Kathryn Leigh Scott

Kathryn Leigh Scott
Scott in 2009
Born	Marlene Kathryn Kringstad (1943-01-26) January 26, 1943 Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, writer
Years active	1966–present
Spouses	Ben Martin ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1990)​ Geoff Miller ​ ​ (m. 1991; died 2011)​

Kathryn Leigh Scott (born Marlene Kringstad, January 26, 1943) is an American television and film actress and writer who is best remembered for playing several roles on Dark Shadows.

Early life

Scott was born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, of Norwegian descent.

Career

Scott grew up on a farm in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole Kringstad, a Norwegian immigrant, and Hilda Karlsgodt Kringstad, of Norwegian descent. She attended Northwestern University in their summer "cherub" program while in high school. In 1962 she moved to New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship while working as a Playboy Bunny in the original New York Playboy Club at 59th and Fifth Avenue. Upon graduation from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kathryn landed the ingénue lead in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows (ABC, 1966-1971), and starred in the 1970 MGM feature House of Dark Shadows in 1970. Kathryn played four roles in the series: Maggie Evans, Josette du Pres, Lady Kitty Hampshire and Rachel Drummond.

In 1971, she moved to Paris, France, with her fiance, Time/Life photojournalist Ben Martin. In Paris, Kathryn played twins in the French language film L'alfomega. After marrying later that year in Vikebukt, Norway, she and her husband moved to London, England, where she continued working as an actress. She appeared in several television films including Crime of Passion, Harriet's Back In Town, The Turn of the Screw, Marked Personal, Come Die With Me, Dial M For Murder, Space: 1999, and the miniseries Late Call, Edward The King, and The Exiles. Scott also appeared in the 1980 British television series Hammer House of Horror episode, "Visitor From The Grave." She also appeared in the feature films Brannigan with John Wayne; Providence with Dirk Bogarde, directed by Alain Resnais; The Great Gatsby, with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, directed by Jack Clayton; and The Greek Tycoon with Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset. In 1974, she played Nurse Kelly in a six-month run of Harvey with James Stewart, directed by Sir Anthony Quayle, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. The following year she was in a new play, Le Weekend, at the Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, England.

In 1978 Scott moved to Los Angeles to star in the CBS series Big Shamus, Little Shamus with Brian Dennehy. She guest-starred in a succession of television series, and then returned to England to film The Last Days of Patton with George C. Scott; Murrow with Daniel J. Travanti; Voice of the Heart with James Brolin; and Chandlertown with Powers Boothe.

In 1985, Scott launched Pomegranate Press, Ltd. to publish books about the entertainment industry, including guide books, biographies, textbooks and coffee table art books. She wrote The Bunny Years (the 25-year history of Playboy Clubs told through the women who worked as Bunnies), which was sold to Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer. She also co-produced a two-hour special for the A&E Network, and a one-hour documentary for BBC-1 and Canadian TV, based on the book. Pomegranate has published over 50 nonfiction titles, including Scott's books Lobby Cards: The Classic Films (Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Coffee TableBook) and Lobby Cards: The Classic Comedies, both of which were published in the U.K. by Bloomsbury. She published a trade paperback edition of the hardcover biography Coya Come Home, with a foreword by Walter Mondale (2012).

Scott wrote Dark Shadows Memories, to coincide with the series' 20th anniversary, and Dark Shadows Companion as a 25th anniversary tribute. She has written three novels -- Dark Passages (2012), Down and Out in Beverly Heels (2013), and Jinxed (2015); a memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy (Cumberland Press, 2016); and a trilogy of books on care-giving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours, and A Welcome Respite (Grand Harbor, 2017).

Scott plays Mamie Eisenhower in the feature film The Eleventh Green (2019) with Campbell Scott. She has also recently appeared in Three Christs (2018) with Richard Gere and Juliana Margulies, and Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York (2018). She appeared in Hallmark Channel's Broadcasting Christmas (2016) and Lifetime's A Wedding to Die For (2017), and has a recurring role as George Segal's girlfriend Miriam in The Goldbergs. She wrote Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood (2012), and appeared in a cameo role in the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film Dark Shadows (2012).

After Scott's divorce from Ben Martin in 1990, they continued as partners in Pomegranate Press and remained close until his death in 2017. Scott married Geoff Miller, founding editor and publisher of Los Angeles Magazine in 1991. He died from progressive supra-nuclear palsy in 2011. Kathryn is a national volunteer spokesperson for CurePSP.

She has served on the Boards of the Beverly Hills Women's Club and the Women's Club of Hollywood.

