Carolyn Coates | |
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Born | Carolyn Owen Oates April 29, 1927 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | March 27, 2005 Branford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 77)
Alma mater | UCLA |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1947–2001 |
Spouse | James Noble (m. 1955) |
Children | 1 |
Carolyn Owen Coates[1] (April 29, 1927 – March 27, 2005)[2][3][a] was an American stage, film and television actress.[6] Noted for portraying formidable women, Coates earned a Theatre World Award for her performance as Hecuba in The Trojan Women.[3]
Stage actress Carolyn Coates died March 27 of cancer in Branford, Conn. She was 77. Born in Oklahoma City, she grew up in Santa Monica, and started acting there in children's theater. After majoring in acting at UCLA, she worked in stock companies on the East Coast and met her future husband, James Noble in Worcester, Mass., playing Eliza Doolittle to his Henry Higgins in 'Pygmalion.' [...] She appeared in many plays with Noble, including 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' and 'A Delicate Balance.' They studied with Lee Strasberg and were members of Paul Curtis' American Mime Theater.
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