Kathleen Nolan

Kathleen Nolan
Kathleen Nolan in 2007
President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office 1975–1979
Preceded by	Dennis Weaver
Succeeded by	William Schallert
Personal details
Born	Jocelyn Schrum (1933-09-27) September 27, 1933 (age 83) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Richard Steven Heckenkamp (1962-1965; divorced)
Children	Spencer Garrett
Occupation	Actress

Kathleen Nolan -- often billed as Kathy Nolan -- (born September 27, 1933) is an American actress. From 1957 to 1962, she played the role of Kate McCoy, a housewife in the Walter Brennan series The Real McCoys.

Born as Jocelyn Schrum in St. Louis, Missouri, Nolan first appeared on stage on the showboat Goldenrod when she was 13 months old. She acted on the showboat for 12 years. Her family also acted in tent shows and had their own troupe, the Circle Stock Company. She graduated from high school in St. Louis and sang on a radio station there.

Nolan served for two terms as the first female President of the Screen Actors Guild (1975–79). She also served on SAG's board of directors for 12 years.

She is a life member of the Actors Studio and a recipient of the Women in Film Crystal Award.

President Carter appointed her to serve on the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1978.

On Broadway, Nolan played Wendy in the original Broadway production of the Styne-Comden-Green musical version of Peter Pan (1954–55), starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, and she played Amy in Love in E-Flat (1967).

Beyond Broadway, she "did major summer and winter theater ..."

Nolan's television debut came in an episode of The Philco Television Playhouse.

Nolan had the role of Wendy in the first two live telecasts (1955 and 1956) of the musical, but she spent most of her career on television. She had a regular role as the teenaged cousin Liz in the 1953-1954 ABC sitcom Jamie, starring Brandon deWilde in the title role.