Phyllis Coates
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Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) was 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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.382 |
| Birthday | 1927-01-15 |
| Place of Birth | Wichita Falls, Texas, USA |
| Also Known As | Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell, |
1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
5.5/27
Professor Frankenstein creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1959
The Incredible Petrified World
3.4/38
When the cable breaks on their diving bell four people find themselves trapped in a hidden underwater world.
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The Incredible Petrified World
1970
The Baby Maker
6.1/6
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the...
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The Baby Maker
1951
Superman and the Mole-Men
5.262/65
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has...
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Superman and the Mole-Men
1952
Flat Top
4/11
A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
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Flat Top
1950
So You Want a Raise
6/1
Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise...
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So You Want a Raise
1950
So You Want to Move
0/0
Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.
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So You Want to Move
1953
So You Want a Television Set
0/0
Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their refri...
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So You Want a Television Set
1953
So You Want to Be an Heir
0/0
Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the target of murderously greedy family members.
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So You Want to Be an Heir
1956
So You Want to Play the Piano
4/1
Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the...
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So You Want to Play the Piano
1957
Chicago Confidential
5/16
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
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Chicago Confidential
1956
Girls in Prison
4.3/6
An inmate is persuaded to take part in a breakout by cellmates anxious to cash in on loot they believe she has hidden.
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Girls in Prison
1989
Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
2/3
The supposed story of superstar Marilyn Monroe's death...as told by a "friend" of hers. Watch flashbacks from "Goodbye Norma Jean" as it leads up to t...
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Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn
1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty
5.7/16
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickl...
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So You Think You're Not Guilty
1955
Panther Girl of the Kongo
6.5/4
Jean Evans of an international wildlife foundation, who is known to Africa as 'the Panther Girl' because of her bravery in jungle living, stumbles on...
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Panther Girl of the Kongo
1950
Blues Busters
5.5/2
The Bowery Boys (Bowery Boys) open a nightclub after Sach has his tonsils out and wakes up with a singing voice.
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Blues Busters
1951
So You Want to Be a Bachelor
0/0
"I never knew what happiness was till I got married—and then it was too late," Joe recalls, flashing back to bachelor days and his courtship with Alic...
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So You Want to Be a Bachelor
1952
So You Want to Wear the Pants
5/1
It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
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So You Want to Wear the Pants
1966
The Claw Monsters
0/0
An evil scientist in a remote jungle location cultivates giant crawfish (!) as a means of scaring trespassers away from his diamond mine. Condensed fr...
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The Claw Monsters
1958
Cattle Empire
6/18
After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading...
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Cattle Empire
1950
So You Want to Throw a Party
4/1
Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The c...
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So You Want to Throw a Party
1952
Scorching Fury
0/0
Three masked bandits responsible for a wave of holdups and bank robberies stick up a stagecoach on its way to Boone City.
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Scorching Fury
1952
Fargo
6.5/4
The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Bill returns to the Fargo country t...
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Fargo
1951
The Screen Director
6/1
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for...
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The Screen Director
1952
The Gunman
1.5/1
Terrorized citizens send for a Texas lawman to rid their town of bandits.
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The Gunman
1952
Invasion, U.S.A.
2.9/22
A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.
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Invasion, U.S.A.
1951
Oklahoma Justice
0/0
Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a lady bank robber in this average Mack Brown series late-entry from Monogram. The lady, played by Barbara Allen, is...
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Oklahoma Justice
1951
Canyon Raiders
0/0
Whip Wilson only gets to crack his trademark weapon once in this economic Western filmed in toto at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, CA. A gover...
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Canyon Raiders
1952
Wyoming Roundup
6/1
When newcomers Whip and Bob break up a saloon fight they are made town Marshals. This puts then in the middle of the range war between large ranch own...
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Wyoming Roundup
2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
4/2
A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them.
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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
0/0
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtuall...
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
1951
Man from Sonora
0/0
Someone stole Johnny Mack Brown's horse. If he can locate his missing horse, then he can prove they are also robbing the stagecoach.
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Man from Sonora
1958
Blood Arrow
7/1
Phyllis Coates, TV's erstwhile Lois Lane, essays one of her largest film roles in Blood Arrow. Coates is cast as a devout Mormon girl whose mission is...
