Biography
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 …
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Career Milestones
1998 | Final feature appearance in cameo as Robert Redford's elderly mother in "The Horse Whisperer" | |
1990 | Last TV appearance in a guest shot on the NBC sitcom "Dear John" | |
1989 | Returned to features in "Street Justice" | |
1987 | Portrayed a woman accused of witchcraft by her neighbors in an episode of "Cagney and Lacey" (CBS) | |
1986 | With McIntire, appeared in a memorable episode of "St. Elsewhere" as elderly patients | |
1985 | Appeared as Alma, mother to Rose (Betty White) in an episode of "The Golden Girls" | |
1984 | Last film with McIntire "Cloak and Dagger"; played husband and wife; last film for five years | |
1982 | Final TV-movie, "The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch" (ABC) | |
1981 | Voiced Widow Tweed in Disney's animated "The Fox and the Hound" | |
1981 | Had featured role in "True Confessions" | |
1981 | Supported Sally Field and William Hurt in the live NBC broadcast of "All the Way Home" | |
1978 | Played the grandmother in the two-part ABC movie "Lassie: The New Beginning" | |
1978 | Played Granny McWhirter in the NBC miniseries "The Awakening Land"; received fourth Emmy nomination | |
1977 | Provided a character voice for Disney's animated "The Rescuers" | |
1975 | Cast as the mother of Babe Didrikson in the CBS biopic "Babe" | |
1974 | Starred in the short-lived CBS Western "Dirty Sally", reprising the role she created in 1972; received third Emmy nomination | |
1972 | Introduced the character of Sally Fergus on an episode of "Gunsmoke" | |
1971 | Portrayed the mother of "Longstreet" in the ABC TV-movie introducing the character | |
| With McIntire, became regular on the NBC series "The Virginian", playing the owners of the Shiloh Ranch | ||
1966 | Earned Emmy nomination for guest appearance on an episode of "I Spy" | |
| Was a regular player in "The Richard Boone Show" (NBC), a dramatic anthology; earned first Emmy nomination for the "Vote No on 11!" episode | ||
1962 | Appeared in the classic Western film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" | |
1960 | Cast the mother of "The Great Imposter" | |
1960 | Provided the uncredited voice of Mrs. Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" | |
1959 | Played hotel manager Annette Devereaux in the CBS Western "Hotel de Paree" | |
1958 | Appeared in the original unsold pilot for "The Virginian" (NBC) | |
1953 | Had featured role in Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat" | |
1950 | First onscreen teaming with husband "No Sad Songs for Me" | |
1948 | Cast opposite Orson Welles in his film adaptation of "Macbeth" | |
1937 | Purchased a ranch in Montana | |
| Worked with McIntire (by then her husband) on the radio show "The March of Time"; the couple had initially kept the fact of their marriage hidden when both were hired for the broadcasts; only female actor in the cast | ||
1935 | Moved to NYC; found work as a radio actress | |
1933 | Met John McIntire | |
| Acted on radio while still a student at Los Angeles City College | ||
| Began career as a teenager appearing in productions at the Pasadena Playhouse | ||
| Born and raised in Southern California; family briefly lived in San Francisco but returned to the Los Angeles area | ||
Awards
1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By a Supporting Actress In a Comedy or Drama Series in The Awakening Land |
1974 | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress In a Drama in Dirty Sally |
1966 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance By an Actress In a in I Spy |
1964 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By an Actress in The Richard Boone Show |