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 Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Phyllis Coates moved to Hollywood as a teenager with intentions of enrolling at UCLA. A chance encounter with Ken Murray in a Hollywood & Vine restaurant landed her in the comedian's vaudeville show. She started out as a chorus girl and worked her way up to doing skits before moving on to work for veteran showman Earl Carroll and later touring with the USO. Coates got some of her first motion picture experience in comedy short subjects at Warner Brothers and then graduated to roles in early '50s films. After a one-season stint with the Man of Steel (George Reeves on Adventures of Superman (1952)), she began to divide her time among TV, B-movie assignments and serials at Republic.
Bio:
Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Phyllis Coates moved to Hollywood as a teenager with intentions of enrolling at UCLA. A chance encounter with Ken Murray in a Hollywood & Vine restaurant landed her in the comedian's vaudeville show. She started out as a chorus girl and worked her way up to doing skits before moving on to work for veteran showman Earl Carroll and later touring with the USO. Coates got some of her first motion picture experience in comedy short subjects at Warner Brothers and then graduated to roles in early '50s films. After a one-season stint with the Man of Steel (George Reeves on Adventures of Superman (1952)), she began to divide her time among TV, B-movie assignments and serials at Republic.
Tivia:
The first actress to appear as Lois Lane with George Reeves. Although Noel Neill played Lois Lane before Phyllis, it was not with Reeves but rather Kirk Alyn.With the death of Noel Neill on July 3, 2016, she is the last surviving regular cast member of Adventures of Superman (1952).She accepted the role in 1957's The Incredible Petrified World (1959) as a favor to its director, Jerry Warren, who was a former boyfriend. The actress originally cast in the lead couldn't do it and Warren couldn't find anyone else in time. He persuaded Coates to do it by telling her that the film would not be shown in California. However, after it was completed, she found out that Warren did indeed release the film in California, and she was told by at least one studio executive at Columbia that the film was so inferior and shoddy that the studio would not be hiring her again. On top of that, Warren never paid her.Was accidentally punched during filming of Night of Terror (1952), knocking her unconscious. The actor who punched her apologized profusely, but the actual punch was left in the episode, as there was no time to reshoot the scene.Years after gaining fame as TV's first Lois Lane on Adventures of Superman (1952), she played Lois Lane's mother on an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).Along with Jack Larson and Jack Kruschen, she is one of only three actors to appear in both Adventures of Superman (1952) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).She has two roles in common with both Noel Neill and Teri Hatcher: (1) Neill played Lois Lane in Superman (1948), Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) and Adventures of Superman (1952), Coates played her in Superman and the Mole-Men (1951) and Adventures of Superman (1952) and Hatcher played her in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) and (2) Neill played Lois' mother Ellen Lane in Superman (1978), Coates played her in The House of Luthor (1994) and Hatcher played her in Abandoned (2010).In what can be considered the "first sitcom," she appeared opposite George O'Hanlon, as Alice McDoakes, from 1948-56 in the "Joe McDoakes" movie shorts.Former Earl Carroll showgirl.Profiled in the book "Johnny Mack Brown's Saddle Gals" by Bobby Copeland.In May 2008 she appeared at Captain Celluloid's Movie and TV World Convention. |
| Name: |
Phyllis Coates |
Type: |
Actress,Additional Crew (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
| Category: |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Additional Crew |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Additional Crew |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 05:19:51 |
| Height: |
5' 4' (1.63 m) |
| Biography: |
Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Phyllis Coates moved to Hollywood as a teenager with intentions of enrolling at UCLA. A chance encounter with Ken Murray in a Hollywood & Vine restaurant landed her in the comedian\'s vaudeville show. She started out as |
| Trivia: |
The first actress to appear as Lois Lane with George Reeves. Although Noel Neill played Lois Lane before Phyllis, it was not with Reeves but rather Kirk Alyn.With the death of Noel Neill on July 3, 2016, she is the last surviving regular cast member of Adventures of Superman (1952).She accepted the role in 1957's The Incredible Petrified World (1959) as a favor to its director, Jerry Warren, who was a former boyfriend. The actress originally cast in the lead couldn't do it and Warren couldn't find anyone else in time. He persuaded Coates to do it by telling her that the film would not be shown in California. However, after it was completed, she found out that Warren did indeed release the film in California, and she was told by at least one studio executive at Columbia that the film was so inferior and shoddy that the studio would not be hiring her again. On top of that, Warren never paid her.Was accidentally punched during filming of Night of Terror (1952), knocking her unconscious. The actor who punched her apologized profusely, but the actual punch was left in the episode, as there was no time to reshoot the scene.Years after gaining fame as TV's first Lois Lane on Adventures of Superman (1952), she played Lois Lane's mother on an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).Along with Jack Larson and Jack Kruschen, she is one of only three actors to appear in both Adventures of Superman (1952) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).She has two roles in common with both Noel Neill and Teri Hatcher: (1) Neill played Lois Lane in Superman (1948), Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) and Adventures of Superman (1952), Coates played her in Superman and the Mole-Men (1951) and Adventures of Superman (1952) and Hatcher played her in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) and (2) Neill played Lois' mother Ellen Lane in Superman (1978), Coates played her in The House of Luthor (1994) and Hatcher played her in Abandoned (2010).In what can be considered the "first sitcom," she appeared opposite George O'Hanlon, as Alice McDoakes, from 1948-56 in the "Joe McDoakes" movie shorts.Former Earl Carroll showgirl.Profiled in the book "Johnny Mack Brown's Saddle Gals" by Bobby Copeland.In May 2008 she appeared at Captain Celluloid's Movie and TV World Convention. |
| Quotes: |
[Comparing the wardrobe she wore playing Lois Lane in Adventures of Superman (1952) with Teri Hatcher's in Lois u0026amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)] I saw Teri in this beautiful dress with her boobs pushed up and I thought, "That's Lois Lane?!?!" I had a suit up to my collarbone. I felt like a horse with a bit in my mouth.
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[on how she came to be hired as "Lois Lane" on "Adventures of Superman" (1952)] They [producer Robert Maxwell (II) and director Thomas Carr (I)] auditioned a lot of people. I read for it, then was called back a second time. They felt that I had the quality--it was that simple. |
| Salaries: |
Adventures of Superman (1952) - $375 /episode |
| Job title: |
Actress,Additional Crew |
| Others works: |
(1955) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in "Squeegee," with Ben Blue and John Banner, directed by Philip Rapp, written by Rapp and Richard Powell.
(1959) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in "Western Union," a pilot, with Richard Anderson. Writte |
| Spouse: |
Dr. Howard Irving Press (October 3, 1962 - 1986) (divorced, 1 child)Norman Tokar (August 27, 1955 - May 2, 1960) (divorced, 1 child)Robert Nelms (January 23, 1950 - October 1, 1953) (divorced, 1 child)R |
| Parents: |
William Robert \"Rush\" Stell
Jackie Loraine Teel |
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