Jeanette Nolan

TV Actress

Birthday December 30, 1911

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Los Angeles, CA

DEATH DATE Jun 5, 1998 (86)

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About

Popular actress during the Golden Age of Radio in the 1930s and '40s who became successful in character roles on TV in the decades following.

Before Fame

She began acting on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse, and at the same time voiced a role on Omar Khayyam, the first transcontinental broadcast from Los Angeles station KHJ.

Trivia

Her debut film role in Orson Welles's 1948 film Macbeth was roundly criticized in the press, but her career grew nonetheless.

Family Life

She married popular Western film actor John McIntire.

Associated With

She was a frequent guest star on the CBS series Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr.