Acting credits
31
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Janette Scott
Acting
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Movies: 29Series: 3Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 74155
IMDb ID: nm0779285
Known for: Acting
Born: December 14, 1938
Age: 87
Place of birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1943 - 2020
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q462335
Also known as
Thora Janette Scott
Other jobs
Title Designer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Janette Scott.
8.0
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self
2020 Movie
6.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Sidney's Mother
2008 Movie
6.3
Creepy Classics
as Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
1987 Movie
7.4
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title Designer
1975 Movie
6.0
Bikini Paradise
as Rachel
1967 Movie
5.7
Crack in the World
as Dr. Maggie Sorenson
1965 Movie
4.7
The Beauty Jungle
as Shirley Freeman
1964 Movie
5.9
The Old Dark House
as Cecily Femm
1963 Movie
5.0
Siege of the Saxons
as Princess Katherine
1963 Movie
6.1
The Day of the Triffids
as Karen Goodwin
1963 Movie
6.6
Paranoiac
as Eleanor Ashby
1963 Movie
6.0
Two and Two Make Six
as Irene
1962 Movie
5.7
Double Bunk
as Peggy Goddard
1961 Movie
4.9
His and Hers
as Fran Blake
1961 Movie
6.9
School for Scoundrels
as April Smith
1960 Movie
6.6
The Devil's Disciple
as Judith Anderson
1959 Movie
5.8
The Lady is a Square
as Joanna Baring
1959 Movie
6.2
Happy Is the Bride
as Janet Royd
1958 Movie
The Good Companions
as Susie Dean
1957 Movie
7.0
Now and Forever
as Janette Grant
1956 Movie
6.3
Helen of Troy
as Cassandra
1956 Movie
7.7
As Long as They're Happy
as Gwen Bentley
1955 Movie
6.0
Background
as Jess Lomax
1953 Movie
6.4
The Magic Box
as Ethel Friese-Greene
1952 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Janette Scott.
