha

So You Want to Be Pretty as Alice McDoakes aka Cynthia (uncredited)

1955

Panther Girl of the Kongo as Jean Evans, Panther Girl

Science Fiction Theatre

Gunsmoke as Hattie Kelly

The Millionaire as Alice Sands

Professional Father

The Great Gildersleeve

Gunsmoke as Rose

Gunsmoke as Edna

1954

Gunfighters of the Northwest as Rita Carville

Lassie as Miss Vernon

The Duke as Gloria

Public Defender as Amberlee Tolliver

The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Martin

1953

So You Want to Be an Heir as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want a Television Set as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Marshal of Cedar Rock as Martha Clark

El Paso Stampede as Alice Clark

Perils of the Jungle as Jo Carter

Topeka as Marian Harrison

Jungle Drums of Africa as Carol Bryant

So You Think You Can't Sleep as Alice McDoakes

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater as Heather

Topper as Queen

1952

Flat Top as Dorothy Collier

So You Want to Wear the Pants as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Scorching Fury as Mrs. Penn

Fargo as Kathy MacKenzie

The Gunman as Anita Forester

Invasion, U.S.A. as Mrs. Mulfory

Wyoming Roundup as Terry Howard

Canyon Ambush as Marian Gaylord

The Maverick as Della Watson

So You Never Tell a Lie as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Go to a Convention as Alice McDoakes

Adventures of Superman as Lois Lane

Cavalcade of America as Barbara Leland

Terry and the Pirates

Four Star Playhouse as Marsha

The Abbott and Costello Show as Millie Montrose

Death Valley Days as Virginia Arcane

1951

Superman and the Mole Men as Lois Lane

So You Want to Be a Bachelor as Alice

The Screen Director as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Oklahoma Justice as Goldie Vaughn

Canyon Raiders as Alice Long

Man from Sonora as Cinthy Allison

Stage to Blue River as Joyce Westbrook

Nevada Badmen as Carol Bannon

The Sun Was Setting as Rene

The Longhorn as Gail

So You Want to Be a Plumber as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger as Alice McDoakes

So You Want to Be a Cowboy as Alice McDoakes

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Red Skelton Show as Supporting Sketch Player

Craig Kennedy, Criminologist as Natalie Larkin

1950

So You Want a Raise

So You Want to Move

So You Think You're Not Guilty as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Blues Busters as Sally Dolan

So You Want to Throw a Party as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Hold Your Husband as Alice McDoakes / Baby McDoakes

Outlaws of Texas as Annie Moore

My Blue Heaven as Party Girl (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid as JoAnn Doran

The Cisco Kid as Miss Lacey

The Cisco Kid as Marge Lacey

1949

So You're Having In-Law Trouble as Alice

So You Want to Get Rich Quick as Alice

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter as Alice McDoakes

So You Want to Be Popular as Office secretary

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man as Alice McDoakes

The Lone Ranger as Jane Johnson

The Lone Ranger as Naomi Courtwright

The Lone Ranger as Ann Wyman

1948

Smart Girls Don't Talk as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

So You Want to Be on the Radio as Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

So You Want to Be in Politics as Alice McDoakes