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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. 1956) |
Children | 1 |
Carolyn Owen Coates[a] (April 29, 1927 – March 27, 2005)[3][4] was an American stage, film and television actress.[5] Noted for portraying formidable women, Coates earned a Theatre World Award for her performance as Hecuba in The Trojan Women.[4]
Early life and career
A native of Oklahoma City, Coates was the younger of two daughters born to Jessica Owen and Glenn Clinton Coates.[6] Her parents soon divorced, however, and, as noted in a 1973 interview, subsequent remarriages led to a decidedly unsettled pre-adolescence. As Coates recalled, "I was in 10 different schools before 10th grade." The resulting anxiety made her all the more appreciative upon discovering that "[t]he theater is like a family, like a home—all of the things I missed as a child."[7]
After finally settling in Santa Monica, Coates studied acting at UCLA.[4] There, she gained valuable experience, in roles such as Shakespeare's Juliet,[8][9] Margaret in Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday (starring opposite a young William Schallert), and Cybel in Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown. During this period, Coates also appeared in summer stock with the Bolton Landing Players, earning kudos as Millie in Frederick Jackson's The Bishop Misbehaves,[10] and as Aunt Connie in Mark Reed's Yes, My Darling Daughter.[11]
In May 1967, Coates co-starred with Martin Sheen, Eugene Roche, Frederick Rolf and Eleanor Phelps on The Catholic Hour, in a series of four episodes addressing the question, "Is God dead?"[12][13]
In 1985, Coates undertook what would later be termed, variously, a nine-year sabbatical or retirement, to volunteer in hospitals and on the phones for AIDS Project Los Angeles and the Gay Men's Health Crisis.
In 2001, New Haven's Long Wharf Theater hosted what would prove to be the actress's swan song, as Coates portrayed Gladys in Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery.[4] Hartford Courant critic Malcolm Johnson writes:
This portrait of the mental disintegration of 85-year-old Gladys Green, acted by the tiny Carolyn Coates with shifts from lucidity and humor to crazy jumbles of words, will break the heart of anyone who has ever suffered through the decline of an aged parent or relative. [...] Coates' sometimes playful, sometimes dithering, occasionally volatile performance, sweet, charged with nostalgia and a confusion complicated by deafness, dominates Tillinger's production.[14]
Personal life
Having first met her future husband four years earlier in Worcester, Massachusetts, playing Eliza Doolittle to his Henry Higgins in a summer stock production of Pygmalion,[4] Coates married actor James Noble in 1955.[15] During the 1950s, Coates frequently performed with, and eventually married, fellow stage and TV actor James Noble.[16]
On March 27, 2005, Coates died of cancer at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Connecticut, survived by her husband and daughter.[4] Her remains are interred at the family plot in Muskogee, Oklahoma,[5] alongside those of her husband.[1]
TV appearances
TV | |||
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TV Show | Role | Episode | Year |
Camera Three | NA[b] | 1961[18] | |
The Inheritance | NA (Voice only) | 1965[19] | |
Jean Sibelius | Narrator | 1965[20] | |
New York Television Theatre | Elmina Ruggles | "The Club Bedroom" | 1966[21] |
The Catholic Hour | Young Woman | "A Sense of Loss" | 1967[12] |
Young Woman | "An Abundance of Perspectives" | 1967[12] | |
Young Woman | "A Father's Death" | 1967[13] | |
Woman B | "Rebirths of Hope" | 1967[13] | |
Critique | Herself (reading translations of Russian poetry) | "Poets on Street Corners" | 1969[22] |
Guideline | Margaret ("a 35-year-old mother of three who refuses to bear a fourth child"; her abortion "causes estrangement among members of her family.") |
"Whose Life" | 1970[23][24] |
The Doctors | Alice | #1.3314 | 1975 |
Alice | #1.3315 | 1975 | |
Alice | #1.3316 | 1975 | |
Alice | #1.3317 | 1975 | |
Alice | #1.3318 | 1975 | |
Alice | #1.3319 | 1975 | |
Alice | #1.3320 | 1975 | |
Dallas | Nurse | "Mastectomy: Part 1" | 1979 |
Knots Landing | Karen's Mother | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | 1980 |
