
Phyllis Coates
Highest Rated: 30% I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Lowest Rated: 30% I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Birthday: Jan 15, 1927
Birthplace: Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
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."
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last First Comic | Herself (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn | Gladys Baker (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Baby Maker | Tish's Mother (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 0% | The Incredible Petrified World | Dale Marshall (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Cattle Empire | Janice Hamilton (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Arrow | Bess Johnson (Character) | - | 1958 |
30% | 38% | I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Margaret (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So Your Wife Wants to Work | Alice McDoakes (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girls in Prison | Dorothy (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Claw Monsters | Jean Evans (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal of Cedar Rock | Martha Clark (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | U238 and the Witch Doctor | Carol Bryant (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El Paso Stampede | Alice Clark (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Topeka | Marian Harrison (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Here Come the Girls | Chorus Girl (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 33% | She's Back on Broadway | Blonde (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perils of the Jungle | Jo Carter (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jungle Drums of Africa | Carol Bryant (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wyoming Roundup | Terry Howard (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fargo | Kathy MacKenzie (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Maverick | Della Watson (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Canyon Ambush | Marian Gaylord (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Longhorn | Gail (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 8% | Invasion U.S.A. | Mrs. Mulfory (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gunman | Anita Forester (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man From Sonora | Cinthy Allison (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Canyon Raiders | Alice Long (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Superman and the Mole Men | Lois Lane (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nevada Badmen | Carol Bannon (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oklahoma Justice | Goldie Vaughn (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 50% | My Foolish Heart | College Girl on Phone (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Kiss in the Dark | Mrs. Hale (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smart Girls Don't Talk | Cigarette Girl ( (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Valley Days | Dora Hand (Character) | 1963-1964 1952-1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Hattie Kelly (Guest Star) | 1964 1962 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Inez Fremont (Guest Star) | 1964 1961 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunslinger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The June Allyson Show | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Star Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeff's Collie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Miss Vernon (Guest Star) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures of Kit Carson | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jungle Drums of Africa | Carol Bryant (Character) | 1952-1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superman | Lois Lane (Character) | 1952-1953 |
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