Phyllis Coates, the actress best known for playing reporter Lois Lane on TV’s first "Adventures of Superman" series, has died. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 96-year-old Coates died of natural ...

LOS ANGELES — Phyllis Coates, who portrayed “Superman” Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, has died. She was 96. Coates, who was the first actor to play the iconic role on the 1950s “Adventures of ...

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 ...

Actors George Reeves as Superman/Clark Kent and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane in the American television series 'Adventures of Superman', circa 1952. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) ...

American actor George Reeves, as Superman, stands with Phyllis Coates, as Lois Lane, in a still from the television series, "Adventures of Superman," circa 1952. Coates died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

The actress left 'Adventures of Superman' after one season, later to appear in such films as 'Girls in Prison' and 'I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Phyllis Coates, the ...