TV's first Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates, has passed away.
TV's first Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates, has passed away at the age of 96. Coates played the iconic Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane in Adventures of Superman for one season, which totaled 24 episodes in 1952-1953. Coates' daughter, Laura Press, told The Hollywood Reporter that her mother died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills.
Superman and the Mole Men was the Man of Steel's first successful, full-length theatrical film. Phyllis Coates documented in Tom Weaver's 2006 book, Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes, that she was paid about $350 for each episode of Adventures of Superman, with some episodes being shot four or five at one time.
Coates was invited back for Adventures of Superman Season 2. However, she passed on the opportunity after she signed on for another series starring Jack Carson and Allen Jenkins. That show never made it to air." Whitney Ellsworth offered me about four or five times what I was getting if I'd come back. But I really wanted to get out of Superman," Coates said in Weaver's book. Noel Neill replaced Coates as Lois Lane and played the role for the remaining five seasons.
Phyllis Coates was born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell on January 15, 1927 in Wichita Falls, TX. She was discovered in Ken Murray's comedy show. Along with acting, Coates was also a part of USO tours. Her movie credits include Jungle Drums of Africa, Gunfighters of the Northwest, and Panther Girl of the Kongo. As for other TV work, she starred in The Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and more.
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