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Nancy Gates is a Actor American born on 1 february 1926 at Dallas (USA)

Nancy Gates

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Birth name Nancy Jane Gates
Nationality USA
Birth 1 february 1926 at Dallas (USA)
Death 24 march 2019 (at 93 years)

Nancy Gates (February 1, 1926) is a retired American film and television actress.

Biography

Nancy Gates débute au cinéma en 1942 (à 16 ans, alors sous contrat à la RKO Pictures), participant en tout à trente-sept films américains, dont des westerns. Ses deux derniers films, Le Shérif aux mains rouges en 1959, puis Comanche Station en 1960, appartiennent d'ailleurs à ce genre. Dans l'intervalle, elle tourne notamment à deux reprises aux côtés de Frank Sinatra, avec le film noir Je dois tuer (1954) et le film dramatique Comme un torrent (1958).

À la télévision, elle collabore à cinquante-cinq séries (plusieurs également dans le genre du western), entre 1953 et 1969, année où elle se retire définitivement.

Best films

Some Came Running (1958)
(Actress)

Usually with

Roy Webb
Roy Webb
(6 films)
Renié
Renié
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nancy Gates (32 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

Comanche Station, 1h14
Directed by Randolph Scott, Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier, Richard Rust, Rand Brooks
Roles Mrs. Lowe
Rating69% 3.493893.493893.493893.493893.49389
Jefferson Cody (Randolph Scott), whose wife was captured by Comanches, frees another man's wife and is taking her home. Three outlaws, led by the charming but malevolent Ben Lane (Claude Akins), reveal that the woman's husband has offered a $5,000 reward, making the woman, Mrs. Lowe (Nancy Gates), suspicious of Cody's motives in coming to her rescue.
The Gunfight at Dodge City, 1h21
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Richard Anderson, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield
Roles Lily
Rating60% 3.0461853.0461853.0461853.0461853.046185
Après avoir abattu un officier de la Cavalerie par légitime défense pour une histoire de femme, le chasseur Bat Masterson se rend dans la ville de Dodge City où il retrouve son frère Ed, devenu marshall. Avec le soutien de sa fiancée Pauline et de son beau-père, le révérend Howard, Ed présente sa candidature pour le poste de shérif, face au corrompu Jim Regan. Bat décide alors de s'installer dans la ville. Il se lie vite d'amitié avec le docteur Sam Tremain puis s'éprend de la jolie Lily, une veuve qui peine à gérer le Saloon Lady Gay. Pour l'aider à remonter ses finances, Bat devient joueur professionnel, s'associe avec elle et investit une forte somme d'argent. Le succès du Saloon cause des problèmes de jalousie puis, un soir, Ed est tué par Dave Rudabaugh, cousin de l'officier que Bat a jadis abattu. Lassés par la violence perpétrée par les hommes de Regan, les notables de la ville décident de nommer Bat au poste de shérif afin de faire régner la loi.
Some Came Running, 2h17
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, John Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates
Roles Edith Barclay
Rating71% 3.5967253.5967253.5967253.5967253.596725
Dave Hirsh is a cynical Army veteran who winds up in his hometown of Parkman after being put on a bus in Chicago while intoxicated. Ginny Moorehead, a woman of seemingly loose morals and poor education, has taken the same bus.
The Bottom of the Bottle, 1h28
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson, Margaret Hayes, Bruce Bennett
Roles Mildred Martin
Rating64% 3.2404153.2404153.2404153.2404153.240415
Patrick Martin (Joseph Cotten), known as P.M., is a wealthy attorney and rancher in the border town of Nogales, Arizona. He returns home to find his brother Donald (Van Johnson) hiding in his garage. A former drunkard, Donald had been sent to the penitentiary five years previously for killing a man in a barroom brawl. It was in self-defense but P.M. hadn't defended his brother and he was convicted.
World Without End, 1h20
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Rod Taylor, Shirley Patterson, Paul Brinegar, Mimi Gibson
Roles Garnet
Rating58% 2.9002352.9002352.9002352.9002352.900235
In March 1957, Commander Dr. Eldon Galbraithe (Nelson Leigh), engineer Henry Jaffe (Christopher Dark), radioman Herbert Ellis (Rod Taylor) and scientist John Borden (Hugh Marlowe), are returning to Earth from the first spaceflight, a reconnaissance trip around Mars. Suddenly, their spaceship is somehow accelerated to incredible velocities, and they are knocked unconscious. Their ship crash lands on a snow-covered mountain. When they venture out, they discover that they have become victims of time dilation and are now in Earth's future.
Death of a Scoundrel, 1h59
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, Coleen Gray
Roles Stephanie North
Rating68% 3.4385353.4385353.4385353.4385353.438535
Clementi Sabourin is found dead. Police come to investigate, and when they question Bridget Kelly, who found the body, she tells them everything she knows about his past.
The Brass Legend, 1h19
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr, Russell Simpson, Rebecca Welles, Donald MacDonald
Roles Linda Gipson
Rating61% 3.097653.097653.097653.097653.09765
This script must be run from the command line
Stranger on Horseback, 1h6
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Miroslava, John Carradine, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire, Nancy Gates
Roles Caroline Webb
Rating65% 3.2881053.2881053.2881053.2881053.288105
This script must be run from the command line
Top Of The World, 1h31
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, Nancy Gates, Robert Arthur, Paul Fix
Roles Mary Ross
Rating59% 2.9562652.9562652.9562652.9562652.956265
This script must be run from the command line
Suddenly
Suddenly (1954)
, 1h15
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Willis Bouchey, Nancy Gates, Paul Frees
Roles Ellen Benson
Rating67% 3.39663.39663.39663.39663.3966
In post-war America, the President of the United States is scheduled to journey through the small town of Suddenly, California. Claiming to be checking up on security prior to his arrival, a group of FBI agents arrive at the home of the Bensons, on top of a hill that looks down upon the station where the Presidential train is scheduled to stop. However, they soon turn out to be assassins led by the ruthless John Baron (Frank Sinatra), who take over the house and hold the family hostage.
Hell's Half Acre, 1h30
Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Noir, Crime
Actors Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor, Nancy Gates, Leonard Strong
Roles Sally Lee
Rating62% 3.139223.139223.139223.139223.13922
The drama related the tale of ex-racketeer Chet Chester (Corey) who is blackmailed by his former criminal partners.
Torch Song
Torch Song (1953)
, 1h30
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick
Roles Celia Stewart
Rating56% 2.804612.804612.804612.804612.80461
Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) is a tough Broadway musical star, alienating her colleagues with her neurotic demands for absolute perfection. Jenny takes offense when her new rehearsal pianist Tye Graham (Michael Wilding) criticizes her song stylings and ruthless ways.