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    • Phyllis Coates

    American actress (1927–2023)

    Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927 – October 11, 2023) was an American actress, with a career spanning over fifty years. She was 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.

    Early life

    Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell was born on January 15, 1927, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Coates was the daughter of William Robert Rush Stell and Lorraine "Luzzie" Jack Teel. After graduating from Odessa High School, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother. Coates attended (as Gypsy Stell) Los Angeles City College.

    Career

    Stage

    Originally billed under her birth name as Gypsy Stell, Coates was discovered in a Hollywood and Vine restaurant by vaudeville comedian Ken Murray, from whom she learned comic timing. She subsequently appeared as a dancer and a comedienne in skits for ten months in Blackouts, his "racy" (mildly risqué) variety show. She later performed as one of Earl Carroll's showgirls at his Earl Carroll Theatre. In 1946, she toured with a USO production of Anything Goes.

    Film

    On July 13, 1944, aged 17, she began to work with 20th Century Fox, after receiving a seven year contract with option.

    Coates 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 Pe

    Phyllis Coates, actress who first played Lois Lane on TV, dies at 96

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    Actors George Reeves as Superman/Clark Kent and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane in the American television series 'Adventures of Superman', circa 1952. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

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    Phyllis Coates, the actress best known for playing reporter Lois Lane on TV’s first "Adventures of Superman" series, has died.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, 96-year-old Coates died of natural causes Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.

    Born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell in Wichita Falls, Texas, Coates moved to Los Angeles as a teen. She was a chorus girl, did skits in comedian Ken Murray’s vaudeville show, then performed in USO tours before landing the role of Lois Lane alongside actor George Reeves as Superman. 

    Coates was the second actress to play Lois Lane, but the first to play the role on TV in the 1950s classic "Adventures of Superman." Coates appeared in 26 episodes before leaving the show after one season, according to a biography from Turner Classic Movies.

    Phyllis Coates as "Lois Lane" (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

    After she left "Adventures in Superman," Coates’s career mostly included B-serials and movies, according to TCM, including  "Jungle Drums of Africa," "Girls in Prison," "Invasion United States," and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf." She also starred asPanther Girl in the 1955 Republic serial "Panther Girl of the Kongo."

    Coates rarely worked after 1970, but she did make a cameo appearance as Lois Lane’s mother in an episode of "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."

    Coates also appeared on episodes of The Lone Ranger, Leave It to Beaver, Tales of Wells Fargo, Rawhide, The Untouchables, Perry Ma

    Phyllis Coates

    Phyllis Coates

    Coates 1959'da The Incredible Petrified World adlı filmde

    DoğumGypsie Ann Evarts Stell
    15 Ocak 1927(1927-01-15)
    Wichita Falls, Teksas, ABD
    Ölüm11 Ekim 2023 (96 yaşında)
    Los Angeles, Kaliforniya, ABD
    Diğer ad(lar)ıGypsy Stell
    EğitimOdessa Yüksek Okulu
    Los Angeles Şehir Koleji
    MeslekOyuncu
    Etkin yıllar1944–1996
    Tanınma nedeniSuperman and the Mole Men
    Adventures of Superman
    Evlilik

    • Richard L. Bare
      (e. 1948; b. 1949)

    • Robert Nelms
      (e. 1950; b. 1953)

    Çocuk(lar)3

    Phyllis Coates (doğum adı: Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; 15 Ocak 1927 – 11 Ekim 2023), Amerikalı aktris.

    Early life

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    Coates, 15 Ocak 1927'de Wichita Falls, Teksas'ta doğdu. Odessa Yüksek Okulu ve Los Angeles Şehir Koleji'nde öğrenim gördü.

    1959'da başladığı oyunculuk kariyerini 1996 yılına kadar sürdürdü. En çok; gazeteci Lois Lane rolünde olduğu Superman and the Mole Men adlı film ve Adventures of Superman adlı TV dizisiyle tanındı.

    Yer aldığı diğer bazı önemli yapımlar arasında; Jungle Drums of Africa, Gunfighters of the Northwest, Panther Girl of the Kongo,Girls in Prison, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Blood Arrow, Cattle Empire, The Incredible Petrified World, The Baby Maker, Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn, Death Valley Days, The Lone Ranger ve Professional Father sayılabilir.

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    İki evliliğinden üç çocuk sahibi olan Coates, 11 Ekim 2023'te Los Angeles, Kaliforniya'da tedavi gördüğü bir hastanede 96 yaşında ölmüştür.

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    • 1950: Out

    Phyllis Coates Biography

    Date of Birth:
    Jan 15, 1927Birth Place:
    Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

    Biography

    Actress Phyllis Coates is best known as plucky reporter Lois Lane on the classic 1950s television program "Adventures of Superman," starring George Reeves as Clark Kent and the Man of Steel. She was the second actress to play the role (after Noel Neill, who appeared in the first two movie serials), first starring as Lane in the movie "Superman and the Mole Men" from 1951. However, she played Lois Lane for only one season before deciding to move on because of family trouble and a feeling that the show was not going in the direction she felt was right. She left in 1953 and Neill resumed playing Lane, although many fans feel that Coates's portrayal of the iconic reporter is closer to the original comic book character. After leaving the show, Coates continued working mostly in B-serials and movies, including "Jungle Drums of Africa," "Girls in Prison," "Invasion United States," and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf." She also starred as the dazzling Panther Girl in the 1955 Republic serial "Panther Girl of the Kongo." Although she rarely worked after 1970, she did appear in a cameo as Lois Lane's mother in an episode of the revamped show "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." Phyllis Coates died on October 11, 2023 in Woodland Hills, CA at the age of 96.