"Hendry and George Chakiris. She gave up her career upon marrying second husband Mel Torme. She is best known to American audiences for her role as the parson's wife in the film ""The Devil's Disciple"" (1959) starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. Scott wrote her autobiography, ""Act One"", at the age of 14. She has been married three times: Janette Scott Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is a retired English actress. Scott was born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird and began her acting career as a"
"Mabel Julienne Scott Mabel Julienne Scott (November 2, 1892 – October 1, 1976) was an American stage and silent movie actress. Scott was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota of French and Norwegian heritage. A graduate of Northwestern Conservatory in Minneapolis, she came to New York City at the age of 17. When she failed to land the job she wanted, Scott played for a time with a stock company in Omaha, Nebraska. Scott made her Broadway (Manhattan) stage debut in ""The Barrier"" by Rex Beach. In 1926 she played the role of the mother in ""The Lullaby"", performed at the Pasadena"
"Martha Scott Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille's ""The Ten Commandments"" (1956), and William Wyler's ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), playing the mother of Charlton Heston's character in both films. She originated the role of Emily Webb in Thornton Wilder's ""Our Town"" on Broadway in 1938 and later recreated the role in the 1940 film version for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Scott was born in Jamesport, Missouri, the daughter of Letha (née McKinley) and Walter Alva Scott,"
"of the Antarctic"". John Mills played her husband. Kathleen Scott Kathleen Scott, Baroness Kennet, FRBS (27 March 1878 – 25 July 1947) was a British sculptor. She was the wife of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the mother of Sir Peter Scott, the painter and ornithologist. By her second marriage, to Edward Hilton Young, she became Baroness Kennet, and mother to the writer and politician Wayland Hilton Young. Born Edith Agnes Kathleen Bruce at Carlton in Lindrick, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, she was the youngest of eleven children of Canon Lloyd Stuart Bruce (1829–1886) and Jane Skene (d. 1880). She"
"film Miss Potter. Barker reappeared in Waterloo Road, in series 10, playing a different character called Grace. In 2012 she appeared in the second series of ""Scott & Bailey"" as Dorothy Parsons, the mother of Lesley Sharp's character DC Janet Scott. Barker also runs her own drama classes at Springhead Congregational Church, along with choreographer Adele Parry and musical director Dave Bintley. Recent achievements have seen her classes performing at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. Judith Barker Judith Barker (born 22 June 1943, Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for her role as the upwardly mobile homewrecker Janet Reid"
"aged 71. Janet Carroll Janet Carroll (December 24, 1940 – May 22, 2012) was an American film, stage and television character actress. Carroll's career spanned more than four decades and included major roles in Broadway musicals and Hollywood productions, but was perhaps most recognized for her portrayal of the oblivious mother of Joel (Tom Cruise) in the 1983 film ""Risky Business"". Carroll was born Janet Carol Thiese in Chicago, the daughter of Hilda Catherine (née Patton) and George Nicholas Thiese. She received formal theatrical training and began acting professionally in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous productions in local theaters."
