Janette Scott

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: Acting

Born: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK, 1938-12-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	The Lamp Still Burns	(uncredited)	54
2	1949	Conspirator	Toby	59
3	1950	No Place for Jennifer	Jennifer Parry	51
4	1951	The Galloping Major	Susan Hill	60
5	1951	No Highway in the Sky	Elspeth Honey	69
6	1952	The Magic Box	Ethel Friese-Greene	63
7	1953	Background	Jess Lomax	60
8	1955	As Long as They're Happy	Gwen Bentley	77
9	1956	Helen of Troy	Cassandra	63
10	1956	Now and Forever	Janette Grant	70
11	1957	The Good Companions	Susie Dean	0
12	1958	Happy Is the Bride	Janet Royd	62
13	1959	The Lady is a Square	Joanna Baring	58
14	1959	The Devil's Disciple	Judith Anderson	66
15	1960	School for Scoundrels	April Smith	69
16	1961	His and Hers	Fran Blake	49
17	1961	Double Bunk	Peggy Goddard	57
18	1962	Two and Two Make Six	Irene	60
19	1963	Paranoiac	Eleanor Ashby	67
20	1963	The Day of the Triffids	Karen Goodwin	61
21	1963	Siege of the Saxons	Princess Katherine	48
22	1963	The Old Dark House	Cecily Femm	59
23	1964	The Beauty Jungle	Shirley Freeman	52
24	1965	Crack in the World	Dr. Maggie Sorenson	57
25	1967	Bikini Paradise	Rachel	60
26	1987	Creepy Classics	Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)	63
27	2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Sidney's Mother	60
28	2020	Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy	Self	80

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1943