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Janette Scott is a Actor and Title Designer British born on 14 december 1938 at Morecambe (United-kingdom)
Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is an English actress. She was born in Morecambe, Lancashire. 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 was briefly (along 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, one of her best-known roles being 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.
She is best known to American audiences for her role as the parson's wife in the 1959 film, The Devils Disciple, that starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Laurence Olivier.
Scott wrote her autobiography at the age of 14.
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Janette Scott
Birth name Thora Janette Scott
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1938 (85 years) at Morecambe (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1938 (85 years) at Morecambe (United-kingdom)
Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is an English actress. She was born in Morecambe, Lancashire. 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 was briefly (along 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, one of her best-known roles being 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.
She is best known to American audiences for her role as the parson's wife in the 1959 film, The Devils Disciple, that starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Laurence Olivier.
Scott wrote her autobiography at the age of 14.
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, 1h50Directed by Robert B. Weide
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Janette Scott, Megan Fox, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson
Roles Sidney's Mother
Rating63%
Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) is a smalltime, aspiring English journalist who works for a left-wing radical magazine. Following an incident at a party where Sidney accidentally lets a pig loose, he is hired to work for an upscale magazine in New York City. He is hired by Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharps magazine, a man Sidney had previously lampooned in his own magazine.
Crack in the World (1965)
, 1h36Directed by Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Dana Andrews, Alexander Knox, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, John Karlsen
Roles Dr. Maggie Sorenson
Rating58%
An international consortium of scientists, operating as Project Inner Space in Tanganyika, Africa, is trying to tap into the Earth's geothermal energy by drilling a very deep hole down to the Earth's core. The scientists are foiled by an extremely dense layer of material at the boundary between the two. To penetrate the barrier and reach the magma below, they intend to detonate an atomic device at the bottom of the hole.
The Beauty Jungle (1964)
, 1h50Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Ian Hendry, Janette Scott, Edmund Purdom, Ronald Fraser, Jean Claudio, Kay Walsh
Roles Shirley Freeman
Rating59%
While on a seaside holiday a young typist is persuaded by a local journalist to enter a beauty contest. When she wins, she decides to give up her previous career and life and take up entering the contests full-time.
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
, 1h33Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey, Mervyn Johns, Carole Ann Ford
Roles Karen Goodwin
Rating61%
Triffids are tall plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behaviour. They are able to move about by "walking" on their roots, appear to communicate with each other, and possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting that enables them to kill their victims and feed on their rotting carcasses. Their appearance is vaguely similar to gigantic asparagus shoots topped with a flower-like 'head' that somewhat resemble a Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid and houses their deadly stinger.
The Old Dark House (1963)
, 1h26Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding
Roles Cecily Femm
Rating54%
Tom Penderel, un américain, installé en Angleterre où il est vendeur de voitures, livre une voiture à un vieux milliardaire excentrique, Jasper Femm, qui vit dans une étrange résidence avec de nombreux membres de sa famille. Or, quand il arrive, on lui annonce que Jasper Femm vient de mourir. Face à la tempête qui se lève, il se voit proposer de passer la nuit dans la résidence des Femm…
Siege of the Saxons (1963)
, 1h25Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Ronald Howard, John Laurie, Jerome Willis, Charles Lloyd-Pack
Roles Princess Katherine
Rating48%
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. Soon the soldiers of double-dealing Edmund of Cornwall slay King Arthur. However his daughter Katherine escapes with the help of outlaw Robert Marshall. Claiming she is dead Edmund makes ready to usurp the throne in league with Saxon invaders. Katherine and Robert go to find the great wizard Merlin to help them save Camelot and England. He announces that whichever Knight wishes to marry the princess must first remove King Arthur's sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
Paranoiac (1963)
, 1h20Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Sydney Bromley, Liliane Brousse
Roles Eleanor Ashby
Rating66%
The wealthy Ashby family has been damaged by the death of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby in a plane crash when their three children were very young. The children were left in the care of their Aunt Harriet. The oldest son, Anthony, committed suicide by jumping off a cliff into the sea when he was 15. The second son, Simon, (Reed) is now a cruel, spendthrift alcoholic trying to drive his sister, Eleanor (Scott) insane, so that he can inherit the estate of their deceased parents. He has only three weeks to wait until the lawyers will turn the family money over to him. But a mysterious man (Davion) appears, who throws a monkey wrench into Simon's plans.
