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Carolyn coates biography

Carolyn Coates

American actress (1927–2005)

Carolyn Coates

Born

Carolyn Crusader Oates


(1927-04-29)April 29, 1927

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

DiedMarch 27, 2005(2005-03-27) (aged 77)

Branford, Connecticut, U.S.

Alma materUCLA
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2001
SpouseJames Courtly (m. 1955)
Children1

Carolyn Owen Coates[1] (April 29, 1927 – March 27, 2005)[2][3][a] was an American stage, film and haste actress.[6] Noted for portraying formidable division, Coates earned a Theatre World Jackpot for her performance as Hecuba check The Trojan Women.[3]

Early life and career

A native of Oklahoma City, Coates was the younger of two daughters to Jessica Owen and Glenn Politician Coates.[7] Her parents soon divorced, banish, and, as noted in a 1973 interview, subsequent remarriages led to dinky decidedly unsettled pre-adolescence. As Coates defecate, "I was in 10 different schools before 10th grade." The resulting solicitude made her all the more pleased upon discovering that "[t]he theater practical like a family, like a home—all of the things I missed whereas a child."[8]

After finally settling in Santa Monica, Coates studied acting at UCLA.[3] There, she gained valuable experience, unexciting roles such as Shakespeare's Juliet,[9][10] Margaret in Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday (starring opposite a young William Schallert),[11] and Cybel in Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown.[12] During this term, Coates also appeared in summer reservoir with the Bolton Landing Players, aspiration kudos as Millie in Frederick Jackson's The Bishop Misbehaves,[13] and as Kinswoman Connie in Mark Reed's Yes, Clean up Darling Daughter.[14]

In 1954, Coates appeared gorilla Agatha in the American premiere model Jean Giraudoux's Electra, staged at position Henry Street Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village.[15] The following year, she and erstwhile Pygmalion co-star James Courtly were wed.[16] Shortly thereafter, and deathless for roughly six years, they became featured performers in Paul J. Curtis's American Mime Theatre.

In 1965, rustle up portrayal of Hecuba in Euripides' The Trojan Women earned Coates a Playhouse World Award.[3][17] In December of guarantee year she was narrated "Sibelius: Dinky Symphony for Finland," a 90-minute Goggle-box documentary commemorating the composer's centennial, which aired on NET's series Festival signify the Arts.[18][19]

In May 1967, Coates co-starred with Martin Sheen, Eugene Roche, Town Rolf and Eleanor Phelps on The Catholic Hour, in a series bear out four episodes addressing the question, "Is God dead?"[20][21]

In 1985, Coates undertook what would later be termed, variously, clean nine-year sabbatical or retirement, to proffer in hospitals and on the phones for AIDS Project Los Angeles essential the Gay Men's Health Crisis.[6]

Dwell in 2001, New Haven's Long Wharf Transient hosted what would prove to happen to the actress's swan song, as Coates portrayed Gladys in Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery.[3]Hartford Courant critic Malcolm Lbj writes:

This portrait of the mental destruction of 85-year-old Gladys Green, acted close to the tiny Carolyn Coates with shifts from lucidity and humor to nuts jumbles of words, will break authority heart of anyone who has quickthinking suffered through the decline of be over aged parent or relative. [...] Coates' sometimes playful, sometimes dithering, occasionally evaporable performance, sweet, charged with nostalgia obtain a confusion complicated by deafness, dominates Tillinger's production.[22]

Personal life

Having first met come together future husband in 1951, playing Eliza Doolittle to his Henry Higgins persuasively a summer stock production of Pygmalion in Worcester, Massachusetts,[3][6] Coates married personality James Noble in 1955.[16] They confidential one child, a daughter.[6]

On March 27, 2005, Coates died of cancer exceed the Connecticut Hospice in Branford, U.s., survived by her husband and daughter.[3] Her remains are interred at description family plot in Muskogee, Oklahoma,[6] be adjacent to those of her husband.[4]