"June Lockhart June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925) is an American actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, also with performances on stage and in film. On two television series she played mother roles, ""Lassie"" and ""Lost in Space"". She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom ""Petticoat Junction"" (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. Born on June 25, 1925, in New York, Lockhart is the daughter of Canadian-born actor Gene Lockhart, who came to prominence on Broadway in 1933 in ""Ah, Wilderness!"", and English-born actress Kathleen Arthur Lockhart. Her"
"Pippa Scott Pippa Scott (born November 10, 1935) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1950s. Philippa Scott was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actress Laura Straub and screenwriter Allan Scott; an uncle was the blacklisted screenwriter Adrian Scott. Scott married Lee Rich, a founding partner of Lorimar Productions, in 1964. They had two children together before they divorced in 1983, though they maintained a friendship until his death in 2012. In the 1970s, along with steady work acting in television productions, Scott was a student at California State"
"lead writer for ""The Kate Smith Show"" in 1960. She was survived by her son, screenwriter Jordan Roberts (born Bruce Robert Jordan on June 19, 1957), two grandchildren, Brandon and Cameron, and her stepdaughter, Jessie Jacobson. Bobbi Jordan Roberta Carol ""Bobbi"" Jordan (née Bartlett; July 11, 1937 – November 9, 2012) was an American actress whose television and film credits included the soap opera ""General Hospital"" and the 1974 musical film ""Mame"". Her name is sometimes seen as Bobbie Jordan. Jordan was born and raised in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. She moved from Kentucky to Chicago, and then to Los Angeles, originally"
"Janet Carroll Janet Carroll (December 24, 1940 – May 22, 2012) was an American film, stage and television character actress. Carroll's career spanned more than four decades and included major roles in Broadway musicals and Hollywood productions, but was perhaps most recognized for her portrayal of the oblivious mother of Joel (Tom Cruise) in the 1983 film ""Risky Business"". Carroll was born Janet Carol Thiese in Chicago, the daughter of Hilda Catherine (née Patton) and George Nicholas Thiese. She received formal theatrical training and began acting professionally in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous productions in local theaters. She then"
"Judyann Elder Judyann Elder (born Judith Ann Johnson; August 18, 1948) is an American actress, director, and writer. Elder is perhaps best known for her roles on television, most notably as Nadine Waters; Gina's (portrayed by Tisha Campbell) mother on the FOX sitcom ""Martin"". Elder also portrayed Harriette Winslow on ABC's ""Family Matters"" during the middle of its final season in 1997 after the departure of Jo Marie Payton. Prior to her television career, Elder is a veteran of stage and screen who has appeared in scores of theatrical productions throughout the United States and Europe. Born in Cleveland, Elder"
"in 1920. She married a prominent New York City physician. Mabel Julienne Scott died in Los Angeles in 1976. Mabel Julienne Scott Mabel Julienne Scott (November 2, 1892 – October 1, 1976) was an American stage and silent movie actress. Scott was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota of French and Norwegian heritage. A graduate of Northwestern Conservatory in Minneapolis, she came to New York City at the age of 17. When she failed to land the job she wanted, Scott played for a time with a stock company in Omaha, Nebraska. Scott made her Broadway (Manhattan) stage debut in ""The Barrier"""
"Infant Educarers (RIE) since 1995 and teaches RIE Parent/Infant Guidance Classes. In 2009, she began a parent education blog. She later published two books, ""Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting"" and ""No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame."" In 2015, Janet launched ""Janet Lansbury Unruffled,"" a podcast series about respectful parenting. Janet Julian Janet Julian (born July 10, 1959), also credited under her birth name Janet Louise Johnson, now known as Janet Lansbury, is an educator who was an American actress who starred in film and television. Janet Louise Johnson was born on July 10, 1959 in Evanston,"
"Jean Bruce Scott Jean Bruce Scott (born February 25, 1956) is a retired American actress, best known for her role as former Texas Highway Patrol helicopter pilot Caitlin O'Shannessy in the 1984-1986 CBS action thriller television series ""Airwolf"". She had a recurring role as Lieutenant, later Lieutenant Commander, Maggie Poole in seasons 3-8 of ""Magnum, P.I."". In 2007, she worked as the executive director and producer of Native Voices at the Autry, a program devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American playwrights, and is affiliated with the Autry National Center. The Monterey, California-born Scott"
"Scotty Bloch Scotty Bloch (born Maybelle Scott, January 28, 1925 – September 15, 2018) was an American East Coast-based stage and television actress. Bloch was born in Pelham, New York, to Edith Grace (née Crowley) and Ulysses S. Grant Scott, a salesman. Bloch worked as an actress since the 1940s. Her television work included playing Lucille O'Brien in the dramatic series ""Kay O'Brien"" and a recurring role on ""Kate and Allie"" as Jane Curtin's mother. In 1980, she appeared on Broadway in Mark Medoff's ""Children of a Lesser God"", at the Longacre Theatre in New York. She also starred in"
