ICONIC Superman actress Phyllis Coates has died aged 96, her daughter confirmed today.
The much-adored movie star played the original Lois Lane in the 1950s series Adventures of Superman.
She passed away from natural causes on Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, her daughter Laura Press has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Coates was best known for starring alongside George Reeves in the black-and-white series Adventures of Superman which was aired on screens from 1952 to 1958.
She only starred in all 26 episodes of the first season of the series, however, later being replaced by Noel Neill.
The show had been on air for six seasons with a seventh planned but was canceled after Reeves’ death aged 45 in 1959.
The first season of The Adventures Of Superman gained fame overnight and Coates was asked to continue her role – but she had already signed on to star in a pilot that was set to star Jack Caron and Allen Jenkins which was never filmed.
