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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 14, 1938
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Thora Janette Scott
Janette Scott
0.8 Popularity
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
8.0
Self
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
6.0
Sidney's Mother
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
0.0
Self
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
6.3
Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
1987
🎬
0.0
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
6.0
Rachel
Bikini Paradise
1967
5.7
Dr. Maggie Sorenson
Crack in the World
1965
4.7
Shirley Freeman
The Beauty Jungle
1964
5.9
Cecily Femm
The Old Dark House
1963
Credits
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self
2020
8.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Sidney's Mother
2008
6.0
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
as Self
1989
0.0
Creepy Classics
as Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
1987
6.3
🎬
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
0.0
Bikini Paradise
as Rachel
1967
6.0
Crack in the World
as Dr. Maggie Sorenson
1965
5.7
The Beauty Jungle
as Shirley Freeman
1964
4.7
The Old Dark House
as Cecily Femm
1963
5.9
Burke's Law
as Jennifer Robbins
1963
6.0
Siege of the Saxons
as Princess Katherine
1963
4.8
The Day of the Triffids
as Karen Goodwin
1963
6.1
Paranoiac
as Eleanor Ashby
1963
6.6
Two and Two Make Six
as Irene
1962
6.0
Double Bunk
as Peggy Goddard
1961
5.7
His and Hers
as Fran Blake
1961
4.9
School for Scoundrels
as April Smith
1960
6.9
The Devil's Disciple
as Judith Anderson
1959
6.6
The Lady is a Square
as Joanna Baring
1959
5.8
Happy Is the Bride
as Janet Royd
1958
6.2
The Good Companions
as Susie Dean
1957
0.0
Now and Forever
as Janette Grant
1956
7.0
Helen of Troy
as Cassandra
1956
6.2
As Long as They're Happy
as Gwen Bentley
1955
7.7
Background
as Jess Lomax
1953
6.0
The Magic Box
as Ethel Friese-Greene
1952
6.4
No Highway in the Sky
as Elspeth Honey
1951
7.0
The Galloping Major
as Susan Hill
1951
6.0
No Place for Jennifer
as Jennifer Parry
1950
5.1
Conspirator
as Toby
1949
5.7
The Lamp Still Burns
as (uncredited)
1943
5.4