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Blood Arrow
1951
Stage to Blue River
0/0
Whip Wilson has to stop bandits who are trying to take over a stage line.
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Stage to Blue River
1951
Nevada Badmen
6/1
The "badmen" of the title in this average western from Monogram are Waller, a greedy express agent and Banker Jensen, who conspire to separate Bob Ban...
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Nevada Badmen
1956
So Your Wife Wants to Work
7/1
Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Al...
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So Your Wife Wants to Work
1953
El Paso Stampede
5/1
The cattle that are being rustled apparently vanish as no one is able to find them. But Rocky Lane, in his last B western, is on the job and he is ass...
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El Paso Stampede
1953
Marshal of Cedar Rock
5.5/2
Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his s...
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Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953
Perils of the Jungle
3/3
On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter but her animals are wiped out by a...
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Perils of the Jungle
1952
Canyon Ambush
5/1
A mysterious masked rider and his gang are murdering ranchers and robbing stages. Government Agent Johnny Mack Brown has been called in to help the Sh...
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Canyon Ambush
1952
The Maverick
0/0
Wild Bill Elliott must escort a gang of killer cattleman who have been terrorizing homesteaders.
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The Maverick
1951
The Sun Was Setting
5/6
A woman is dying in her apartment. Two friends visit her and she tells them she wants to go to Chinatown. They convince her not to go, and then leave...
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The Sun Was Setting
1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
0/0
Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to...
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So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1948
Smart Girls Don't Talk
5.5/11
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
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Smart Girls Don't Talk
1989
The Story of Superman
10/1
This is the complete story of the origin of Superman, his career in comics, cartoons and film. Every question that you may have ever asked is addresse...
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The Story of Superman
1951
The Longhorn
5.7/3
A double-crossing cowboy and his gang of henchmen steal cattle, even from friends, in this classic Western.
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The Longhorn
1950
Outlaws of Texas
0/0
Monogram's Outlaws of Texas is surprisingly bereft of the action highlights one might expect from star Whip Wilson. This time, the Whip and his saddle...
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Outlaws of Texas
1953
Topeka
5/1
Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked elem...
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Topeka
1954
Gunfighters of the Northwest
0/0
Constable Ward is assigned to track down a mysterious villain known only as The Leader. Trying to locate a secret gold mine, The Leader pits the India...
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Gunfighters of the Northwest
1950
My Blue Heaven
7/3
Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on e...
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My Blue Heaven
1996
Hollywood: The Movie
5.5/2
An ambitious filmmaker sets out to make an avant-garde film but soon learns the only way he can secure financing is if he shows Jessica Hahn's breasts...
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Hollywood: The Movie
1988
Whisper Kill
7/2
Ambitious reporter, Liz Bartlett, secretly wishes that Jerry Caper, her business associate were dead. Yet her hidden desire soon becomes a reality whe...
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Whisper Kill
1949
So You're Having In-Law Trouble
0/0
Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck.
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So You're Having In-Law Trouble
1949
So You Want to Get Rich Quick
0/0
Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance.
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So You Want to Get Rich Quick
1948
So You Want to Be on the Radio
5.7/6
Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen a...
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So You Want to Be on the Radio
1956
Once to Every Woman
0/0
At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, Carol is wooed by charming David. They fall in love, but Carol then learns that David is married. He sa...
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Once to Every Woman
1951
So You Want to Be a Plumber
3/1
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.
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So You Want to Be a Plumber
1953
Jungle Drums of Africa
6/1
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a...
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Jungle Drums of Africa
1952
So You Never Tell a Lie
6/1
When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again fin...
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So You Never Tell a Lie
1956
So You Want to Be Pretty
2/2
In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
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So You Want to Be Pretty
1948
So You Want to Be in Politics
0/0
Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.
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So You Want to Be in Politics
1949
So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
0/0
Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.
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So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
1949
So You Want to Be Popular
0/0
Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox
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So You Want to Be Popular
1949
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
0/0
Joe wants to be a muscle man.
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So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1991
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
4.5/5
Longtime singles Lillian Lambert and Clifford Pepperman enjoy a romance late in their lives.
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