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Coleen Gray

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Actress

The Resume

    (October 23, 1922-August 3, 2015)
    Born in Staplehurst, Nebraska
    Birth name was Doris Bernice Jensen
    Appeared in the films 'Kiss of Death' (1947), 'Nightmare Alley' (1947), 'Red River' (1948), 'The Sleeping City' (1951), 'Kansas City Confidential' (1952), 'Arrow in the Dust' (1954), 'The Killing' (1956), 'Death of a Scoundrel' (1956), 'The Leech Woman' (1960) and 'Cry from the Mountain' (1985)
    Portrayed Diane Hunter in 'Days of Our Lives' (1967-68)

Why she might be annoying:

    She chose an oddball spelling of her first name to garner attention.
    She was typecast as the 'good girl' in film noirs.
    She said, 'I was always the goody two shoes, but I wanted to be a sex symbol.'
    She admitted, 'As an actress, I was never secure.... I had a fear of screwing up.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell described her as 'luminous.'
    She said, 'Everything I did, whether it was low budget or a bad script, if you are going to do it and they’re paying you, you better believe in it and do it right.'
    After leaving acting, she became active in Charles Colson's Prison Fellowship, ministering to inmates and their families.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 122 Votes: 52.46% Annoying