Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
28
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 14, 1938 ( 86 years old )
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
Thora Janette Scott
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
The Day of the Triffids
1963-04-24Crack in the World
1965-04-15The Old Dark House
1963-10-30Paranoiac
1963-01-07School for Scoundrels
1960-03-24Helen of Troy
1956-01-26No Highway in the Sky
1951-06-28Double Bunk
1961-05-06Creepy Classics
1987-10-01Conspirator
1949-07-28