Lou Grant | Margaret Carruthers | "Search" | 1981 |
The Waltons | Elvira Perkins | "The Gold Watch" | 1981 |
Palmerstown, U.S.A. | "Roadhouse" | 1981 | |
Jessica Novac | NA | "Kenny" | 1981[25] |
McClain's Law | Margaret Stanton | "The Sign of the Beast: Part 1" | 1982 |
Benson | Mrs. Collingswood | "The Honeymooners" | 1983 |
Judge Watson | Made in Hong Kong: Part 1 | 1984 | |
Remington Steele | Mayor Amaryllis MacKenzie | "Small Town Steele" | 1984 |
Glitter | Mrs. Davis | "A Minor Miracle" | 1984 |
St. Elsewhere | Mrs. Fordham | "Saving Face" | 1985 |
Mrs. Fordham | "Amazing Face" | 1985 | |
Mrs. Fordham | "She Rote" | 1985 |
Filmography
Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1961 | The Hustler | Waitress | [26] |
1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Mrs. McKay | [27] |
1980 | Barn Burning | Aunt | [28] |
Joshua's World | NA | [29] | |
Scared Straight! Another Story | Mary Loring | [30] | |
1981 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Twin Oaks Cutomer[31] | |
Murder in Texas | Helen Fairchild | [30] | |
Mommie Dearest | Mother Superior | [31] | |
Incident at Crestridge | Mrs. Dobbs | [30] | |
1983 | Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land | Claire | [30] |
Blood Feud | Kennedy's secretary | [30] | |
1984 | The Buddy System | Teacher | [32] |
1985 | This Child Is Mine | Grace | [30] |
Playlist
Plays | ||||
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Year | Play | Role | Theater | Notes |
1947 | The Great God Brown | Cybel | UCLA Campus Theatre | April 22, 1947 - April 26, 1947[33] |
1954 | Electra | Agatha | Henry Street Playhouse | April 14, 1954 - ? |
1963 | The Trojan Women | Trojan Woman | Circle in the Square Downtown | December 23, 1963 - ? |
1965 | And Things That Go Bump in the Night | Ruby (Standby) | Royale Theatre | April 26, 1965 – May 8, 1965 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Martha (with James Noble as George) | Williamstown Theatre Festival | July 13, 1965 – July 17, 1965[34] | |
Three Sisters | Williamstown Theatre Festival | July 27, 1965 – July 31, 1965[34] | ||
The Trojan Women | Hecuba | Circle in the Square Downtown | September 3, 1965 – ? | |
The Country Wife | Miss Althea | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | December 9, 1965 – January 23, 1966 | |
1966 | The Condemned of Altona | NA | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | February 3, 1966 – March 13, 1966 |
The Caucasian Chalk Circle | NA | Vivian Beaumont Theatre | March 24, 1966 – June 18, 1966 | |
A Whitman Portrait | The Woman | Gramercy Arts Theatre | (October 11, 1966 – ? | |
1967 | The Party on Greenwich Avenue | Helen Radmacher | Cherry Lane Theatre | May 10, 1967 – ? |
1968 | The Death of Bessie Smith / The American Dream | Second Nurse / Mrs. Barker | Billy Rose Theatre | October 2, 1968 – October 26, 1968 |
1969 | Fire! | Lorna | January 28, 1969 - February 1, 1969 | |
A Scent of Flowers | Agnes | Martinique Theatre | October 20, 1969 – ? | |
1970 | The Disintegration of James M. Cherry | Woman | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre | January 29, 1970 – ? |
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Beatrice | Mercer Arts Center | April 7, 1970 – ? | |
1971 | All Over | The Wife, The Nurse (Standby) | Martin Beck Theatre | March 28, 1971 – May 1, 1971 |
Notes
- ^ As per the gravestone photo featured on her Find a Grave page, the middle name Coates was given by her parents was Owen,[1] her mother's maiden name.[2]
- ^ On location at Circle in the Square Downtown, performing a scene from Jean Genet's The Balcony; episode also features producer Theodore Mann and director Jose Quintero.[17]
References
- ^ a b Carolyn Owen Coates Noble – Photo # 2. Find a Grave.
- ^ "United States, Social 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, .
- ^ Ragan, David (1992). Who's Who in Hollywood : The Largest Cast of International Film Personalities Ever Assembled. New York : Facts on File. p. 300. ISBN 0-8160-2011-6. "BORN: April 29, Oklahoma City, Okla."
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituaries: Carolyn Coates". Variety. April 11, 2005. p. 59. ProQuest 236257020.
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.
- ^ a b Associated Press (March 31, 2005). "Carolyn Coates, stage actress, AIDS worker". Newsday (Suffolk edition). p. A57.
