Janette Scott
Acting • Born 1938-12-14
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.
Filmography
32 credits
The Day of the Triffids
Movie • 1963
Karen Goodwin
Crack in the World
Movie • 1965
Dr. Maggie Sorenson
The Old Dark House
Movie • 1963
Cecily Femm
Paranoiac
Movie • 1963
Eleanor Ashby
School for Scoundrels
Movie • 1960
April Smith
Helen of Troy
Movie • 1956
Cassandra
No Highway in the Sky
Movie • 1951
Elspeth Honey
Double Bunk
Movie • 1961
Peggy Goddard
Creepy Classics
Movie • 1987
Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
Conspirator
Movie • 1949
Toby
The Devil's Disciple
Movie • 1959
Judith Anderson
The Galloping Major
Movie • 1951
Susan Hill
As Long as They're Happy
Movie • 1955
Gwen Bentley
The Beauty Jungle
Movie • 1964
Shirley Freeman
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie • 2008
Sidney's Mother
Happy Is the Bride
Movie • 1958
Janet Royd
The Good Companions
Movie • 1957
Susie Dean
No Place for Jennifer
Movie • 1950
Jennifer Parry
Siege of the Saxons
Movie • 1963
Princess Katherine
Now and Forever
Movie • 1956
Janette Grant
The Lady is a Square
Movie • 1959
Joanna Baring
Two and Two Make Six
Movie • 1962
Irene
Background
Movie • 1953
Jess Lomax
Bikini Paradise
Movie • 1967
Rachel
The Magic Box
Movie • 1952
Ethel Friese-Greene
His and Hers
Movie • 1961
Fran Blake
The Lamp Still Burns
Movie • 1943
(uncredited)
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Movie • 2020
Self
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Jennifer Robbins
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
TV • 1986
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
TV • 1989
Self
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)