what role did jeanette nolan play
1 Jeanette Nolan, who began her film career 50 years ago as Lady Macbeth opposite Orson Welles and is now being seen as the mother of the character played by Robert Redford in ''The Horse Whisperer,'' died on June 5 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Miss Nolan, who lived in Hollywood, was 86. She had suffered a stroke a week earlier, said her daughter, Holly Wright of Charlottesville, Va., and Manhattan. Miss Nolan's 70-year career in acting also included roles in theater, radio and television.