---
name: "Nancy Gates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nancy-gates"
fi1m_id: "nancy-gates"
imdb_id: "nm0309607"
tmdb_id: 18582
wikidata_id: "Q2025814"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 February 1926"
died: "24 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:36:55.113051+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nancy Gates

## Identity

Nancy Gates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nancy-gates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nancy-gates
- **IMDb ID:** nm0309607
- **TMDB ID:** 18582
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2025814
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Gates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2025814, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18582

Actor. Born 1 February 1926 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Died 24 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 February 1926, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 24 March 2019
- **Also known as:** Nancy Jane Gates
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 89 (1), 1950s 66 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Gates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2025814, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309607/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18582

## Biography

Nancy Gates (born Nancy Jane Gates) was an American film and television actress. Born in Dallas, Texas, on 1 February 1926, she signed a contract with RKO Studios at the age of 15 and made her screen debut in 1942.

She appeared in numerous B-movies, often westerns, and had supporting roles in *Suddenly* (1954) and *Some Came Running* (1958), both starring Frank Sinatra. Other notable film credits include *Comanche Station* (1960). She also made more than fifty television appearances, including episodes of *Perry Mason*, *Bonanza* and *Gunsmoke*.

Gates retired from acting in 1969. She was married to Hollywood attorney J. William Hayes from 1948 until his death in 1992; they had four children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Some Came Running* (1958), Fi1m 76, as Edith Barclay — [page](https://film.one/film/some-came-running.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Fi1m 56, as Spectator (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), Fi1m 89, as Girl (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Shifu
- *The Lloyd Bridges Show* (1962), series, as Gloria Brenner, Julie O'Connell
- *Special for Women* (1960), series, as Jacquie Hunter
- *Comanche Station* (1960), as Mrs. Lowe
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Claire Armory
- *The Gunfight at Dodge City* (1959), as Lily
- *Some Came Running* (1958), as Edith Barclay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/some-came-running.md)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Sandra Carter
- *The Rawhide Trail* (1958), as Marsha Collins
- *Maverick* (1957), series, as Laura Stanton, Dorothy Chapman
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Mary Douglas, Claire Armstrong
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Della, Louisa Marriott, Millie Davis
- *The Brass Legend* (1956), as Linda Gipson
- *Death of a Scoundrel* (1956), as Stephanie North
- *The Search for Bridey Murphy* (1956), as Hazel Bernstein
- *Magnificent Roughnecks* (1956), as Jane Rivers
- *Wetbacks* (1956), as Sally Parker
- *World Without End* (1956), as Garnet
- *The Bottom of the Bottle* (1956), as Mildred Martin
- *Tom and Jerry* (1955), as Jerry Macy
- *No Man's Woman* (1955), as Louise Nelson
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Debbie Halliday, Lois Williams
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Sarah
- *Top of the World* (1955), as Mary Ross
- *Stranger on Horseback* (1955), as Caroline Webb
- *Masterson of Kansas* (1954), as Amy Merrick
- *Suddenly* (1954), as Ellen Benson
- *Hell's Half Acre* (1954), as Sally Lee
- *The Lone Wolf* (1954), series, as Dena
- *The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse* (1953), series, as Virginia Sills, Peggy Harper
- *Torch Song* (1953), as Celia Stewart
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Peggy Masters
- *Target Hong Kong* (1953), as Ming Shan
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Lucy Gallatin
- *The Member of the Wedding* (1952), as Janice
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Lois Rogers
- *The Atomic City* (1952), as Ellen Haskell
- *At Sword's Point* (1952), as Princess Henriette
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), as Spectator (uncredited) — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Jeannie Carter
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Katherine, Betty Casey
- *Roll, Thunder, Roll!* (1949), as Carol Loomis
- *Check Your Guns* (1948), as Cathy Jordan
- *Cheyenne Takes Over* (1947), as Fay Wilkins
- *The Spanish Main* (1945), as Lupita
- *Nevada* (1944), as Hattie Ide
- *The Master Race* (1944), as Nina
- *Bride by Mistake* (1944), as Jane Mason
- *A Night of Adventure* (1944), as Connie Matthews
- *Family Feud* (1943), as Nancy
- *Gildersleeve's Bad Day* (1943), as Margie Forrester
- *This Land Is Mine* (1943), as Julie Grant
- *Hitler's Children* (1943), as Brenda
- *The Great Gildersleeve* (1942), as Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), as Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)
- *The Tuttles of Tahiti* (1942), as Tupa's Daughter - Age 14 (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer and guest star Nancy Gates from the television program 77 Sunset Strip. (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/1233063/gallery-bf7dc07a0c53.jpg) Photo of Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer and guest star Nancy Gates from the television program 77 Sunset Strip. (1959) — Warner Bros. Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Roger_Smith_Nancy_Cates_77_Sunset_Strip_1959.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Nancy Gates and John Hudson from the television series The Millionaire. (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/1233063/gallery-b27f14ccb2af.jpg) Photo of Nancy Gates and John Hudson from the television series The Millionaire. (1955) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Nancy_Gates_John_Hudson_The_Millionaire_1955.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nancy Gates](https://film.one/media/person/1233063/gallery-e2ca2877a458.jpg) Nancy Gates — film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Nancy_Gates_in_Suddenly.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nancy Gates](https://film.one/media/person/1233063/gallery-99eca4b78b7c.jpg) Nancy Gates — Image via TMDB
- ![Nancy Gates](https://film.one/media/person/1233063/gallery-9eb026e00468.jpg) Nancy Gates — Image via TMDB

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