Nancy Gates

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Nancy Gates
actress
Years active1942–1969
Spouse
J. William Hayes
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(m. 1948; died 1992)​
Children4, including Chip Hayes
Nancy Gates and John Hudson on TV's The Millionaire (1955)

Nancy Gates (February 1, 1926[1] – March 24, 2019[2]) was an American film and television actress.

Early life

Gates was born to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gates,

Dallas, Texas. She grew up in nearby Denton, and was described as "a child wonder."[4] A 1932 newspaper article about an Easter program at Robert E. Lee School noted, "Nancy Gates, presenting a soft-shoe number, will open the style show."[5] That same year, she had a part in the Denton Kiddie Revue.[6]

In 1935,

North Texas State Teachers College stage band.[10]

Gates attended the University of Oklahoma for one year before getting married.[3]

Career

Film

Gates entered acting at a young age, receiving a contract with

heroine. In 1948 she starred opposite Eddie Dean in Check Your Guns, and in 1949 she played alongside Jim Bannon, Marin Sais, and Emmett Lynn in one installment of the Red Ryder film series, titled Roll, Thunder, Roll!. She would star in several other films over the next ten years, especially in westerns such as Comanche Station (1959), and in support roles, most notably in two Frank Sinatra films, Some Came Running and Suddenly
.

In total Gates starred or co-starred in 34 films and serials. She retired from acting in 1969.

Radio

Gates made her radio debut on the September 29, 1941, broadcast of CBS Radio's The Orson Welles Show, playing opposite Welles in an adaptation of Sherwood Anderson's short story "I'm a Fool".[12] She performed in the soap opera Masquerade on NBC in 1946–1947.[13] A February 21, 1944, newspaper article noted that Gates would "appear in a series of air programs for the RKO Studios beginning Feb. 28."[14] In 1951, she starred on

Screen Director's Playhouse opposite William Holden in Remember the Night[15] and on Lux Radio Theatre in a supporting role in Sunset Boulevard.[16]

Television

Gates made a total of 55

Lux Video Theater, and two on Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1957 she had a memorable role as defendant Martha Bradford in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Crooked Candle"; then in 1964 she was cast in the role of the defendant, Mary Douglas, in "The Case of the Woeful Widower". In 1965 she again played the role of Perry's client, this time as Claire Armstrong, the title character, in "The Case of the Candy Queen". In 1958; she appeared on Trackdown
as Ellen Hackett in "Killer Takes All".

Her other TV appearances included The Third Man,

Letter to Loretta,[27] Laramie, The Whistler,The Mod Squad,[28] Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre,[29] Bourbon Street Beat,[30] The Special for Women with Dinah Shore,[31] The Danny Thomas Hour,[32] Damon Runyon Theater,[33] Kentucky Jones [34]
and Gunsmoke.

Personal life

Gates retired in 1969 to be closer to her family.

She was married to Hollywood attorney and business manager

Hollywood producers, Jeffrey M. Hayes and Chip Hayes
. J. William Hayes died in 1992.

Gates died in March 2019 at the age of 93.[38][2]

Filmography

References

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  2. ^ a b Barnes, Mike (19 April 2019). "Nancy Gates, Actress in 'Comanche Station' and Sinatra Films, Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ a b Kleypas, Rosmarie (March 5, 1950). "Nancy Gates Returns To Visit Family, Friends After Completing New Movie". Denton Record-Chronicle. p. 6.
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  7. ^ a b Wagner, Laura (April 2015). "Nancy Gates: 'I Just Work When I Feel Like It'". Classic Images (478): 6–15, 65–67.
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  12. ^ "Orson Welles Show: The Interlopers". Orson Welles on the Air, 1938–1946. Indiana University Bloomington. September 29, 1941. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  13. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3
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  15. ^ "Screen Director's Playhouse: Remember the Night - Classic Radio". wn.com. June 12, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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  34. ^ "CTVA US Drama - "Kentucky Jones" (Buzz Kulik/NBC)(1964-65) starring Dennis Weaver". ctva.biz.
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  38. ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (April 12, 2019). "Nancy Gates, Hollywood actress who began her career in her early teens and was often cast as the female lead in Westerns – obituary". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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  40. ^ "Target Hong Kong". Motion Picture Daily. December 29, 1952. p. 36. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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  42. ^ "Eavesdropping (photo caption)". Abilene Reporter-News. July 29, 1956. p. 31.
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