Editing Janette Scott

{{Short description|English actress (born 1938)}}
{{distinguish|Jeannette Scott}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Janette Scott
| image              = JanetScottTorme1966.png
| alt                = A smiling young white woman with dark hair cut in a fringe
| caption            = Janette Scott, from a 1966 publication of the US State Department
| birth_name         = Thora Janette Scott
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1938|12|14|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Morecambe]], [[Lancashire]], England
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1942–1967, 1997
| children           = 2, including [[James Tormé]]
| parents            = James Scott <br /> [[Thora Hird]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Jackie Rae]]|27 June 1959|1965|reason=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Mel Tormé]]|20 May 1966|1977|reason=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|William Rademaekers|1981|2018|reason=died}}
}}

'''Thora Janette Scott''' (born 14 December 1938) is a British retired actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f416358|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321013739/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f416358|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2016|title=Janette Scott}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Scott was born on 14 December 1938 in [[Morecambe]], [[Lancashire]], England.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Cotter|first1=Robert Michael “Bobb”|title=The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476602011|page=166|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&q=%22Thora+Janette+Scott%22&pg=PA166|access-date=30 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and [[Thora Hird]] and began her career as a child actress known as '''Janette Scott'''. Scott was briefly (with [[Jennifer Gay]]) one of the so-called "Children's Announcers" providing continuity links for the BBC's children's TV programmes from the [[Lime Grove Studios]] in the early 1950s.

She became a popular leading lady, appearing as a daughter in ''As Long As They're Happy''.
<ref name="group">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|date=30 May 2025|access-date=30 May 2025|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-studios-group-film-productions|title=Forgotten British Studios: Group Film Productions}}</ref>

One of her best-known roles was April Smith in the film ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960), based on the "one-upmanship" books by [[Stephen Potter]], in which [[Ian Carmichael]] and [[Terry-Thomas]] vie for her attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/school-for-scoundrels-v109086/cast-crew|title=School for Scoundrels (1960) - Robert Hamer - Cast and Crew - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> Some scenes for ''School for Scoundrels'' were shot at a private members club before its current incarnation as a hotel. The hotel hosted a screening in 2016 with Janette Scott attending and answering questions about filming ''School for Scoundrels''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://artandhue.com/happy-birthday-janette-scott/|title=Happy Birthday Janette Scott!|date=2017-12-14|newspaper=Art & Hue|language=en-US}}</ref>

Scott's highest profile as a leading lady in British films was from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, with more than a dozen leading roles during this period. She was the female lead opposite some stars including [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Ian Carmichael]], [[Ronald Lewis (actor)|Ronald Lewis]], [[Ian Hendry]] and [[George Chakiris]]. She proved adept in genres including comedy, romantic drama, sci-fi thriller and period adventure. She gave up her career on marrying second husband, [[Mel Torme|Mel Tormé]].

She is known to American audiences for her role as the parson's wife in ''[[The Devil's Disciple (1959 film)|The Devil's Disciple]]'' (1959), starring [[Burt Lancaster]], [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[Laurence Olivier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/janette-scott-p64082|title=Janette Scott - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

She is named in the song [[Science Fiction/Double Feature]]", the opening number of ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' and its film version, ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (performed over the opening credits), for her participation in the 1962 film [[The Day of the Triffids (film)|''The Day of the Triffids'']].

Scott wrote her autobiography ''Act One'' at the age of 14.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clickautographs.com/detail.php?id=9543 |title=Clickautographs autographs - Janette Scott |website=www.clickautographs.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100449/http://www.clickautographs.com/detail.php?id=9543 |archive-date=2017-02-05}} </ref><ref>Act one: an autobiography with portraits {{OCLC|504447646}}</ref>

==Marriages==
She has been married three times:
*[[Jackie Rae]] (27 June 1959 – 1965), divorced
*[[Mel Tormé]] (20 May 1966 – 1977), divorced; 2 children, including son [[James Tormé]]
*William Rademaekers (1981–2018), died<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title 
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1942
|''[[Went the Day Well?]]''
|Child
|
|-
|1943
|''{{sortname|The|Lamp Still Burns}}''
|
|uncredited 
|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1944
|''[[Two Thousand Women]]''
|Mrs. Burtshaw's Daughter on Mother's Lap
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Gay Intruders}}''
|
|
|-
|1949
|''[[Conspirator (1949 film)|Conspirator]]''
|Toby
|uncredited 
|-
|1950
|''[[No Place for Jennifer]]''
|Jennifer
|
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1951
|''{{sortname|The|Galloping Major|The Galloping Major (film)}}''
|Susan Hill
| (with mother, [[Thora Hird]])
|-
|''[[No Highway in the Sky]]''
|Elspeth Honey
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Magic Box}}''
|Ethel Friese-Greene
|
|-
|1953
|''[[Background (1953 film)|Background]]''
|Jess Lomax
|AKA, ''Edge of Divorce''
|-
|1955
|''[[As Long as They're Happy]]''
|Gwen Bentley
|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1956
|''[[Helen of Troy (film)|Helen of Troy]]''
|[[Cassandra]]
|
|-
|''[[Now and Forever (1956 film)|Now and Forever]]''
|Janette Grant
|
|-
|1957
|''{{sortname|The|Good Companions|The Good Companions (1957 film)}}''
|Susie Dean
|
|-
|1958
|''[[Happy Is the Bride]]''
|Janet Royd
|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1959
|''{{sortname|The|Lady Is a Square}}''
|Joanna Baring
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Devil's Disciple|The Devil's Disciple (1959 film)}}''
|Judith Anderson
|
|-
|1960
|''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]''
|April Smith
|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1961
|''[[His and Hers (film)|His and Hers]]''
|Fran Blake
|
|-
|''[[Double Bunk]]''
|Peggy
|
|-
|1962
|''[[Two and Two Make Six]]''
|Irene
|
|-
|rowspan=4 | 1963
|''{{sortname|The|Day of the Triffids|The Day of the Triffids (film)}}''
|Karen Goodwin
|
|-
|''[[Paranoiac (film)|Paranoiac]]''
|Eleanor Ashby
|
|-
|''[[Siege of the Saxons]]''
|Katherine
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Old Dark House|The Old Dark House (1963 film)}}''
|Cecily Femm
|
|-
|1964
|''[[The Beauty Jungle]]''
|Shirley Freeman
|
|-
|1965
|''[[Crack in the World]]''
|Dr. Maggie Sorenson
|
|-
|1967
|''[[Bikini Paradise]]''
|Rachel
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1954
|''{{sortname|The|Dashing White Sergeant|nolink=1}}''
|Fione Cuningham
|TV film
|-
|1957
|''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
|Judy
|Episode: "The Girl at the Next Table"
|-
|1958
|''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
|Maeve McHugh
|Episode: "A Man's Woman"
|-
|1960
|''[[BBC Sunday-Night Play]]''
|Kitty Tape
|Episode: "20th Century Theatre: The Queen Came By"
|-
|1965
|''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''
|Jennifer Robbins
|Episode: "Password to Death"
|-
|1997
|''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
|Cameo
|Episode: "There Goes the Groom"
|}

==References==
{{Portal|Biography|England|Film|Television|}} 
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0779285|Janette Scott}}

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[[Category:Actors from Morecambe]]