R.I.P. PHYLLIS COATES

You entered most of our lives as Lois Lane in Superman and the Mole Men and thereafter, in the first 26 episodes of George Reeves' popular, television series. Decades down the line, you played Ellen Lane, mother of Teri Hatcher's Lois on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, tying a sentimental past to a sentimental present. 

Then there are your energetic serials: Panther Girl of the Kongo, Jungle Drums of Africa and Gunfighters of the Northwest, where excitement and titillation knew no bounds. 

For the record, your features proved pretty special, too: I Was a Teenage Frankenstein; The Incredible, Petrified World; Thompson's Ghost; Girls in Prison; Blood Arrow; Wyoming Roundup; Nevada Badmen; Canyon Raiders; Canyon Ambush; Marshal of Cedar Rock; The Maverick; Cattle Empire; Outlaws of Texas; Man from Sonora; Topeka; Valentino; Perils of the Jungle; Blues Busters; Smart Girls Don't Talk; The Baby Maker; Whisper Kill; Kiss Shot; She's Back on Broadway; Here Comes the Girls; and Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn. 

Then there are your ceaseless, television stints: The Lone Ranger; The Cisco Kid; The Adventures of Kit Carson; Death Valley Days; Tales of Wells Fargo; Gunslinger; The Virginian; Rawhide; Gunsmoke; Black Saddle; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Ramar of the Jungle; Lassie; Leave it to Beaver; The Duke; The Great Gildersleeve; Hennessey; Topper; Science Fiction Theatre; The Best of the Post; Navy Log; I'm the Law; Perry Mason; The Untouchables; Midnight Caller; Hawaiian Eye; Slattery's People; The Millionaire; Willy; The Patty Duke Show; and This is Alice, where you played the practical Mrs. Holliday for thirty-nine, heartfelt entries.

You covered tremendous ground, Ms. Coates, and because of that, we'll continue to revel in, and revisit, the many warm memories you've instilled in our hearts.