Brenda Scott

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Brenda Scott
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Scott in 1969
Born
Brenda J. Smith

(1943-03-15) March 15, 1943 (age 82)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1961-2005
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(m. 1965;div. 1966)​
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(m. 1968;div. 1969)​
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Brenda Scott (born March 15, 1943) is an American film and television actress. Her stage name comes from an F. Scott Fitzgerald character. [1]

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Early life

Born Brenda Jean Smith on March 15, 1943 in Cincinnati, [1] [2] [3] and raised there and in California's San Fernando Valley, [4] [5] [3] Scott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey E. Smith. [4] At age 5, she began her studies at the Schuester-Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati; she later attended Reseda High School and Valley State College, Northridge. [4] [3]

Career

Scott appeared in films such as The Hanged Man (1964); Johnny Tiger (1966); Journey to Shiloh (1968) [1] and Simon, King of the Witches (1971). [6] Her television credits include Rawhide , Gunsmoke (as crippled woman “Betsey Burgess“ in “Anybody Can Kill A Marshall” - S8E26), Alias Smith and Jones , Hawaii Five O , Mannix , Ironside , Mr. Novak , Bonanza , Leave It to Beaver , Window on Main Street , Run for Your Life , Wagon Train , 77 Sunset Strip , Dragnet 1967 , The Fugitive , Simon & Simon , The Virginian , Lancer , Cade's County , Temple Houston and Here Come the Brides . [7] Scott said, "I started out playing neurotic types because they decided I had a waif-like face." [8]

Scott shared that she had wanted to act since she was a child and that during her teen years she believed in palmistry and astrology. [9]

Personal life

Scott was married to fellow actor Andrew Prine, who played her brother in The Savage Land. [1] Scott and Prine started living separately after only being married for four months. [10] Prine and Scott were divorced in 1969. [11] They would marry and divorce three times over the course of their lives. [1]

Since 1979, Scott has been married to Dean Hargrove. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 376. ISBN   9781476662503.
  2. ↑ "Brenda Scott". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cinderella". Hollywood Citizen News (Valley Edition). July 30, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "Ageless story returns tomorrow night to the boards of Valley State College Northridge. Above, Brenda Jean Smith of Canoga Park, as the cinder beauty, reaches in vain for elusive glass slipper as Allan Josephsberg of Van Nuys stands at rear, unable to aid."
  4. 1 2 3 "Local Beauty Featured in 'Look' Article". The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet. March 22, 1962. p. 15. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "Sharing the limelight with six other attractive young television actresses in a current Look magazine illustrated feature titled "TV's Beauties" is talented Brenda Smith, 19, graduate of Reseda High School, who is known professionally as Brenda Scott. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey E. Smith, Brenda has had parts in three movies, and appears in such television shows as 'The Detectives,' 'Dr. Ben Casey,' 'My Three Sons,' 'Window on Main Street,' 'Hazel,' and others. Currently, she is being considered by a leading studio for roles in two movies. Miss Scott, who holds the title of honored Queen of Job's Daughters Bethel 254 of Reseda, studied drama at Reseda High and San Fernando Valley State College where she appeared in "Cinderella.' Her drama training started at the age of 5 at the Schuester Martin School of Drama in Cincinnati—a school founded by the aunt of the late movie star Tyrone Power. She later studied under Stella Rae of Van Nuys."
  5. ↑ Potter, Merle (July 23, 1955). "Playbox Theatre in V.N. Made From Chicken Coop. Valley Times. p. 8. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "ON WAY TO STELLAR heights are Brenda Smith (above) and Paulette Brown in 'The Streets of New York,' at Playbox Theatre in Van Nuys."
  6. ↑ Kleiner, Dick (27 December 1970). "Making Occult Movies Can Turn You Into a Believer". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved 29 June 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  8. ↑ "No Togetherness for Brenda Scott". Progress Bulletin. 26 October 1969. Retrieved 29 June 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Brenda Scott Once Looked to the Stars". The Daily Herald. 24 October 1966. Retrieved 29 June 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Scott, Vernon (5 March 1967). "Brenda Scott Fixes Dinner For Estranged Husband". The Times Recorder. Retrieved 29 June 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Divorce Pleaded by Brenda Scott". The Lincoln Star. 25 March 1969. Retrieved 29 June 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Brenda Scott IMDB Database
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