- ^ "Coates Rites Here Tuesday; Funeral Held in Christian Church". The Elk City Daily News. June 9, 1943. p. 1.
- ^ Heimlich, Jane (January 18, 1973). "At Home — Cincinnati: A Noble Family of the Theater Settles Into Ft. Adams for a Six-Week Run". The Cincinnati Post. p. 17. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (July 31, 1946). "Drama and Film: A.A. Drama to Be Filmed". Los Angeles Times. pt. II, p. 3.
- ^ Von Blon, Katherine (August 1, 1946). "Uclans Score in Bard Play". Los Angeles Times. pt. II, p. 2.
- ^ Dehner, Dorothy (July 28, 1948). "Comedy Is Staged by Bolton Players". The Post-Star. p. 14.
- ^ Baker, Priscilla Lee (June 29, 1948). "Bolton Players Stage Play for Preview Audience". The Post-Star. p. 5.
- ^ a b c "Sunday, May 14, 1967". TV Guide. May 13, 1967. pp. A-21, A-22.
- ^ a b c "May 28, 1967; Sunday Morning". TV Guide. May 13, 1967. pp. A-21, A-22.
- ^ Johnson, Malcolm (November 23, 2001). "The Unbearable Sadness of Aging; 'Waverly Gallery' Gives a Sensitive Tour of an Elderly Woman's Decline". The Hartford Courant. p. D3.
- ^ "Pigskin Performer?". The News-Messenger. December 5, 1986. p. 20.
- ^ "". The Berkshire Eagle.
- ^ "Goes Off-Broadway". The Bridgeport Post. July 20, 1961. p. 21.
- ^ "Late Additions, Deletions and Changes of the Previous Week's Listings". Ross Reports. July 24, 1961. p. 30-B.
- ^ "Sunday, May 23, 1965; Evening". TV Guide. May 22, 1965. p. A-19.
- ^ "Friday, December 10, 1965; Evening". TV Guide. December 4, 1965. p. A-84.
- ^ "Pick of Tonight's Best TV Shows: The New York Television Theatre; Carolyn Coates, Ruth White in 'The Club Bedroom". The Herald Statesman. December 19, 1966. p. 34.
- ^ "Wednesday Evening". TV Guide. July 5, 1969. p. A-51.
- ^ "Sunday, January 18, 1970; Morning". TV Guide. January 17, 1970. p. A-16.
- ^ "Drama on 'Guideline' to Deal With Abortion". Florence Morning News. p. 19.
- ^ Gianakos, Larry James (1983). Television Drama Series Programming : A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1980-1982 Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. p. 213. ISBN 0810816261.
- ^ Eagan, Daniel (2010). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry New York: Continuum. p. 572. ISBN 978-0826-42977-3.
- ^ O'Brien, Daniel (2005). Paul Newman. London: Faber and Faber. p. 326. ISBN 9780571219872.
- ^ Skaggs, Calvin, ed. (1980). The American 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 Lee Jones (Ab Snopes). Carolyn Coates (Aunt), Michael Ripley (Brother), and Jenny Hughes (Lena). (Photo by Meryl Joseph)"
- ^ Kaplan, Mike (1981). Variety International Showbusiness Reference. Garland Publishing. p. 713. ISBN 9780824093419.
- ^ a b c d e f Marill, Alvin H. (2005). Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. pp. 34, 173, 250, 349, 365.
- ^ a b Ozer, Jerome, ed. (1983). Film Review Annual, 1982. Englewood, NJ: Film Review Publications. pp. 721, 892. ISBN 0-89198-126-8.
- ^ Woodward, Byerly, ed. (1985). Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. p. 17. ISBN 9780942102031.
- ^ "Group Offers New Drama at U.C.L.A.". Valley Times. April 21, 1947. p. 11.
- ^ a b Stars at Williamstown Relax; Nobles Happy to Rejoin Williamstown Theater. The Springfield Union. July 3, 1965. p. 6.
Further reading
- "3 Couples & Bachelor". Variety. July 3, 1963. p. 57. ProQuest 1014817980.
An oddity of the Williamstown, Mass. Summer Theatre resident Equity company this year is that it's composed of three married couples and one bachelor. Equity group consists of Joyce & Michael Ebert, Carolyn Coates & James Noble, Olympia Dukakis & Louis Zorich. The lone unmarried is William Hansen...
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