1961Winner
Best Performance
The Hustler
Carolyn Coates
Actor
Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - USA
April 29, 1927
Biography
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
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1981Nominee
Best Performance
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981Nominee
Best Performance
Mommie Dearest
Career Highlights
1972Highlight
Best Performance
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1981Highlight
Best Performance
Incident at Crestridge
Video
The Hustler
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Mommie Dearest