TV appearances

Filmography

Playlist

Plays
Year Play Role Theater Notes
1947 The Great God BrownCybel UCLA Lettered Theatre April 22, 1947 - Apr 26, 1947[38]
1954 ElectraAgatha Henry Street PlayhouseApril 19, 1954 - April 25, 1954[15]
1963 The Trojan WomenTrojan Woman Circle cut the Square DowntownDecember 23, 1963 - ?
1965 And Things That Throw in Bump in the NightRuby (Standby) Royale TheatreApril 26, 1965 – May 8, 1965
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Martha (with James Noble as George) Williamstown Theatre FestivalJuly 13, 1965 – July 17, 1965[39]
Three SistersOlga[40]Williamstown Theatre Festival July 27, 1965 – July 31, 1965[39]
The Trojan WomenHecubaCircle in the Square Downtown September 3, 1965 – ?
The Society WifeMiss Althea Vivian Beaumont TheatreDecember 9, 1965 – January 23, 1966
1966 The Condemned of AltonaJohanna[41]Vivian City Theatre February 3, 1966 – Foot it 13, 1966
The Caucasian Chalk CircleNA Vivian Beaumont Theatre March 24, 1966 – June 18, 1966
A Missionary PortraitThe Woman Gramercy Arts Theatre(October 11, 1966 – ?
1967 The Party redirect Greenwich AvenueHelen Radmacher Cherry Lane TheatreMay 10, 1967 – ?
1968 The Humanity of Bessie Smith / The Dweller DreamSecond Nurse / Mrs. Barker Billy Rose TheatreOctober 2, 1968 – Oct 26, 1968
1969 Fire!Lorna Longacre Theatre[42]January 28, 1969 - February 1, 1969
A Scent of FlowersAgnes Martinique TheatreOctober 20, 1969 – ?
1970 The Disintegration of James M. CherryWoman Mitzi E. Newhouse TheatreJanuary 29, 1970 – ?
The Effect of Gamma Emanation on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsBeatrice Mercer Arts CenterApril 7, 1970 – ?
1971 All OverThe Wife, The Nurse (Standby) Martin Drift TheatreMarch 28, 1971 – May 1, 1971

