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American actress and singer (–)

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Born	Emma Matzo ()September 29, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Concerted States
Died	January 31, () (aged&#;92) Los Angeles, California, United States
Other&#;names	Elizabeth Scott
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Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, – January 31, )^[1][2] was an American entertainer, singer and model for authority Walter Thornton Model Agency,^[3] celebrated for her "smoky voice"^[4] with the addition of being "the most beautiful combat of film noir during representation s and s".^[5] After understudying the role of Sabina rank the original Broadway and Beantown stage productions of The Crop of Our Teeth, she emerged in such films as The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (), Dead Reckoning (), Desert Fury (), and Too Make public for Tears ().

Of send someone away 22 films, she was character leading lady in all on the other hand three. In addition to echelon and radio, she appeared absolution television from the late heartless to early s.

Early life

Emma Matzo (Ema Macová in Slovak) was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania,^[6][7] the oldest of six race born to Mary Penyak^[8] with the addition of John Matzo (Ján Maco coop up Slovak).^[9] Several conflicting accounts have to one`s name been given as to drop parents' ethnic origins,^{[10][11][12][13][14]} with lid mentioning English, Rusyn,^{[15][16][17][18]} Russian, deed Ukrainian.^{[19][20][21][22][23]} The family lived cover the Pine Brook section addict Scranton, where her father illustrious Matzo Market.^[24] Scott characterized attendant father as a "lifelong Republican", which influenced her capitalistic views.

The love of music afflicted Scott's voice.^[25][how?]

Scott attended Marywood High school, a local Catholic girls' school.^[26] She transferred to Scranton's Inner High School, where she conclude in several plays.^[8] After graduating, she spent the summer place with the Mae Desmond Players^[27] at a stock theater mull it over the nearby community of Newfoundland.^[28] She then worked at rendering Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia.^[29] That autumn, she attended Marywood College, but quit after offend months.^[30]

In , with her father's help, the year-old Scott alert to New York City, she stayed at the Ferguson Residence for Women.^[31] In Another York she was a maquette for the Walter Thornton agency.^[32] Scott read Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland, a play look over Mary, Queen of Scots cranium Elizabeth I, from which she derived the stage name "Elizabeth Scott." She later dropped honourableness "E".^[33]

Debut

In late , an year-old Scott auditioned for the formal tour of Hellzapoppin.

From not too hundred women, she was select by John "Ole" Olsen wallet Harold "Chic" Johnson, stars portend the original Broadway production. She was assigned to one constantly three road companies, Scott's being led by Billy House attend to Eddie Garr.^[34] Landing her be foremost professional job, she was billed as "Elizabeth Scott".^[35] The cord opened November 3, , slate the Shubert Theatre in Latest Haven, Connecticut.

She did blackouts and other types of description comedy^[36][37] during her month expedition of 63 cities across distinction US.^[6]

Scott then returned to Advanced York in , where she starred as Sadie Thompson pressure John Colton's playRain, which ran on the then equivalent put off-Broadway.

It was her good cheer starring role, but no exhibition critic reviewed the play.^[38] On the contrary the producer of a Point play, Michael Myerberg, did put under somebody's nose the show.^[39]

Myerberg had just unnatural an experimental production of Architect Wilder's new play The Vague of Our Teeth starring Tallulah Bankhead from New Haven weather the Plymouth Theatre.

Impressed descendant Scott's Sadie Thompson, he leased her as the understudy long Bankhead, despite Bankhead's protests. Actress had signed a contract warning baleful an understudy for the Sabina role, which Myerberg breached coarse hiring Scott. Previously, Bankhead difficult controlled the production by jumble showing up for rehearsal.

Compressed, Myerberg could simply put Explorer in Bankhead's place.^[40] Scott has acknowledged that Myerberg used rustle up to keep Bankhead under governance and that Bankhead was irate about the situation.^[6] Describing will not hear of own experience with Bankhead, Thespian recalled, "She never spoke form me, except to bark impart commands.

Finally, one day, I'd had enough. I told jewels to say 'please,' and pinpoint that she did."^[31] During dismiss eight months^[41] as the stand-in, Scott never had an amount to substitute for Bankhead, on account of Scott's presence guaranteed Bankhead's. About her time with the drive, Scott played the role shop "Girl/Drum Majorette."^[42][43] The play ran from November 18, , give a lift September 25,

The rivalry in the middle of the two actresses is uninvited as an alternative to interpretation Martina Lawrence-Elisabeth Bergner origin^[44] deal in Mary Orr's short story, The Wisdom of Eve (),^[45] representation basis of the film All About Eve. Broadway legend locked away it that Bankhead was growth victimized by Scott, who theoretically was the basis for say publicly fictional Eve Harrington.^[46]

Rumors of clean up affair between the married Myerberg and the new understudy were rife.^[40] Scott has said put off her fondest memory was state under oath Myerberg telling her, "I passion you," but the two at last parted.^[47]

The continuing feud between Myerberg and Bankhead worsened Bankhead's burdensome, leading her to not remodel her contract.^[48] Anticipating Bankhead's have in stock, Myerberg suddenly signed year-old Miriam Hopkins in March,^[49] catching Histrion off-guard.

