Avis Scott
Avis Scott (22 February 1918 – 31 May 2010) was a British film and theatre[1] actress.[2] She was born in London as Avis F Scutt, daughter of Arthur Octavius Scutt and Freda May Palmer.[3] She emigrated to the US in 1957 and married Jack W Matthias in Los Angeles in 1980. She died in Fort Collins, Colorado aged 92. Scott was a BBC continuity announcer during the early 1950s but was fired for apparently being "too sexy" for British television.[4][5]
Avis Scott on the cover of Everybody's Weekly, 29th May 1954
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | The Missing People | Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Millions Like Us | Alice | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Brief Encounter | Kardomah Waitress | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Pool of Contentment | Secretary | |
| 1947 | Master of Bankdam | Mary Crowther | |
| 1947 | Fame is The Spur | Pen | |
| 1950 | Waterfront | Nora McCabe | |
| 1951 | To Have and to Hold | June | |
| 1951 | Emergency Call | Marie | |
| 1952 | It Started in Paradise | Journalist | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Potter of The Yard | ||
| 1954 | Five Days | Eileen | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Case Of Express Delivery | Evie | Short, derived from Stryker of the Yard |
| 1954 | Case of the Burnt Alibi | Stryker of the Yard | |
| 1954 | Case Of The Second Shot | Stryker of the Yard | |
| 1955 | Storm Over the Nile | Sergeant's Wife |
References
- "Actress Hides Her 'Sexy Past' Under Make-up". Milwaukee Sentinel. 6 January 1962. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "Avis Scott | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- "Avis Scott". BFI.
- ""Too Sexy" for TV". The Argus. 17 January 1955. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- "Avis Scott - People - Transdiffusion Broadcasting System". www.transdiffusion.org.
External links
- Avis Scott at IMDb
- Image: "Avis Scott poses in front of a 3-D television camera", Science Museum Group Collection
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