Biography

Born in 1911, Jeanette Nolan began her acting career in the Pasadena Community Playhouse. While still a student at Los Angeles City College, she made her radio debut in 1932, aged 20, in "Omar Khayyam", the first transcontinental broadcast from station KHJ. Her film debut was probably also her best part: Lady Macbeth opposite director/actor Orson Welles's Macbeth (1948). Her final film role was as Tom Booker (Robert Redford)'s mother, Ellen Booker, in The Horse Whisperer (1998).

She made more than 300 television appearances including episode roles in Perry Mason (1957), I Spy (1965), MacGyver (1985), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), and as a regular on The Richard Boone Show (1963) and The Virginian (1962). She received four Emmy nominations.

Nolan died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, in 1998, aged 86, following a stroke.

Actress

The Horse Whisperer(1998)as Grandma Ellen Booker

Going Home(1996)as Emma

Dear John(1988)as Clara

Oklahoma Passage(1989)as Miz Hannah

MacGyver(1985)as Carol

Soundtrack

The Fox and the Hound(1981)

Gunsmoke(1955)

Self

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion(1979)as Self

The Ascent of Mt. Fuji(1978)

The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour(1971)as Self, Various Characters

Archive Footage

WatchMojo(2006)as Self - Norma Bates, Self - Widow Tweed

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles(2014)as Lady Macbeth (clip from Macbeth (1948))

Cinemassacre's Monster Madness(2007)as Mrs. Winconis

The 71st Annual Academy Awards(1999)as Self - Memorial Tribute

The Republic Pictures Story(1991)as Lady Macbeth (clip from Macbeth (1948))

Known for

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962 · Actress The Fox and the Hound1981 · Actress The Big Heat1953 · Actress The Rescuers1977 · Actress

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John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan in Cloak & Dagger (1984)

Doug McClure, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, and Johnny Whitaker in The Virginian (1962)

Laurie Carroll and Jeanette Nolan in Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)

James Arness and Jeanette Nolan in Gunsmoke (1955)

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Jeanette Nolan, Ted Smile, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

Credit Score: Jeanette Nolan

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Gunsmoke

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Tue Sep 10 1957 – Mon Mar 31 1975

#	Name	Score	Year	Nom	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Gunsmoke	80.00	1955		•	8.1	5	15	10160
2	Dirty Sally	32.50	1974	•	•	7.7	0	1	173
3	The Richard Boone Show	25.00	1963	•		8.4	0	5	117
4	Psycho	15.00	1960			8.5	0	4	784973
5	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	10.00	1962		•	8.1	0	1	88626
6	The Virginian	5.00	1962		•	7.6	0	0	3640
7	The Big Heat	5.00	1953		•	7.9	0	0	32577
8	The Fox and the Hound	3.75	1981		•	7.2	0	0	110277
9	The Rescuers	2.50	1977		•	6.9	0	1	75259
10	The Reluctant Astronaut	2.50	1968		•	6.3	0	0	2962