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The Twilight Zone actress Pippa Scott dies aged 90
Pippa Scott, best known for roles in films including The Searchers and Auntie Mame, has died aged 90. Born in Los Angeles in 1935, Scott was the daughter of actress Laura Straub and screenwriter Allan Scott; who famously wrote several musicals for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – including Top Hat and Swing Time. Meanwhile her uncle was blacklisted screenwriter Adrian Scott, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy era after joining the Communist Party. The actress died on May 2 of congenital heart failure at her home in Santa Monica, with Scott's death confirmed by her daughter Miranda Tollman to The Hollywood Reporter this week. Before pursuing a career in acting, Scott studied landscape architecture at California State Polytechnic University, then going on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her 1956 Broadway debut in Child of Fortune saw her win a Theatre World Award and, soon after, Scott was signed by Warner Bros. Her movie debut came that same year – playing a niece of John Wayne's character in John Ford's Western The Searchers. Subsequent film roles included As Young As We Are, Auntie Mame, My Six Loves and Cold Turkey, alongside Dick Van Dyke. She also appeared in the TV shows Mr Lucky, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason and Mission Impossible, as well as The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Scott married producer Lee Rich in 1964. He went on to form Lorimar Productions, which produced shows including Dallas and Knots Landing. More Trending Although the couple divorced in 1983, they reunited in 1996 and remained together until his death in 2012. After turning her attention to work behind the camera for two decades, her last screen role was in the independent 2011 movie Footprints Scott is survived by daughters Jessica and Miranda and five grandchildren. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Jared Leto denies allegations of sexual misconduct from nine women MORE: Robert De Niro tricks Hollywood legend into taking part in TikTok trend MORE: Miley Cyrus heckled for 'scamming' fans at movie premiere – but supporters hit back
Hindustan Times
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
The Lost Generation watchlist: Check out K Narayanan's pick of films that best capture the mood of the 1920s
* Safety Last (1924): . * Bulldog Drummond (1929): . * Top Hat (1935): . * Duck Soup (1933): . * To Have and Have Not (1944): Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
BBC News
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sussex: Chichester Festival Theatre unveils 2025 programme
Top Hat, Lord of the Flies and a musical version of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry are among the offerings this year at a theatre in West Chichester Festival Theatre's 2025 season also consists of the venue's first ever production of Hamlet, while its new studio space, The Nest, will be unveiled in Addy, Natalie Dormer, and Beverley Knight are among the performers who will be involved this director Justin Audibert told BBC Radio Sussex that the summer musical Top Hat would be "wonderful" and that director Kathleen Marshall was "magic". "[She] can do that thing where you have 30 people doing a tap dancing number and filling up your soul with pure joy," he promises to be a big month, with The Three Little Pigs and a first stage adaptation of Matt Haig's contemporary classic, A Boy Called Christmas, among the productions slated for the festive season. Meanwhile, guest director Anoushka Shankar, the Grammy-nominated musician, has announced the line-up for Brighton Festival 2025 which will run from May year there will be seven world premieres - including Wembley, which was written in the aftermath of the 2024 will be 120 events and exhibitions during the festival period, 45 of which will be free.
