Janette Scott
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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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Acted in
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
as Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Sidney's Mother
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
as Self
Creepy Classics
1987
as Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Cameo (uncredited)
Bikini Paradise
1967
as Rachel
Crack in the World
1965
as Dr. Maggie Sorenson
The Beauty Jungle
1964
as Shirley Freeman
The Old Dark House
1963
as Cecily Femm
Burke's Law
1963
as Jennifer Robbins
Siege of the Saxons
1963
as Princess Katherine
The Day of the Triffids
1963
as Karen Goodwin
Paranoiac
1963
as Eleanor Ashby
Two and Two Make Six
1962
as Irene
Double Bunk
1961
as Peggy Goddard
His and Hers
1961
as Fran Blake
School for Scoundrels
1960
as April Smith
The Devil's Disciple
1959
as Judith Anderson
The Lady is a Square
1959
as Joanna Baring
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Janet Royd
The Good Companions
1957
as Susie Dean
Now and Forever
1956
as Janette Grant
Helen of Troy
1956
as Cassandra
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as Gwen Bentley
Background
1953
as Jess Lomax
The Magic Box
1952
as Ethel Friese-Greene
No Highway in the Sky
1951
as Elspeth Honey
The Galloping Major
1951
as Susan Hill
No Place for Jennifer
1950
as Jennifer Parry
Conspirator
1949
as Toby
The Lamp Still Burns
1943
as (uncredited)