Carolyn Coates(1927-2005)
- Actress
Coates was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in Santa Monica, Calif.,
where she acted in children's theater. She went on to major in acting
at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in stock
companies in the East. She met her future husband,
James Noble - who played "Governor
Gene Gatling" on the TV show
Benson (1979) - in 1951 in Worcester,
Mass., while playing "Eliza Doolittle" in "Pygmalion". The couple
appeared in many plays together, notably "Long Day's Journey into
Night" and "A Delicate Balance".
