Personal Info
Birth date
1938-12-14 (86 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as
Thora Janette Scott
Janette Scott
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
Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
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Overview:
Two-part documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of what was once the biggest film production centre outside Hollywood: Elstree.Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
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A three part series about women working in the British film industry during the 1950s.The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7.5
Overview:
After getting a flat tire, two sweethearts discover the eerie mansion of a flamboyant scientist and houseful of wild characters. Through elaborate dance and rock songs, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.The Day of the Triffids
6.1
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After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.Helen of Troy
6.3
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Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6
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Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.The Devil's Disciple
6.6
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In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.No Highway in the Sky
6.931
Overview:
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.Crack in the World
5.7
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Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's crust, which threatens to split the earth in two if it is not stopped in time.The Magic Box
6.3
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Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.The Lamp Still Burns
5.4
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A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.School for Scoundrels
6.9
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Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.Paranoiac
6.7
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A psychotic man schemes to drive his sister mad so that he can claim her inheritance, but a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when an imposter intervenes.The Old Dark House
5.871
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An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.Now and Forever
7
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A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.Creepy Classics
6.3
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A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.The Galloping Major
6
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A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.As Long as They're Happy
7.7
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The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.Double Bunk
5.7
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When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.Happy Is the Bride
6.2
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In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.No Place for Jennifer
5.1
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A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
8
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The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored in depth in this film, surveying his meteoric rise to fame and troubled personal life.Background
6
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Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.The Lady is a Square
5.8
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Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.The Good Companions
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The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.Acting
2020Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy as Self
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Sidney's Mother
1989Elstree: Britain's Hollywood (1 Episode) as Self
1987Creepy Classics as Karen Goodwill - (archive footage)
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Bikini Paradise as Rachel
1965Crack in the World as Dr. Maggie Sorenson
1964The Beauty Jungle as Shirley Freeman
1963The Old Dark House as Cecily Femm
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Jennifer Robbins
1963Siege of the Saxons as Princess Katherine
1963The Day of the Triffids as Karen Goodwin
1963Paranoiac as Eleanor Ashby
1962Two and Two Make Six as Irene
1961Double Bunk as Peggy Goddard
1961His and Hers as Fran Blake
1960School for Scoundrels as April Smith
1959The Devil's Disciple as Judith Anderson
1959The Lady is a Square as Joanna Baring
1958Happy Is the Bride as Janet Royd
1957The Good Companions as Susie Dean
1956Now and Forever as Janette Grant
1956Helen of Troy as Cassandra
1955As Long as They're Happy as Gwen Bentley
1953Background as Jess Lomax
1952The Magic Box as Ethel Friese-Greene
1951No Highway in the Sky as Elspeth Honey
1951The Galloping Major as Susan Hill
1950No Place for Jennifer as Jennifer Parry
1949Conspirator as Toby
1943The Lamp Still Burns as (uncredited)
Art
1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show ... Title Designer