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Jeanette Nolan

Highest Rated: 95% The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Lowest Rated: 17% Words and Music (1948)

Birthday: Dec 30, 1911

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

A veteran character actress, Jeanette Nolan capped her long career with a cameo appearance as the elderly mother of Tom Booker (played by Robert Redford) in "The Horse Whisperer" (1998), filmed in her adopted home state of Montana. The petite native of Los Angeles began her career as a teenager at the Pasadena Playhouse and by the time she was in college had begun appearing in radio dramas. Her debut was in one of the first transcontinental broadcasts, "Omar Khayyam" in 1932. Nolan went on to amass credits in such shows as "One Man's Family" and "Suspense." In the early 1930s she met and married fellow actor John McIntire; they moved to NYC in 1935 where each landed work on radio's "The March of Time." She and her husband purchased a ranch in Montana in 1937 where they spent much of their free time.

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Highest rated movies

95% 92% The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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94% 90% The Big Heat
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87% 76% Macbeth
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86% 52% Two Rode Together
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79% 68% The Rescuers
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75% 78% The Fox and the Hound
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75% 57% Kim
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73% 72% The Horse Whisperer
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69% 53% True Confessions
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67% 56% Cloak and Dagger
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
73% 72% The Horse Whisperer Ellen Booker (Character) $75.4M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Street Justice Mrs. Chandler (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Helltown Goes Bananas Unknown (Character) - 1985
67% 56% Cloak and Dagger Eunice MacCready (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch Gertrude (Character) - 1982
69% 53% True Confessions Mrs. Spellacy (Character) - 1981
75% 78% The Fox and the Hound Widow Tweed (Voice) $23.6M 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Better Late Than Never Lavinia Leventhal (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 0% Avalanche Florence Shelby (Character) - 1978
45% 36% The Manitou Mrs. Winconis (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie: The New Beginning Ada Stratton (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Awakening Land Granny McWhirter (Character) - 1978
79% 68% The Rescuers Ellie Mae (Voice) $21.1M 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe Essie Cargo (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Winds of Autumn Ora Mae Hankins (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law and Order Margaret O'Malley (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Babe Hannah Marie Didrikson (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Desperate Miles Mrs. Larkin (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sky's the Limit Gertie (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 0% Nightmare Honeymoon Unknown (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hijack Mrs. Briscoe (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole Mrs. Downey (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Miss Birdie Pickett (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Alice Longstreet (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 56% The Reluctant Astronaut Mrs. Fleming (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 37% Chamber of Horrors Mrs. Ewing Perryman (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 0% My Blood Runs Cold Sarah Merriday (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 31% Twilight of Honor Amy Clinton (Character) - 1963
95% 92% The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Nora Ericson (Character) - 1962
86% 52% Two Rode Together Mrs. Mary McCandless (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 84% The Great Impostor Ma Demara (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Heritage Ma Bascomb (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 17% The Deep Six Mrs. Austen (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 40% April Love Henrietta Bruce (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 33% The Guns of Fort Petticoat Cora Melavan (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 45% Halliday Brand Nante (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 42% 7th Cavalry Charlotte Reynolds (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 48% Tribute to a Bad Man Mrs. L.A. Peterson (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everything but the Truth Miss Adelaide Dabney (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 50% A Lawless Street Mrs. Dingo Brion (Character) - 1955
94% 90% The Big Heat Bertha Duncan (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 48% Hangman's Knot Mrs. Margaret Harris (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 74% The Happy Time Felice Bonnard (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saddle Tramp Ma Higgins (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 47% No Sad Songs for Me Mona Frene (Character) - 1950
75% 57% Kim Foster Mother (uncredited) (Character) - 1950
17% 62% Words and Music Mrs. Hart (Character) - 1948
87% 76% Macbeth Lady Macbeth (Character) - 1948

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear John Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Edith Latimer (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Matlock Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Alma Lindstrom (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1981 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979 1982
No Score Yet 74% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Waltons Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet 81% Columbo Mrs. Peck (Guest Star) 1973 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Mrs. Raye (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour Guest 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Judge Millie Cox (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Granny Nell Foster (Guest Star) 1972-1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sixth Sense Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Emma Grundy (Guest Star) 1957-1958 1961 1964 1971-1972
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Character) 1970-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D. Mrs. Tibbett (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here Come the Brides Ma Oates (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaii Five-0 Aunt Martha (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mothers-in-Law Unknown (Guest Star) 1968-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Unknown (Guest Star) 1965-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Three Sons Unknown (Guest Star) 1964-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Called Shenandoah Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet F Troop Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Naomi Kelly (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Unknown (Guest Star) 1965-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmer's Daughter Stella (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Emma 'Martha' Benson (Guest Star) 1958 1960 1962 1964-1965
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Janet Hale (Guest Star) 1961 1963 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie Maude Lester (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Helen Dyer (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Ellen McGovern (Guest Star) 1963
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Rachel Simpson (Character) 1962-1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Alma Gardner (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1961-1962
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Trotter (Character) 1957-1959 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Sister Mary Paul (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Ma Dalton (Guest Star) 1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Abigail Sweet (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Behind the Badge Ruby Barrett (Character) 1955