"attended La Quinta High School (Westminster, California; 1970–74) and California State University, Fullerton (1975-79). She later attended UCLA in the late 1980s, and graduated from California State University, Northridge in 1992. Jean Bruce Scott Jean Bruce Scott (born February 25, 1956) is a retired American actress, best known for her role as former Texas Highway Patrol helicopter pilot Caitlin O'Shannessy in the 1984-1986 CBS action thriller television series ""Airwolf"". She had a recurring role as Lieutenant, later Lieutenant Commander, Maggie Poole in seasons 3-8 of ""Magnum, P.I."". In 2007, she worked as the executive director and producer of Native Voices"
"Jennifer Salt Jennifer Salt (born September 4, 1944) is an American producer, screenwriter, and former actress. Salt was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were screenwriter Waldo Salt and actress Mary Davenport. She has a younger sister, Deborah (born 1949). Her stepmother was the writer Eve Merriam. She attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She made several stage appearances, winning a 1971 ""Theatre World"" award as Estelle in the play, ""Father's Day"", but she is best remembered as Eunice Tate-Leitner, the snobbish daughter of Chester and Jessica Tate"
"Jane Wyatt Jane Waddington Wyatt (August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films, but is likely best known for her role as the housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS and NBC television comedy series, ""Father Knows Best"", and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science-fiction television series """". Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner. Wyatt was born on August 12, 1910, in Mahwah, New Jersey, but raised in Manhattan. Her father, Christopher Billopp Wyatt, Jr., was a Wall Street investment banker, and her"
"Jacqueline Scott Jacqueline Sue Scott (born January 1, 1932) is an American actress who has appeared in several films and guest starred in more than 100 television programs. A ""TV Guide"" article once referred to her as ""The Youngest Old-Timer in the Business"" because she played opposite most of the leading men of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Scott was born in Sikeston, Missouri and spent a good part of her childhood moving from town to town following her father, who worked for the state purchasing right-of-way for roads. She attended 15 grade schools before settling down in Neosho, Missouri,"
"in 1959. She married architect John Lindsay that same year, but they divorced in October 1970 and she has not remarried since. Anne has taken her mother's maiden name for her stage name, and has appeared in films and television programs. June Lockhart June Lockhart (born June 25, 1925) is an American actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, also with performances on stage and in film. On two television series she played mother roles, ""Lassie"" and ""Lost in Space"". She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom ""Petticoat Junction"" (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award"
"Lizabeth Scott Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1922 – January 31, 2015) was an American actress, known for her ""smoky voice"" and being ""the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s"". After understudying the role of Sabina in the original Broadway and Boston stage productions of ""The Skin of Our Teeth"", she emerged in such films as ""The Strange Love of Martha Ivers"" (1946), ""Dead Reckoning"" (1947), ""Desert Fury"" (1947), and ""Too Late for Tears"" (1949). Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but one. In addition to stage"
"1925, gives her date of birth as 21 Feb 1891). This is based on the assumption that she was just 14 years old when playing Juliet in a 1905 production of Romeo and Juliet. However, she was (almost certainly) born in 1886 and raised as Dorothy Scott. She was very probably the daughter of Harriett Chambers of Edinburgh, a member of the publishing family that produced the Chambers Dictionary. Dorothy Scott grew up in Acton, Middlesex and the Kensington area of London. In the 1891 and 1901 censuses she was living with Harriett Chambers, described as a 'visitor' born in"
"election. Martha Scott died on May 28, 2003, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, aged 90, from natural causes. She was interred next to Powell in the Masonic Cemetery in her native Jamesport, Missouri. For her contribution in the theatre, Scott has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6126 Hollywood Boulevard. Martha Scott Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille's ""The Ten Commandments"" (1956), and William Wyler's ""Ben-Hur"" (1959), playing the mother of Charlton Heston's character in both films. She"
"Patricia Idlette Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's ""Dead Like Me"". She also appeared in four episodes of ""Battlestar Galactica"" as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries ""Amerika"". Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic """". She appeared as Brenda's mother in ""Scary Movie 3"" in 2003. Originally from Miami, Florida, she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan. She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival, acting in productions of ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", ""Antony and"