The Brain (1962)
, 1h24Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Crime
Actors Anne Heywood, Peter van Eyck, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Jeremy Spenser, Janette Scott
Rating52%
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
, 1h24Directed by Freddie Francis, Terence Fisher, Peter Medak, John Peverall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough, Harold Goodwin, Thorley Walters
Rating63%
The film opens in Victorian London on a December night in 1900. The first night of the season at the London Opera House finds the opening of a new opera by Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough), a wealthy and pompous man, who is annoyed and scornful when the opera manager Lattimer (Thorley Walters) informs him the theatre has not been completely sold out. No one will sit in a certain box because it is haunted. Backstage, despite the soothing efforts of the opera's producer, Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza), everyone, including the show's star, Maria, is nervous and upset as if a sinister force was at work. The climax comes during Maria's first aria, when a side of the scenery rips apart to reveal the body of a hanged stage hand. In a panic, the curtain is rung down, and Maria refuses to sing again.
Two and Two Make Six (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors George Chakiris, Janette Scott, Alfred Lynch, Jocelyn Lane, Athene Seyler, Bernard Braden
Roles Irene
Rating61%
Double Bunk (1961)
, 1h32Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Sid James, Janette Scott, Liz Fraser, Dennis Price, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Peggy Goddard
Rating61%
When newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) face eviction from their rented London flat, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put-upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price) owns Jack and Peggy’s mooring and soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges.
His and Hers (1961)
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Nicole Maurey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor
Roles Fran Blake
Rating57%
Auteur-explorateur Reggie Blake adopte une approche peu orthodoxe de son métier, trouver apparemment inspiration dans les aventures proposées par son agent Charles Lunton; il importe peu que la plupart de ses expériences sont sauvagement embelli ou même entièrement fictive ...
School for Scoundrels (1960)
, 1h34Directed by Cyril Frankel, Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Dennis Price, Janette Scott, Alastair Sim, Peter Jones
Roles April Smith
Rating72%
Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a failure in sport and love, and the easy victim of conmen and employees alike. So he enrolls at the "School of Lifemanship" in Yeovil, run by Dr. Potter (Alastair Sim). Late for his appointment, he overhears Potter explaining the principles of lifemanship to the new intake: Well, gentlemen, lifemanship is the science of being one up on your opponents at all times. It is the art of making him feel that somewhere, somehow he has become less than you – less desirable, less worthy – less blessed.
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
, 1h22Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Eva Le Gallienne, Janette Scott, Harry Andrews
Roles Judith Anderson
Rating69%
Richard "Dick" Dudgeon (Kirk Douglas) is apostate and outcast from his family in colonial Websterbridge, New Hampshire, who returns their hatred with scorn. After the death of his father by mistakenly being hanged by the British as a rebel in nearby Springtown, Dick rescues his body from the gallows, where it had been left as an example to others, and has it buried in the parish graveyard in Websterbridge, then returns to his childhood home to hear the reading of his father's will, much to his family's dismay. Local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson (Burt Lancaster), who almost got arrested for trying to talk the British into taking the body down, treats him with courtesy despite Dick's self-proclaimed apostasy, but Dick's "wickedness" appalls Anderson's wife Judith (Janette Scott). To everyone's surprise, it is revealed that Dick's father secretly changed his will just before he died, leaving the bulk of his estate to Dick. Much to his shock, Dick's mother (Eva Le Gallienne) refuses to stay with him (a change from the stage play, wherein he promptly evicts his mother from her home). Dick proclaims himself a rebel against the British and scorns his family as cowards when they flee his home. In the meantime, the British discover the father's grave.
The Lady is a Square (1959)
, 1h40Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Anna Neagle, Frankie Vaughan, Janette Scott, Anthony Newley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kenneth Cope
Roles Joanna Baring
Rating58%
Mrs Baring, a businesswoman and patron of classical music, has arranged for a celebrated Eastern Bloc musician, Spolenski, to play in a series of concerts in Britain. However, she is aware that she is on the brink of bankruptcy and the Spolenski tour offers a final chance to save her finances.