Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Scott (born September 29, 1922 in Scranton , Pennsylvania , † January 31, 2015 in Los Angeles , California ; actually Emma Matzo ) was an American actress .
Life
Lizabeth Scott was the daughter of Slovak immigrants. In the early 1940s she came to New York City and took acting classes. In 1942, she was given the opportunity to replace the leading actress Tallulah Bankhead for the world premiere of Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of our Teeth , directed by Elia Kazan, in the event of her failure. However, this never happened. When Miriam Hopkins finally replaced Tallulah Bankhead as the star for this production, she left the theater and resumed acting classes. She also worked as a model.
When the new Hopkins replacement was canceled due to illness, Lizabeth Scott got her chance and was called back to production. For the first time, she was able to show herself on stage in a leading role and the 20-year-old received excellent reviews and was discovered by Hollywood producer Hal B. Wallis . She then played the same piece in Boston and came to Hollywood in 1945 . She made her film debut in You Came Along , directed by John Farrow and opposite Robert Cummings . She wanted to set up her studio Paramount to compete with Lauren Bacall and she got some roles in films of the film noir series.
Lizabeth Scott was never married and had no children. In the 1950s this brought her to suspicion of homosexuality . In 1955 she took legal action against the spread of these rumors through a newspaper. As a result, an out-of-court settlement was reached. Scott retired from the film business into her private life in 1957. Although she still starred as a guest on television now and then, she only returned to the big screen once in 1972. In her personal life, she helped raise funds for museums and other charities. She largely refused interviews.
Filmography (selection)
- 1945: You Came Along - Directed by John Farrow
- 1946: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers) - Director: Lewis Milestone
- 1947: Late atonement (Dead Reckoning) - Director: John Cromwell
- 1947: Desert Fury - Love Wins (Desert Fury) - Director: Lewis Allen
- 1947 Variety Girl - directed by George Marshall
- 1948: Fourteen Years of Sing-Sing (I Walk Alone) - Directed by Byron Haskin
- 1948: Pitfall - Director: André De Toth
- 1949: The blonde Tiger (Too Late for Tears) - Director: Byron Haskin
- 1949: Easy Living - Directed by Jacques Tourneur
- 1950: Paid in Full - Director: William Dieterle
- 1950: Stadt im Dunkel (Dark City) - Director: William Dieterle
- 1951: The Company She Keeps - Director: John Cromwell
- 1951: Two of a Kind - Director: Henry Levin
- 1951: Das Syndikat (The Racket) - Director: John Cromwell
- 1952: The Hell of the Red Mountains (Red Mountain) - Director: William Dieterle
- 1953 Scared Stiff - Director: George Marshall
- 1954: City of the Damned (Silver Lode) - Director: Allan Dwan
- 1957: Gold from hot throat (Loving You) - Director: Hal Kanter
- 1972: See Malta and Die (Pulp) - Director: Mike Hodges
Discography
- 1958 Lizabeth , album with Henri René and his orchestra, Vik-Records (subsidiary of RCA Victor )
Web links
- Lizabeth Scott in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lizabeth Scott in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Noir Actress of the '40s and' 50s, Dies at 92 In: hollywoodreporter.com (English).
- ↑ a b Obituary of the New York Times , accessed July 27, 2018 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scott, Lizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Matzo, Emma (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scranton , Pennsylvania , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2015 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |