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Phyllis Coates (Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell) was born on 15 January, 1927 in Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S., is an American actress (1927–2023). Discover Phyllis Coates's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 96 years old?

Popular As Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell
Occupation Actress
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 15 January, 1927
Birthday 15 January
Birthplace Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 11 October, 2023
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Phyllis Coates Height, Weight & Measurements

At 96 years old, Phyllis Coates height is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .

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Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Who Is Phyllis Coates's Husband?

Her husband is Richard L. Bare (m. 1948-1949) Robert Nelms (m. 1950-1953)

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Husband Richard L. Bare (m. 1948-1949) Robert Nelms (m. 1950-1953)
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Children 3

Phyllis Coates Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Phyllis Coates worth at the age of 96 years old? Phyllis Coates’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Phyllis Coates's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Adventures of Superman (1952)$375 /episode

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1927

Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927 – October 11, 2023) was an American actress, with a career spanning over fifty years.

Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell was born on January 15, 1927, in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Coates is the daughter of William Robert Rush Stell and Lorraine "Luzzie" Jack Teel.

After graduating from Odessa High School, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother.

Coates attended (as Gypsy Stell) Los Angeles City College.

Originally billed under her birth name as Gypsy Stell, Coates was discovered in a Hollywood and Vine restaurant by vaudeville comedian Ken Murray, from whom she learned comic timing.

She subsequently appeared as a dancer and a comedienne in skits for ten months in Blackouts, his "racy" (mildly risqué) variety show.

She later performed as one of Earl Carroll's showgirls at his Earl Carroll Theatre.

1944

On July 13, 1944, aged 17, she began to work with 20th Century Fox, after receiving a seven year contract with option.

Coates co-starred with George O'Hanlon as the title character's wife in the studio's Joe McDoakes short-subject comedies.

1946

In 1946, she toured with a USO production of Anything Goes.

1948

Noel Neill, who had played Lois Lane in two Columbia Superman serials, in 1948 and 1950, replaced Coates, who was not available for the second season.

1950

Arguably, her best-remembered films of the 1950s—perhaps owing to their being those in which she has a substantial role, and being among the few that had been preserved on home video—are Blues Busters with The Bowery Boys (in which she has a musical number); Panther Girl of the Kongo, a jungle serial in which she starred; Superman and the Mole Men; and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.

1951

She was 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.

1952

In 1952, Coates guest-starred in "How Death Valley Got Its Name", the first episode of the anthology series Death Valley Days.

1953

She acted in film serials, including Jungle Drums of Africa (1953), Gunfighters of the Northwest (1953), and Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955).

Coates was cast in The Lone Ranger in 1953 in "Stage to Estacado" and "The Perfect Crime", and in 1955 in "The Woman in the White Mask".

1954

She appeared in the 1954 Death Valley Days episode "The Light On The Mountain".

1955

She was cast in 1955 as Madge in the CBS sitcom Professional Father.

In 1955, Coates portrayed Medora De More in the two-part episode "King of the Dakotas" of the NBC western anthology series Frontier.

1956

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).

In 1956, she was cast in the episode "God in the Street" of another anthology series, Crossroads, based on the lives of American clergymen.

That same year, Coates appeared in a second religious drama, This Is the Life, as Betty in the episode "I Killed Lieutenant Hartwell".

She was also cast in 1956 as Marge in the episode "Web Feet" of the military drama Navy Log.

She guest-starred in David Janssen's crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective.

All this was in addition to the "McDoakes" shorts, in which she continued to appear until Warner Brothers discontinued the series in 1956.

1958

In 1958, Coates played the mother, Clarissa Holliday, in all thirty-nine episodes of the 1958–1959 situation comedy, This Is Alice.

She made guest appearances in three episodes of Perry Mason: Norma Carter in "The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde" in 1958, "The Case of the Cowardly Lion" in 1961, and in "The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands" in 1964.

Coates guest-starred as well on three episodes of Gunsmoke between 1958 and 1964.

Coates played Lois Lane in the first season of Adventures of Superman.

1959

Coates was cast as the widowed Mary in the 1959 episode, "One in a Hundred".

1960

In the 1960s, when it became clear that Adventures of Superman would continue to enjoy great popularity in syndicated reruns, far beyond the end of its production in 1957, Coates—like many of the other supporting cast members such as Jack Larson ("Jimmy Olsen")—tried to distance herself from the Superman series, fearing it might limit her opportunities.

By the mid 1960s, however, she had settled into a comfortable semi-retirement as a wife and homemaker after marrying Los Angeles family physician Howard Press in 1962.

1961

In 1961, Coates was cast as Elizabeth Gwynn in the episode "The Little Fishes" on CBS's Rawhide.

1964

In a 1964 episode, "The Left Hand Is Damned", she portrayed the kind-hearted saloon singer Dora Hand of Dodge City, Kansas.

1970

One notable role was that of the mother of the female lead in the 1970 film The Baby Maker, directed by James Bridges.

1986

She resumed her career after their divorce in 1986, but in the period immediately before that divorce, her film and television appearances were infrequent.

1990

Coates agreed to appear as Lois's mother in the first season finale of the 1990s television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

2016

With the death of Noel Neill on July 3, 2016, Coates became the last surviving regular cast member from the Adventures of Superman TV series until her own death on October 11, 2023.

Coates 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.