Pomegranate Press

In 1986, Scott founded Pomegranate Press, which published her books about Dark Shadows, as well as other books authored by her, including The Bunny Years, about the 25-year history of Playboy Bunnies, and coffee table books on film art. Pomegranate Press has also published books by other authors, mainly nonfiction entertainment titles. Today, she continues to work as an actress (Three Christs with Richard Gere, 2017) and writer (Last Dance At the Savoy, Now With You, Now Without). She reprised a number of her Dark Shadows roles in a series of audio dramas. Scott co-wrote (with Jim Pierson) Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood, an updated retrospective on the original series, including the Tim Burton remake with Johnny Depp, in which Scott has a cameo role. The book was released on April 3, 2012 via Pomegranate Press.

Personal life

Scott married her first husband, photographer Ben Martin, in 1971. They divorced in 1990, although the two remained business partners in Pomegranate Press. Martin died in February 2017.

In 1991, she married Los Angeles magazine founder Geoff Miller (1936–2011). She and Miller remained together until his death from progressive supranuclear palsy in 2011.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	House of Dark Shadows	Maggie Evans
1974	The Great Gatsby	Catherine
1975	Brannigan	Miss Allen
1977	Providence	Miss Boon
1978	The Gypsy Warriors	Lady Asten-Forbes
	The Greek Tycoon	Nancy Cassidy
1980	Witches' Brew	Susan Carey
1987	Assassination	Polly Sims
1997	One Eight Seven	Anglo Woman
2008	Parasomnia	Nurse Margaret Evans
2012	Dark Shadows	Barnabbas Guest
2013	Doctor Mabuse	Madame Von Harbau
	The Rising Light	Aya
2014	Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar	Madame Von Harbau
2017	Three Christs	Victoria Rogers
2019	A Rainy Day in New York	Wanda
	Loon Lake	Lena Janson
2020	The 11th Green	Mamie Eisenhower

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966-70	Dark Shadows	Maggie Evans* Josette DuPres Collins Rachel Drummond Kitty Soames	310 episodes
1973	Harriet's Back in Town	Louisa Vernon	2 episodes
1974	The Turn of the Screw	Miss Jessel	TV movie
1976	Space: 1999	Yesta	Episode : Dorzak
1978	Hawaii Five-O	Jemilla	Episode: "My Friend, the Enemy"
1979	The Incredible Hulk	Dr. Gail Collins	Episode: "A Solitary Place"
1979	Little House on the Prairie	Belle Harrison	Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1979	Big Shamus, Little Shamus	Stephanie Marsh
1980	Hammer House of Horror	Penny	Episode: "Visitor From The Grave"
1981	Dynasty	Jennifer	2 episodes
1982	Police Squad!	Sally Decker	Episode: "A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise)"
1983	Philip Marlowe, Private Eye	Annie Riordan	3 episodes
1984	Hardcastle and McCormick	Lenore Alcott	Episode: "Whistler's Pride"
	Call to Glory	Elaine Farrell	Episode: "Call It Courage"
1985	Cagney & Lacey	Barbara Cody	Episode: "Play It Again, Santa"
1986	Murrow	Janet Murrow	TV movie
	The Last Days of Patton	Jean Gordon	TV movie
	The A-Team	Sheriff Ann Plummer	Episode: "The Little Town with an Accent"
	Shadow Chasers	Gwen Page	Episode: "Let's Make a Deal"
1987	Hotel	Linda Anderson	Episode: "Hail and Farewell"
1988	Jake and the Fatman	Holly Poole	Episode: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan"
	Mr. Belvedere	Woman	Episode: "Hooky"
	Paradise	Lucy Cord Carroll	2 episodes
	Knots Landing	Architect	Episode: "The Blushing Bride"
	Probe	Dr. Deanna Hardwick	Episode: "Metamorphic Anthropoidic Prototype Over You"
1989	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Nuria	Episode: "Who Watches the Watchers"
	Dallas	Bunny Harvard	3 episodes
	Voice of the Heart	Arlene Mason	TV movie
	Matlock	Janice Barelli	2 episodes
1990		Judge Marla Cordante	Episode: "The Talk Show"
	21 Jump Street	Margaret	Episode: "Change of Heart"
	Jake and the Fatman	Denise	Episode: "I Ain't Got No Body"
1999	CI5: The New Professionals	Dr. Sheperd	Episode: "Choice Curts"
2006	Huff	Swanson	Episode: "Which Lip Is the Cervical Lip?"
2013-14	The Goldbergs	Miriam	2 episodes
2014-16	Old Dogs & New Tricks	Lillianne Carter	2 episodes
2014	Petals on the Wind	Society Lady	TV movie
2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	The Baroness	Episode: "Aftershocks"
2016	Broadcasting Christmas	Ruth Morgan	TV movie
2019	First Wives Club	Judith	Episode: "Pilot"
	The Blacklist	Homeowner	Episode: "Dr. Lewis Powell (No. 130)"

External links

• Official website
• Kathryn Leigh Scott at IMDb 
• Interview with Kathryn Leigh Scott
• Audio interview with Kathryn Leigh Scott on Deep Dish Radio re: Acting career and publishing
• Kathryn Leigh Scott interview at Classic Film & TV Cafe
• Interview at The Norwegian American