More About This Page
Looking for reviews of Phyllis Coates movies? Cinafilm has a total of 774 reviews across 9 movies.
Movies starring Phyllis Coates have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 49%.
Fargo - released in 1952 - is Phyllis Coates's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 724 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Phyllis Coates is Invasion, U.S.A. - released in 1952 - with a score of 25% based on 8 reviews.
Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) is 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.
Phyllis Coates has acted in films with William H. O'Brien, Stanley Andrews, Arthur Tovey and Russell Custer.
Phyllis Coates has worked with these film directors: Lesley Selander, Lewis D. Collins, Charles Marquis Warren and Sidney Salkow.
Popular Movies Right Now
