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Jeanette Nolan
Actor

Jeanette Nolan

30 Dec 1911Born
5 Jun 1998Died
86Age at death
156Credits

Biography

Jeanette Nolan (December 30, 1911 – June 5, 1998) was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she had roles in the television series The Virginian (1962–1971) and Dirty Sally (1974), and in films such as Macbeth (1948).

Nolan began her prolific acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, and, while a student at Los Angeles City College, made her radio debut in 1932 in Omar Khayyam, the first transcontinental broadcast from station KHJ. She continued acting into the 1990s.

Nolan made more than three hundred television appearances, including the religion anthology series, Crossroads and as Dr.

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Marion in the 1956 episode "The Healer" in Brian Keith's CBS Cold War series, Crusader. She appeared on Rod Cameron's syndicated series, State Trooper. Nolan was cast as Emmy Zecker in the 1959 episode "Johnny Yuma" of the ABC western series, The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. She appeared in two episodes of David Janssen's crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective. She starred as Maggie Bowers in the Peter Gunn episode "Love Me to Death" in 1959. She played Sadie Grimes in Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode titled "The Right Kind of House" which first aired March 9, 1958 and Mrs.Edith in "Coming Home" June 13, 1961.

Nolan graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in her native Los Angeles, California.

In 1935, Nolan married actor John McIntire; the couple remained together until his death in 1991. Nolan and McIntire had two children together, actors Holly and Tim.

Nolan and McIntire worked together several times from the late 1960s on, sometimes as voice actors. They appeared in a 1969 KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play The Plot to Overthrow Christmas, with McIntire as the Devil and Nolan as Lucrezia Borgia.

In 1977, they appeared in Disney's twenty-third animated film The Rescuers, in which McIntire voiced the cat Rufus and Nolan the muskrat Ellie Mae. Four years later, the couple worked on the 24th Disney film, The Fox and the Hound, with McIntire as the voice of Mr. Digger, an ill-tempered badger, and Nolan as the original voice of Widow Tweed, the old kindly widow who takes in Tod after his mother was killed by an off-screen hunter.

They guest-starred on screen together, often portraying a married couple, as in an episode of The Love Boat in 1978, Charlie's Angels in 1979, The Incredible Hulk in 1980, Goliath Awaits in 1981, Quincy, M.E. in 1983, and Night Court in 1985, playing Dan Fielding's hick Louisianan parents.

Nolan died of a stroke in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on June 5, 1998. She was buried in Eureka, Montana's Tobacco Valley Cemetery.

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 156 credits.

