Acting

Janette Scott

Acting · Born 1938-12-14 · Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is an English actress. She was born in Morecambe, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird. She started her acting career as a child actress, known as Janette Scott, and became a popular leading lady. Among her best known roles was as April Smith in the 1960 film School for Scoundrels, based on the "One-upmanship" books by Stephen Potter, in which Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas competed for her attention. Scott wrote her autobiography at the age of 14. Her role in the film The Day of the Triffids is referenced in the opening song of The Rocky Horror Show ("Science Fiction/Double Feature") which made references to many B-movie sci-fi and horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janette Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020 · Self
Film
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Sidney's Mother
The World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989 · Self
Film
Creepy Classics
1987 · Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
Film
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Title Designer
Film
Bikini Paradise
1967 · Rachel
Film
Crack in the World
1965 · Dr. Maggie Sorenson
Film
The Beauty Jungle
1964 · Shirley Freeman
Film
The Old Dark House
1963 · Cecily Femm
Burke's Law
1963 · Jennifer Robbins
Film
Siege of the Saxons
1963 · Princess Katherine
Film
The Day of the Triffids
1963 · Karen Goodwin
Film
Paranoiac
1963 · Eleanor Ashby
Film
Two and Two Make Six
1962 · Irene
Film
Double Bunk
1961 · Peggy Goddard
Film
His and Hers
1961 · Fran Blake
Film
School for Scoundrels
1960 · April Smith
Film
The Devil's Disciple
1959 · Judith Anderson
Film
The Lady is a Square
1959 · Joanna Baring
Film
Happy Is the Bride
1958 · Janet Royd
Film
The Good Companions
1957 · Susie Dean
Film
Now and Forever
1956 · Janette Grant
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Maeve McHugh
Film
Helen of Troy
1956 · Cassandra
Film
As Long as They're Happy
1955 · Gwen Bentley
Film
Background
1953 · Jess Lomax
Film
The Magic Box
1952 · Ethel Friese-Greene
Film
No Highway in the Sky
1951 · Elspeth Honey
Film
The Galloping Major
1951 · Susan Hill
Film
No Place for Jennifer
1950 · Jennifer Parry
Film
Conspirator
1949 · Toby
Film
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · (uncredited)
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