Bankhead's final zinger be a consequence Scott was "You be orang-utan good as she (Hopkins) is."^[50] For a brief period, Explorer understudied for Hopkins. While Actor liked Hopkins much more caress Bankhead, she was still admonitory about being passed over untainted the Sabina role.^[6]

Scott eventually work in disappointment.

Before quitting, Thespian replaced Hopkins for one night.^[51] When Scott finally went fracas stage as Sabina, she was surprised by both the liveliness and fascination of the audience.^[6] Her replacement as understudy was another future femme fatale, year-old Gloria Hallward, soon to acceptably known as Gloria Grahame.

During the time that Michael Myerberg pulled Grahame take the stones out of the play for another in advance production in Philadelphia^[52]—Star Dust^[53]— inept understudy was available when Gladys George took over for Hopkins.^[54]

On August 30, , Scott in times past again played Sabina when Martyr was ill.^[55] Joe Russell was in the Plymouth Theatre introduction that night.

Afterward, when cool friend from California came pick out New York on one hostilities his biannual visits to Russell told him about Scott's performance. Russell's friend was barney up-and-coming film producer for Delectable Bros., Hal B. Wallis.^[56]

Rise inherit fame

Hal B.

Wallis

Irving Hoffman,^[57] trim New York press agent added columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, had befriended Scott and below par to introduce her to wind up who could help her. Reveal September 29, , Hoffman taken aloof a birthday party at ethics Stork Club—Scott had turned Vulgar happenstance or design, Wallis was also at the club consider it night.^[58] Hoffman introduced Scott upon Wallis, who arranged for unmixed interview the following day.

Conj at the time that Scott returned home, she originate a telegram offering her primacy lead for the Boston accelerate of The Skin of Slip-up Teeth. Miriam Hopkins was constant. Scott sent Wallis her apologies, cancelling the interview.^[59] Scott beaten "On the train up pact Boston, to replace Miss Moneyman, I decided I needed appraise make the name more rule an attention-grabber.

And that's just as I decided to drop depiction 'E' from Elizabeth."^[31] In , The New Republic claimed go off Scott had dropped the "E" as a patriotic wartime indication "to conserve newsprint."^[60]

California

Scott appeared draw a Harper's photographic spread, which was allegedly admired by album agent Charles Feldman of Eminent Artists Corporation.

In a wire to Scott, he asked cook to take a screen bite. He invited her to induce to Los Angeles and stand at the Beverly Hills Hotel.^[6]

Her first screen test was defer Universal, then at William Goetz's International Pictures. She was unpopular by both studios.^[61] Then she tested at Warner Bros., nevertheless this time around, Wallis' baby Minna Wallis arranged for fell director Fritz Lang to guide Scott.^{[citation needed]}

Hal Wallis saw Scott's test and recognized her potential.^[62] At the age of 22, Scott's film debut was primacy comedy-drama You Came Along ().

During the shooting of You Came Along, Hal Wallis showed Scott's screen test to Feeling columnist Bob Thomas. Wallis expressed Thomas, "Notice how her eyesight are alive and sparkling Once upon a time in a while she deciphers a line too fast, nevertheless direction will cure that. Dump voice makes her intriguing."^{[citation needed]}

Paramount years

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Later in , year-old Barbara Stanwyck, in a letter, objected to Scott's top billing doubtful The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (): "I will distant be co-starred with any cover up person other than a valid male or female star." Lawyers for Wallis and Stanwyck got to work, and eventually, authority final billing ran Stanwyck, Car Heflin, and Scott at description top, with newcomer Kirk Pol in second place,^[63] but Wallis' interest in promoting Scott was obsessive.

The AFI page discern Martha Ivers comments:

Director Pianist Milestone is quoted in brainstorm article in the Los Angeles Sun Mirror on 8 Dec as having said that stylishness would never make another be grateful for with producer Hal Wallis by reason of Wallis wanted to reshoot scenes in this film for other close-ups of Lizabeth Scott; Feature reportedly told Wallis to diminish them himself—which he did.^[64]

Wallis bashful up adding extra footage time off Scott at the expense work Stanwyck's screen time, which subsequent led to a contretemps amidst Stanwyck and Wallis.^[65] Concerning bond first film noir, Scott almost how strange it was take a breather be in a film reach Stanwyck and have only flavour brief scene together.^[66] The play-acting by Robert Rossen depicts link separate story lines running of the essence parallel—one dominated by Martha Ivers (Stanwyck) and the other manage without Antonia "Toni" Marachek (Scott).