  1. 1998The Horse WhispererFilm: Ellen Booker
  2. 1988Dear JohnSeries: Clara (1 episode)
  3. 1987Street JusticeFilm: Mrs. Chandler
  4. 1986Hot ShotsSeries: Elnora Hendershot (1 episode)
  5. 1985MacGyverSeries: Carol (1 episode)
  6. 1985The Golden GirlsSeries: Alma Lindstrom (1 episode)
  7. 1985Hell TownSeries: Tillie Malone (2 episodes)
  8. 1984Cover UpSeries (1 episode)
  9. 1984HunterSeries: Edith Latimer (1 episode)
  10. 1984Cloak & DaggerFilm: Eunice MacCready
  11. 1984Night CourtSeries: Mucette Elmore, Mrs. Smith (1 episode)
  12. 1982The Wild Women of Chastity GulchFilm: Gertrude
  13. 1982St. ElsewhereSeries: Sophia Pavlon (1 episode)
  14. 1982Matt HoustonSeries: Cattle Annie Hickok (1 episode)
  15. 1982HotelSeries: Edith Krause (1 episode)
  16. 1982Cagney & LaceySeries (1 episode)
  17. 1982T. J. HookerSeries: Annie Grand (1 episode)
  18. 1981All the Way HomeFilm: Jessie
  19. 1981Goliath AwaitsSeries: Sarah Bartholomew (2 episodes)
  20. 1981True ConfessionsFilm: Mrs. Spellacy
  21. 1981Here's BoomerSeries (1 episode)
  22. 1981The Fox and the HoundFilm: Widow Tweed (voice)
  23. 1980The Hustler of Muscle BeachFilm: Rose MacIntosh
  24. 1979ShirleySeries (1 episode)
  25. 1979Better Late Than NeverFilm: Lavinia Leventhal
  26. 1979Trapper John, M.D.Series (1 episode)
  27. 1979Hart to HartSeries: Rose MacCready (1 episode)
  28. 1978AvalancheFilm: Florence Shelby
  29. 1978Lassie: The New BeginningFilm: Ada Stratton
  30. 1978Grandpa Goes to WashingtonSeries (1 episode)
  31. 1978The ManitouFilm: Mrs. Winconis
  32. 1978The Awakening LandSeries: Granny McWhirter (3 episodes)
  33. 1977The Incredible HulkSeries (1 episode)
  34. 1977The Love BoatSeries: Gloria Hancock (1 episode)
  35. 1977The RescuersFilm: Ellie Mae (voice)
  36. 1977Disney's Greatest VillainsFilm: Ellie Mae (voice) (archive footage)
  37. 1977BabeFilm: Hannah Marie Didrikson
  38. 1976Quincy, M.E.Series: Edna Brackett (2 episodes)
  39. 1976Charlie's AngelsSeries: Lydia Danvers (1 episode)
  40. 1976The Winds of AutumnFilm: Ora Mae Hankins
  41. 1976The New Daughters of Joshua CabeFilm: Essie Cargo
  42. 1976Law and OrderFilm: Margaret O'Malley
  43. 1975The Desperate MilesFilm: Mrs. Larkin
  44. 1975The Sky's the LimitFilm: Gertie
  45. 1974Police WomanSeries (1 episode)
  46. 1974Harry OSeries (1 episode)
  47. 1974Dirty SallySeries (10 episodes)
  48. 1973PeegeFilm: Peege
  49. 1973Hijack!Film: Mrs. Briscoe
  50. 1973HawkinsSeries: Tessie Hawkins (1 episode)
  51. 1972Say Goodbye, Maggie ColeFilm: Mrs. Downey
  52. 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries (1 episode)
  53. 1972The WaltonsSeries: Sister Scolastica
  54. 1972Emergency!Series: Mrs. Bernadine Spaldin (1 episode)
  55. 1972The Sixth SenseSeries (1 episode)
  56. 1971ColumboSeries: Kate O'Connell, Mrs. Peck (1 episode)
  57. 1971LongstreetFilm: Alice Longstreet
  58. 1971The Boy from Dead Man's BayouFilm: Aunt Louise
  59. 1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries: Miss Birdie Pickett (1 episode)
  60. 1970Night GallerySeries: Aunt Ada Burn Quigley, Miss Wattle / Carlotta Acton (segment "The Housekeeper") (1 episode)
  61. 1969Love, American StyleSeries (1 episode)
  62. 1969Medical CenterSeries: Juliet (1 episode)
  63. 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Series: Mrs. Tibbett (1 episode)
  64. 1969Hawaii Five-OSeries: Aunt Martha (1 episode)
  65. 1968Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?Film: Ma Webb
  66. 1968Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward SimsFilm: Erm White
  67. 1967MannixSeries: Granny Nell Foster, Marietta Carpenter (1 episode)
  68. 1967The Mothers-in-LawSeries: Gabriela Balotta, Annie McTaggert (1 episode)
  69. 1967The Reluctant AstronautFilm: Mrs. Fleming
  70. 1967Sullivan's EmpireFilm: Miss Wingate
  71. 1967IronsideSeries (1 episode)
  72. 1967The InvadersSeries: Miss Havergill (1 episode)
  73. 1966Chamber of HorrorsFilm: Mrs. Ewing Perryman
  74. 1965The F.B.I.Series: Helen Lacy (1 episode)
  75. 1965LaredoSeries (3 episodes)
  76. 1965I SpySeries: Helen Robinson
  77. 1965F TroopSeries (1 episode)
  78. 1965My Blood Runs ColdFilm: Sarah Merriday
  79. 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series: Edith Partridge (1 episode)
  80. 1963Twilight of HonorFilm: Amy Clinton

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