Carolyn Coates

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

All 11Movies 9TV 2

This Child Is Mine

Grace

The Buddy System

Teacher

St. Elsewhere

Mrs. Fordham

Incident at Crestridge

Mrs. Dobbs

Mommie Dearest

Mother Superior

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Twin Oaks Customer

Scared Straight! Another Story

Mary Loring

Barn Burning

Aunt

Knots Landing

Karen's Mother

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Mrs. McKay

The Hustler

Waitress