Phyllis Coates, TV’s First Lois Lane Who Starred in ‘Adventures of Superman,’ Dies at 96

Phyllis Coates, the first actor to portray Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane on television, died on Oct. 11 in Woodland Hills, Calif., her daughter Laura Press confirmed to the New York Times. She was 96. Coates starred as Lois Lane in the “Adventures of Superman” when the series first aired in 1952, only to leave […]