Kathryn Leigh Scott

For the Irish songwriter and religious leader, see Kathryn Sarah Scott.

Kathryn Leigh Scott
Born	Marlene Kringstad January 26, 1943 (1943-01-26) Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.
Years active	1966 - present
Spouse	Ben Martin (1970-c.1985-86) Geoff Miller (1991-2011)

Kathryn Leigh Scott (born Marlene Kringstad on January 29, 1943) is an American television and film actress who is best remembered for playing Maggie Evans, Josette DuPres Collins, Rachel Drummond, Lady Kitty Soames Hampshire, and Maggie Evans PT on Dark Shadows.

Early life

Scott was born Marlene Kringstad in Robbinsdale, Minnesota in 1943. She is of Norwegian descent.

Career

Initially upon coming to New York City she worked as a Playboy bunny and changed her name to Kathryn Leigh Scott. In 1966, she was cast as Maggie Evans the waitress-turned-governess on the ABC-TV cult serial Dark Shadows. During her tenure at the show, she played Josette du Pres Collins (a lover of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) who was killed at Widow's Hill in 1795), Rachel Drummond (a governess during 1897), Kitty Soames (aka Lady Hampshire on the second-half of the 1897 storyline), and Maggie Collins (Maggie Evans, who married Quentin Collins (David Selby) in Parallel Time 1970).

She appeared in House of Dark Shadows, a MGM picture based on the Dark Shadows TV series in 1970. That same year in September, she decided to leave the show to move to France with her boyfriend and photographer Ben Martin, whom she later married. A few months later, Dark Shadows ended its five year run in April 1971.

After Dark Shadows she made guest appearances on such TV shows as Police Squad!, Quincy, Magnum, P.I., Cagney and Lacey (in which her Dark Shadows co-star John Karlen played Harvey Lacey, the husband of Mary Beth Lacey (Tyne Daly), Matlock, The Incredible Hulk, The A-Team, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Also she appeared in such movies as The Great Gatsby.

In 1979, she co-starred in the short-lived CBS series Big Shamus, Little Shamus with Brian Dennehy. In 1983, she co-starred in Philip Marlowe, Private Eye with Powers Boothe on HBO until 1986.

In 1986 she founded a publishing company called Pomegranate Press in which she wrote books about Dark Shadows and other stories.

Today, she appears in yearly Dark Shadows festivals, book signings, and other events.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared in VH1's When Ruled the World series in episode called When Playboy Ruled The World.

She appeared in the 2008 film Parasomnia.

She reprised a number of her Dark Shadows roles in a series of audio dramas.

Personal life

She later divorced Ben Martin, though the two remain business partners. She was married to Los Angeles magazine founder Geoff Miller until his death in 2011.

External links

• Kathryn Leigh Scott at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• Interview with Scott
• Scott's publishing company's official website
• Original Dark Shadows Audio Dramas starring Kathryn Leigh Scott

References

• Kathryn Leigh Scott at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)