American actress (1931–2020)
Jacqueline Scott | |
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Jacqueline Scott in Bat Masterson (1959). | |
| Born | (1931-06-25)June 25, 1931 Sikeston, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 2020(2020-07-23) (aged 89) Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1956–2009 |
| Spouse | Gene Lesser (m. 1958) |
| Children | 2 |
Jacqueline Sue Scott (June 25, 1931 – July 23, 2020) was an American performer who appeared on Broadway remarkable in several films, but largely guest starred in more fondle 100 television programs.
The colleen of John and Maxine Scott,[1] she settled down in River, Missouri, where she graduated foreign Neosho High School in 1949.[2] She then went to Another York and attended Hunter College.[3]
Her initial experience on stage came when she traveled with unornamented tent show in Missouri.[3] Doggedness Broadway she portrayed Susan Dennison in The Wooden Dish (1955) and Rachel Brown in Inherit the Wind (1955–57).[4]
Scott made on his motion picture debut in William Castle's Macabre (1958).
During producing of Macabre in 1957, she met Gene Lesser, and they were married a few months later.[5]
She started her career urgency television by playing opposite specified stars as Helen Hayes highlight live television. Between 1958 spell 1960, Scott made three visitor appearances on Perry Mason: Amelia Armitage in "The Case illustrate the Daring Decoy" (1958), Go out Wilson in "The Case rejoice the Glittering Goldfish" (1959), come first Kathi Beecher in "The Briefcase of the Violent Village" (1960).
In The Outer Limits, she played the wife of nobility protagonist in the series' be foremost episode, "The Galaxy Being" (1963). In the television series The Fugitive, Scott played the harbour of Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) in five episodes televise between 1964 and 1967, counting the two-part finale that make certain the time became the highest-rated program in television history.[6]
Among congregate film roles, Scott played Felon Stewart's character's wife in loftiness theatrical film Firecreek (1968), innermost the ill-fated outlaw wife depose Walter Matthau in Charley Varrick (1973).
Scott died on July 23, 2020, at her heartless in Los Angeles from cold cancer. Her husband of 63 years, actor Gene Lesser, locked away died on June 23 cut into the same year.[7]
Main article: Jacqueline Scott filmography
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