Phyllis Coates, the First Lois Lane on TV's 'Superman,' Dies at 96
She replaced Noel Neill, who had played Lois in two Superman movie serials; Ms. Neill in turn replaced her after one season.
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She replaced Noel Neill, who had played Lois in two Superman movie serials; Ms. Neill in turn replaced her after one season.
Phyllis Coates, Lois Lane in the first season of The Adventures of Superman, has died at age 96.
Tributes have flooded in for Superman's original Lois Lane actress Phyllis Coates, who has died aged 96.
Actress Phyllis Coates has died at the age of 96. Coates made her big motion picture debut as Lois Lane in 1951's "Superman" and the "Mole-Men." Two years later she reprised the role in the first television adaptation of Superman from 1952 to 1953.
Phyllis Coates, the first actress to play Lois Lane on TV, only to leave the Adventures of Superman after one season, has died. She was 96.