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Avis Scott on the cover of Everybody's Weekly, 29th May 1954

Avis Scott (22 February 1918 – 31 May 2010) was a British film and theatre[1] actress.[2] She was born in London as Avis F Scutt, daughter of Arthur Octavius Scutt and Freda May Palmer.[3] She emigrated to the US in 1957 and married Jack W Matthias in Los Angeles in 1980. She died in Fort Collins, Colorado aged 92. Scott was a BBC continuity announcer during the early 1950s but was fired for apparently being "too sexy" for British television.[4][5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1939 The Missing People Uncredited
1943 Millions Like Us Alice Uncredited
1945 Brief Encounter Kardomah Waitress Uncredited
1946 Pool of Contentment Secretary
1947 Master of Bankdam Mary Crowther
1947 Fame is The Spur Pen
1950 Waterfront Nora McCabe
1951 To Have and to Hold June
1951 Emergency Call Marie
1952 It Started in Paradise Journalist Uncredited
1952 Potter of The Yard
1954 Five Days Eileen Uncredited
1954 Case Of Express Delivery Evie Short, derived from Stryker of the Yard
1954 Case of the Burnt Alibi Stryker of the Yard
1954 Case Of The Second Shot Stryker of the Yard
1955 Storm Over the Nile Sergeant's Wife

References

  1. ^ "Actress Hides Her 'Sexy Past' Under Make-up". Milwaukee Sentinel. 6 January 1962. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Avis Scott | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ "Avis Scott". BFI.
  4. ^ ""Too Sexy" for TV". The Argus. 17 January 1955. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Avis Scott - People - Transdiffusion Broadcasting System". www.transdiffusion.org.