Janette Scott

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1938-12-14 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As Thora Janette Scott

Janette Scott

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

1987
Creepy Classics

as Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)

1973
Last of the Summer Wine

as Cameo (uncredited)

1967
Bikini Paradise

as Rachel

1965
Crack in the World

as Dr. Maggie Sorenson

1964
The Beauty Jungle

as Shirley Freeman

1963
The Old Dark House

as Cecily Femm

1963
Siege of the Saxons

as Princess Katherine

1963
The Day of the Triffids

as Karen Goodwin

1963
Paranoiac

as Eleanor Ashby

1963
Burke's Law

as Jennifer Robbins

1961
Double Bunk

as Peggy Goddard

1961
His and Hers

as Fran Blake

1960
School for Scoundrels

as April Smith

1959
The Devil's Disciple

as Judith Anderson

1959
The Lady is a Square

as Joanna Baring

1958
Happy Is the Bride

as Janet Royd

1957
The Good Companions

as Susie Dean

1956
Now and Forever

as Janette Grant

1956
Helen of Troy

as Cassandra

1955
As Long as They're Happy

as Gwen Bentley

1953
Background

as Jess Lomax

1952
The Magic Box

as Ethel Friese-Greene

1951
No Highway in the Sky

as Elspeth Honey

1951
The Galloping Major

as Susan Hill

1950
No Place for Jennifer

as Jennifer Parry

1949
Conspirator

as Toby

1943
The Lamp Still Burns

as (uncredited)

Art

1975