Aug. 04--Film noir actress Coleen Gray, who appeared in hard-boiled flicks such as "Kiss of Death," "Nightmare Alley" and "Kansas City Confidential" before segueing into a prolific television career, died Monday at her home in Bel Air. She was 92.
The death was from natural causes, according to family friend David Schecter.
Although best known for her work in the noir genre -- including a starring role in the early Stanley Kubrick film "The Killing" -- Gray appeared in a variety of films in the 1940s and '50s, including the Howard Hawks classic western "Red River" and Frank Capra's "Riding High" with Bing Crosby.
In the late 1950s and early '60s Gray had roles in a handful of sci-fi and horror films, including "The Leech Woman" and "The Phantom Planet," but by then she was working in television.
Gray appeared in early live TV dramas, and went on to guest spots on "Maverick," "Rawhide," "77 Sunset Strip," "Perry Mason" and many others.
She was married three times. Gray and her third husband, Joseph "Fritz" Zeiser, were involved in a prison ministry organization founded in the 1970s by Charles Colson. Zeiser died in 2012.
Gray is survived by her son Bruce Bidlack; daughter Susan Amateau; stepsons Rick and Steve Zeiser; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
