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Kathleen Nolan (born September 27, 1933) is an American actress. She is sometimes confused with actress Jeanette Nolan. From 1957 to 1962, she played the role of Kate McCoy, a housewife in her late twenties, in the Walter Brennan series The Real McCoys. Born as Jocelyn Schrum in St. Louis, Missouri, she achieved fame as the first female President of the Screen Actors Guild (1975–1979, two terms). She won a Women in Film Crystal Award. She played Wendy in the original Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, and in the first two live telecasts (1955 and... MORE

Kathleen Nolan (born September 27, 1933) is an American actress. She is sometimes confused with actress Jeanette Nolan. From 1957 to 1962, she played the role of Kate McCoy, a housewife in her late twenties, in the Walter Brennan series The Real McCoys. Born as Jocelyn Schrum in St. Louis, Missouri, she achieved fame as the first female President of the Screen Actors Guild (1975–1979, two terms). She won a Women in Film Crystal Award. She played Wendy in the original Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, and in the first two live telecasts (1955 and 1956) of the musical, but spent most of her career on television. She has appeared on such television shows as Gunsmoke, Jamie, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Breaking Point, Crossing Jordan, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, All My Children, Murder, She Wrote (1991) episode "The Prodigal Father", Magnum, P.I. (1981) episode "The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii", The Incredible Hulk, Quincy M.E., The Love Boat, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, The Bionic Woman, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Love, American Style, Bewitched, The Big Valley, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Burke's Law, Meet McGraw, and Ben Casey. Nolan appeared LESS