Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 14, 1938
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits
34 titles
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
Filmography
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Sidney's Mother
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Self
Creepy Classics
Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title Designer
Bikini Paradise
Rachel
Crack in the World
Dr. Maggie Sorenson
The Beauty Jungle
Shirley Freeman
The Old Dark House
Cecily Femm
Burke's Law
Jennifer Robbins
Siege of the Saxons
Princess Katherine
The Day of the Triffids
Karen Goodwin
Paranoiac
Eleanor Ashby
Two and Two Make Six
Irene
Double Bunk
Peggy Goddard
His and Hers
Fran Blake
School for Scoundrels
April Smith
The Devil's Disciple
Judith Anderson
The Lady is a Square
Joanna Baring
Happy Is the Bride
Janet Royd
The Good Companions
Susie Dean
Now and Forever
Janette Grant
Armchair Theatre
Maeve McHugh
Helen of Troy
Cassandra
As Long as They're Happy
Gwen Bentley
Background
Jess Lomax
The Magic Box
Ethel Friese-Greene
No Highway in the Sky
Elspeth Honey
The Galloping Major
Susan Hill
No Place for Jennifer
Jennifer Parry
Conspirator
Toby
The Lamp Still Burns
(uncredited)