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Home/People/Janette Scott
Janette Scott profile photo
Born
Dec 14, 1938
Age 87
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

28
Movies
4
TV Shows
Also Known As
Thora Janette Scott
IMDb Profile

Janette Scott

Acting

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.
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1987
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1967
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Crack in the World

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1965
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The Beauty Jungle

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1964
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1963
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1963
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1963
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as Irene
1962
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as Peggy Goddard
1961
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as Fran Blake
1961
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School for Scoundrels

as April Smith
1960
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1959
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as Joanna Baring
1959
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1958
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1957
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1956
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1956