Coleen Gray born Doris Bernice Jensen October 23 1922 August 3 2015 was born in Staplehurst Nebraska After graduating from high school she studied dramatics at Hamline University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree she then decided to see America and traveled to California stopping off at La Jolla where she worked as a waitress After several weeks there she moved to LA and enrolled in a drama school Her performances attracted a talent scout from 20th CenturyFox with whom she signed a contract after a screen test Although Fox put her in several good pictures Kiss of Death 1947 Nightmare Alley 1947 The Razors Edge 1946 in which she acquitted herself well many of the roles they gave her were not worthy of her talent and she never became as big a star as many thought she should have Still she has an extensive list of credits in films TV radio and on the stage