Pippa Scott

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Pippa Scott
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Scott in The Twilight Zone (1960)
Born
Philippa Scott

(1935-11-10) November 10, 1935 (age 88)
EducationUCLA, Radcliffe
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1984, 2009–present
Spouse
(m. 1964;div. 1983)
Children2
Father Allan Scott
Relatives Adrian Scott (uncle)

Philippa Scott (born November 10, 1935) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1950s.

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Early life and education

Scott was born in Los Angeles, California. [1] She is the daughter of actress Laura Straub and screenwriter Allan Scott; an uncle was the blacklisted screenwriter Adrian Scott.

In the 1970s, Scott was a student at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where she pursued a degree in landscape architecture. [2]

Career

Acting

Chuck Connors and Scott in 1960 Du Pont Show with June Allyson 1960.JPG
Chuck Connors and Scott in 1960

Scott attended Radcliffe and UCLA before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England. Shortly after her return to the United States, she won a Theatre World Award for her 1956 Broadway debut in Child of Fortune. [3] Scott then quickly signed a contract with Warner Bros. and made her movie debut that same year as Lucy, a niece of John Wayne's character in John Ford's epic The Searchers .

Scott was cast in the 1958 film As Young as We Are in the role of a new high-school teacher who falls in love with the character Hank Moore, played by Robert Harland, who turns out to be a student. [4] She appeared as Pegeen in the 1958 Warner Bros. film, Auntie Mame .

She appeared as Abigail in the 1959 episode of Maverick titled "Easy Mark" starring Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick. In the 1959–1960 CBS Television series Mr. Lucky , starring John Vivyan and Ross Martin, she had a recurring role as Maggie Shank-Rutherford. [5] :701 Around this time, she also appeared on the ABC-TV Western series, The Alaskans , starring Roger Moore.[ citation needed ]

Scott guest-starred on such series as The DuPont Show with June Allyson ; The Twilight Zone in "The Trouble with Templeton" starring Brian Aherne and Sydney Pollack (in which she performed a bravura 1920s dance sequence); Thriller ; F Troop ; Have Gun - Will Travel with Richard Boone; Redigo; The Tall Man with Clu Gulager; The Dick Van Dyke Show ; The Rat Patrol ; Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. ; and Gunsmoke (as a woman, taken by Native Americans during a raid, who during a year of captivity falls in love with a native suitor in the S7E10 “Indian Ford” in 1961).

In 1962–1963, she appeared in the first season of NBC's The Virginian in the recurring role of Molly Wood, publisher, editor, and reporter of The Medicine Bow Banner. [5] :1143–1144 [6] She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason , starring Raymond Burr. In 1963, she played defendant Gwynn Elston in "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse"; in 1966, she played defendant Ethel Andrews in "The Case of the Fanciful Frail".

In 1964, she guest-starred with Eddie Albert and Claude Rains in the episode "A Time to Be Silent" of The Reporter . She guest-starred in "The Garden House", an episode of ABC's The Fugitive , starring David Janssen. Her last notable film roles were the wife of Dick Van Dyke's character in the comedy Cold Turkey (1971), and as Dabney Coleman's wife in the TV movie Bad Ronald (1974), although she sporadically played minor characters throughout the 1970s and '80s, including a 1971 guest spot in the episode "Didn't You Used to Be ... Wait ... Don't Tell Me" of The Mary Tyler Moore Show .[ citation needed ]

In 1972, Scott appeared in the educational short film Magical Disappearing Money, where she starred as a grocery consultant advising people about saving money by buying cheaper items, and how they can substitute for expensive items. The short was later featured on the RiffTrax website and YouTube channel.

She played an actress stranded in Virginia due to money problems in a 1973 episode of The Waltons . In 1973, she played a murder victim in Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star. Her last regular TV role was as nursery-school teacher Maggie Hearn in the 15-episode 1976 NBC police drama Jigsaw John starring Jack Warden. [5]

She returned to the big screen in 2011's Footprints , for which she was nominated for the Stockholm Krystal Award for Best Supporting Actress at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival. [7]

Off-screen work in film

Scott produced, wrote the screenplay for, and directed King Leopold's Ghost (2006), a film based on the book of the same name by Adam Hochschild. [8]

Personal life

Scott married Lee Rich, a founding partner of Lorimar Productions, in 1964. [9] They had two children together before they divorced in 1983, though they maintained a friendship until his death in 2012. [10]

By the 1990s, Scott had become active in human-rights work, such as supporting the Commission of Experts formed under United Nations Security Council Resolution 780 in its research of the "widespread violations of international humanitarian law" committed during the Bosnian genocide. [9]

Partial filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956 The Searchers Lucy Edwards
1958 As Young as We Are Kim Hutchins
1958 Auntie Mame Pegeen Ryan
1959/60 Mr Lucky MaggieEpisodes: "They Shall Not Pass"; "That Stands for Pool"; "The Gordon Caper"; "Aces Back to Back"; "Maggie the Witness"; "The Last Laugh"; "The Tax Man"; "Hair of the Dog"
1960 Have Gun - Will Travel Kathy RousseauEpisode: "Uneasy Grave"
1960 The Twilight Zone Laura TempletonEpisode: "The Trouble with Templeton"
1961 Gunsmoke Mary TaborSeason 7, Episode 10: "Indian Ford"
1962 The Virginian Molly WoodEpisodes: "The Man from the Sea"; "It Tolls for Thee"; "Riff-Raff"; "The Brazen Bell"; "The Big Deal"; "The Executioners"
1963 Perry Mason Gwen ElstonEpisode: "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse"
1963 My Six Loves Dianne Soper
1964 Quick, Let's Get Married GinaOriginal title: "The Confession"
1966For Pete's SakeAttendant's Wife
1966 Perry Mason Ethel AndrewsEpisode: "The Case of the Fanciful Frail"
1968 Petulia May
1969 Some Kind of a Nut Doctor Sara
1971 Cold Turkey Natalie Brooks
1972Magical Disappearing MoneyGrocery WitchEducational short
1972 Mission Impossible Edith ThatcherEpisode: "Leona"
1973 The Waltons Alvira DrummondEpisode: "The Actress"
1973 Columbo Jean DavisEpisode: "Requiem for a Falling Star"
1974 Bad Ronald Mrs WoodTV movie
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Tillie JonesEpisode: "Legacy of Terror"
1976 Jigsaw John Maggie Hearn
1984The Sound of MurderIlene Forbes
2011 Footprints Genevieve
2013AutomotiveHelen(final film role)

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