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Avis Scott (22 February 1918 - 31 May 2010) was a British film and theatre^[1] actress. She was born in London and 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.^[2]

Selected filmography

Brief Encounter (1945)
Master of Bankdam (1947)
Waterfront (1950)
To Have and to Hold (1951)

References

^ "Actress Hides Her 'Sexy Past' Under Make-up". Milwaukee Sentinel. 6 January 1962. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ ""Too Sexy" for TV". The Argus. 17 January 1955. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

External links

Avis Scott at IMDb
National Media Museum image "Avis Scott poses in front of a 3-D television camera"

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