"Deanna Lund Deanna Lund (May 30, 1937 – June 22, 2018) was an American film and television actress best known for her role in the Irwin Allen television series ""Land of the Giants"", in which she played the character of Valerie Ames Scott. Lund was the daughter of attorney Arthur Lund, who at one time served in the legislature of Illinois. The family moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, when she was eight. She dropped out of Rollins College, where she was studying drama, to get married. Before becoming an actress, she attended modeling school and worked as a secretary. Later,"
"Edith Luckett Davis Edith Prescott Luckett Davis (July 16, 1888 – October 26, 1987) was a film and Broadway stage actress in the 1910s and 1920s. She was the mother of Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and mother-in-law of US president Ronald Reagan. Edith Luckett, nicknamed ""Lucky"", was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the ninth and youngest child of Sarah Frances (Whitlock) and Charles Edward Luckett. She grew up in Washington, D.C., as her father worked for the Adams Express Company. Known for her vivacious and outgoing personality and style. Luckett began acting at"
"Jan Scott Jan Scott (May 8, 1915 – April 16, 2003) was an American production designer and art director. She is the recipient of 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any woman in the history of television and more than any other production designers. Scott was nominated for a record total of 29 times. She was known as an innovator in the production design for the mini-series format, and also as a rare female production designer in a field dominated by men. Scott was a president of the Art Directors Guild and also served as a vice-president, second vice-president and"
"Houston"", ""Here Come the Brides"", and ""The Road West"". Scott said, ""I started out playing neurotic types because they decided I had a waif-like face."" Scott was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Scott shared that she had always wanted to act since she was a child and that during her teen years, she believed in palmistry and astrology. She was married to fellow actor Andrew Prine, who played her brother in ""The Savage Land"". Scott and Prine started living separately after only being married for four months. Prine and Scott were divorced in 1969. They would marry and divorce three times"
"Scott has suffered with heart issues throughout her life and in 1994, Scott underwent successful cardiac surgery at UCSF Medical Center. She and her husband currently reside in Northern California. Bonnie Scott Bonnie Ann Scott (born February 20, 1941) is a retired American actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Judy Bessemer during the first season of the ABC sitcom ""That Girl"". Scott was born Bonnie Ann Paul on February 20, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the younger of two children born to Albert and Blanche Paul. Her elder brother was named Jordan. The family moved to"
"Jean Parker Jean Parker (born Luise Stephanie Zelinska, August 11, 1915 – November 30, 2005) was an American film and stage actress. She landed her first screen test while still in high school. She acted opposite such well-known actors as Katharine Hepburn, Robert Donat, Edward G. Robinson, Randolph Scott, and Laurel and Hardy. She was married four times and had one son, Robert Lowery Hanks. She was also known as Lois Mae Green. Parker was born in Deer Lodge, Montana as Lois Mae Green. Both her father, Lewis, who was variously a gunsmith, a hunter and a chef, and her"
"the lead role in the BBC/HBO series ""The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"" based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. In 2015, she released her fifth album, ""Woman."" Scott was born on April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up an only child in a North Philadelphia neighborhood, raised by her mother, Joyce Scott and grandmother. She recalls a happy childhood and was ""very much a loved child"". Scott was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. After graduating the Philadelphia High School for Girls, Scott attended Temple University. While working two jobs, she studied secondary"
"Margaretta Scott Margaretta Scott (13 February 1912 – 15 April 2005) was an English stage, screen and television actress whose career spanned over seventy years. She is best remembered for playing the eccentric widow Mrs. Pumphrey in the BBC television series ""All Creatures Great and Small"" (1978–1990). Scott was born in London in 1912 to Bertha Eugene and Hugh Arthur Scott, a distinguished music critic. Scott began acting as a child, giving private performances of verse-speaking and dance drama for her family and their friends. In 1926, at the age of 14, she made her acting debut on the London"
"Catherine Scorsese Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa; April 16, 1912 – January 6, 1997) was an American actress, and the mother of director Martin Scorsese. Of Italian descent, she began acting when her son Martin Scorsese cast her in his film ""It's Not Just You, Murray!"". She frequently played the role of an Italian mother, and is perhaps most well known for her appearance in her son's film ""Goodfellas"". She acted in films other than her son's. She was married to Charles Scorsese. Her father, Martin Cappa, was a stage co-ordinator and her mother, Domenica, was a shop owner. She published"