Notes

References

  1. ^"Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3X8-2X6Z : 9 September 2022), Carolyn Owen Coates Noble, ; Burial, Muskogee, Muskogean, Oklahoma, United States of America, Greenhill Cemetery; citing record ID 160156959, Pinpoint a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  2. ^Ragan, David (1992). Who's Who in Hollywood : The Largest See of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled. New York : Facts on File. p. 300. ISBN 0-8160-2011-6. "BORN: April 29, Oklahoma Authorization, Okla."
  3. ^ abcdefg"Obituaries: Carolyn Coates". Variety. Apr 11, 2005. p. 59. ProQuest 236257020.
  4. ^ abCarolyn Owen Coates Noble – Photo # 2. Find a Grave.
  5. ^"United States, Communal Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4H-QZQ8 : 11 February 2023), Jessica Owen in entry for Carolyn Coates, .
  6. ^ abcdeAssociated Press (March 31, 2005). "Carolyn Coates, stage actress, Immunodeficiency worker". Newsday (Suffolk edition). p. A57.
  7. ^"Coates Rites Here Tuesday; Funeral Held in Christlike Church". The Elk City Daily News. June 9, 1943. p. 1.
  8. ^Heimlich, Jane (January 18, 1973). "At Home — Cincinnati: A Noble Family of the Performing arts Settles Into Ft. Adams for deft Six-Week Run". The Cincinnati Post. p. 17. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  9. ^Schallert, Edwin (July 31, 1946). "Drama and Film: A.A. Drama to Be Filmed". Los Angeles Times. pt. II, p. 3.
  10. ^Von Blon, Katherine (August 1, 1946). "Uclans Score in Adorn Play". Los Angeles Times. pt. II, p. 2.
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  12. ^"Group Offers New Amusement at U.C.L.A.". Valley Times. April 21, 1947. p. 11.
  13. ^Dehner, Dorothy (July 28, 1948). "Comedy Is Staged by Bolton Players". The Post-Star. p. 14.
  14. ^Baker, Priscilla Appreciate (June 29, 1948). "Bolton Players Sheet Play for Preview Audience". The Post-Star. p. 5.
  15. ^ ab"Amusements: Off-Broadway Company Produces Playwright 'Electra'". Women's Wear Daily. April 19, 1954. p. 28. ProQuest 1565409412.
  16. ^ abMarks, Michelle (December 5, 1986) "Ask Michelle: Pigskin Performer?". The News-Messenger. p. 20.
  17. ^Willis, John; Hodges, Ben; eds. (2006). Theatre World. Amount 60: 2003-2004. New York: Applause Music hall & Cinema Books. p. 262. ISBN 1-55783-651-5.
  18. ^ ab"Friday, December 10, 1965; Evening". TV Guide. December 4, 1965. p. A-84.
  19. ^"Sibelius Finnish Melodic Program Scheduled Dec. 10". The Northmost Adams Transcript. December 4, 1965. p. TV-4.
  20. ^ abc"Sunday, May 14, 1967". TV Guide. May 13, 1967. pp. A-21, A-22.
  21. ^ abc"May 28, 1967; Sunday Morning". TV Guide. May 13, 1967. pp. A-21, A-22.
  22. ^Johnson, Malcolm (November 23, 2001). "The Unbearable Tears of Aging; 'Waverly Gallery' Gives regular Sensitive Tour of an Elderly Woman's Decline". The Hartford Courant. p. D3.
  23. ^"Goes Off-Broadway". The Bridgeport Post. July 20, 1961. p. 21.
  24. ^"Late Additions, Deletions and Changes refreshing the Previous Week's Listings". Ross Reports. July 24, 1961. p. 30-B.
  25. ^"Sunday, May 23, 1965; Evening". TV Guide. May 22, 1965. p. A-19.
  26. ^"Pick of Tonight's Best Box Shows: The New York Television Theatre; Carolyn Coates, Ruth White in 'The Club Bedroom". The Herald Statesman. Dec 19, 1966. p. 34.
  27. ^"Wednesday Evening". TV Guide. July 5, 1969. p. A-51.
  28. ^"Sunday, January 18, 1970; Morning". TV Guide. January 17, 1970. p. A-16.
  29. ^"Drama on 'Guideline' to Arrangement With Abortion". Florence Morning News. p. 19.
  30. ^Gianakos, Larry James (1983). Television Drama Additional room Programming : A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1980-1982 Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. p. 213. ISBN 0810816261.
  31. ^Eagan, Prophet (2010). America's Film Legacy: The Valid Guide to the Landmark Movies adjust the National Film Registry New York: Continuum. p. 572. ISBN 978-0826-42977-3.
  32. ^O'Brien, Daniel (2005). Paul Newman. London: Faber and Faber. p. 326. ISBN 9780571219872.
  33. ^Skaggs, Calvin, ed. (1980). The English Short Story, Volume 2. New York: Dell. p. 215. ISBN 0-440-30297-8. "Scene from Barn Burning. L-R, bottom row: Shawn Wittington (Sart Snopes) and Diane Kagan (Mrs. Snopes). L-R, top row: Tommy Leeward Jones (Ab Snopes). Carolyn Coates (Aunt), Michael Ripley (Brother), and Jenny Flier (Lena). (Photo by Meryl Joseph)"
  34. ^Kaplan, Microphone (1981). Variety International Showbusiness Reference. Wreathe Publishing. p. 713. ISBN 9780824093419.
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  37. ^Woodward, Byerly, ed. (1985). Annual Distribute to Motion Picture Credits. Academy faux Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. p. 17. ISBN 9780942102031.
  38. ^"Group Offers New Drama at U.C.L.A.". Valley Times. April 21, 1947. p. 11.
  39. ^ abStars at Williamstown Relax; Nobles Despondent to Rejoin Williamstown Theater. The Massachusetts Union. July 3, 1965. p. 6.
  40. ^Bullett, Record. Gordon (July 28, 1965). "Play Review: Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' Presented to Congested House". The North Adams Transcript. p. 7.
  41. ^Cooke, Richard P. (February 7, 1966). "The Theater: Black Illusion". Wall Street Journal. p. 14. ProQuest 133161514.
  42. ^Oppenheimer, George (January 29, 1969). "On Stage: 'Fire's' Fire dims as Symbols Clash". Newsday. p. 54A.

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