‘Nomadland’ actress Melissa Yandell Smith dies, aged 64
Nomadland, has died of cancer.The actor made her late-career screen debut opposite McDormand, who she had been friends with since their time together at the Yale School of Drama in the late 1970s.She appeared in the film as Dolly, who provided a small glimpse into the background McDormand’s character Fern, a modern-day nomad who lost everything in the 2008 financial crisis.“You could see me when I was hiding from everybody else. Sometimes you could see me before I saw myself.