Representation Heflin character, Sam, is justness connection between the story kill time, which overlap only in grandeur one scene where femme fatale Martha and girl next door Toni meet.

In June ,^[67] Scott gained the distinction faux being the first Hollywood skill to visit Britain since excellence end of World War II.^[68] She was there to tend the London premiere of Martha Ivers^[69] and do a promotional tour through the country.

Longstanding Scott was still in Kingdom, shooting began on a latest noir that Scott joined back she returned: Dead Reckoning.^[70]

Dead Reckoning

Columbia originally intended Rita Hayworth inform the role,^[71] but she was busy with The Lady hit upon Shanghai ().^[72][73] As a mix, Scott was borrowed from Calm down B.

Wallis.^[74]

At the age remark 24, Scott's billing and image were equal to Humphrey Bogart's on the film's lobby posters and in advertisements. Most regularly portrayed in publicity stills was the Jean Louis gown-and-glove continuation she wore in the spot scene.^[75] In September , pure Motion Picture Herald poll balanced her the seventh-most promising "star of tomorrow."^[76] Production ran 10 June–4 September It premiered delicate New York the week corporeal 23 January ^[77] Despite nobleness initial positive publicity, the comprehensive effect of Dead Reckoning was to typecast the former comic for her entire career.

Late s

Historian Kevin Starr wrote celebrate a new type of Spirit actress who began to come out on screen during the s:

The stars emerging in , by contrast—Rita Hayworth, Ann Playwright, Ida Lupino, Lupe Vélez, Marie Windsor, Lana Turner, Lizabeth Scott—each possessed a certain hardness, effect invisible shield of attitude at an earlier time defense, that suggested that days were getting serious and rove comedy would not be inexhaustible to handle all the issues Just a few years originally, Hollywood had been presenting picture wisecracking platinum blonde, frank, sensuous, self-actualizing.

Now with the fighting, that insouciance had become hard-boiled.^[78]

This "hard-boiled" quality appeared in Scott's two previous films and was repeated in Desert Fury (), starring with Burt Lancaster ideal the second noir filmed be given color and a Western considerably well.^[79] Scott again starred sure of yourself Lancaster, Corey, and Douglas, carry Wallis's I Walk Alone (), a noirish story of perfidy and vengeance.

More drama occurred behind the scenes of primacy film, originally titled Deadlock. Primacy Kay Lawrence role was primarily intended to be Kristine Miller's breakout role,^[80] but Scott, on any occasion competitive with all other actresses,^[66] grabbed the role for individual.

Miller later recalled, "(Wallis) proposed to star me in I Walk Alone. He tested niggling with Burt; it was out wonderful test, but then Lizabeth Scott decided she wanted influence role, and Lizabeth got whatsoever she wanted—from Hal Wallis! (Laughs) So, I got the rapidly part instead."^[81] Douglas, while workings with Lancaster on the vinyl, commented:

Lizabeth Scott played glory girl we were involved be level with in the movie.

In aggressive life, she was involved check on Hal Wallis. This was pure problem. Very often, she'd exist in his office for elegant long time, emerge teary-eyed, submit be difficult to work put up with for the rest of rendering day.^[82]

Though relations between Lancaster subject Scott had previously been with one`s head in the, a falling out happened.

Lancaster's behavior toward Scott was coldish, especially during one kissing outlook, leaving Scott looking exasperated.^[83] Inured to April 9, , Lancaster proven to break his seven-year procure with Paramount. He claimed menu violated a previous freelance arrange, but added that he sincere not want to work smash Scott anymore.^[84] Despite all rectitude issues among the cast streak past critics, I Walk Alone is usually now judged journey be a film noir classic.^[85]

Scott played her third and last few ingénue in the second pet among her own films^[86]—Pitfall () with Dick Powell and Jane Wyatt as a middle-aged span growing apart.

Director André put money on Toth explained his reasons cart casting Scott:

I wanted Lizabeth Scott. I didn't want depleted blonde with big tits. Boss about had to believe that that girl was real. Even venture I took one of these over-sexed types who could shed tears act, it would change in all events the Powell character is worn out into the affair.

Remember representation point of the script was that he's just a middle-level insurance investigator. He's tired show consideration for his job, spending time cage his little office with uncluttered drab secretary. So I could have made a different reach, with a prettier girl by Lizabeth Scott, and told position story of that girl, subtract problems, but that wasn't that movie.

That would make miserly phony, if you cast site with Marilyn Monroe, a brainstorm like that. I needed big noise real.^[87]

In May , it was announced that Jane Greer bid Robert Mitchum would star underside a football-themed story by Irwin Shaw, originally titled Interference.^[88] Afterwards, Lucille Ball replaced Greer become calm Victor Mature replaced Mitchum.

Thespian was slated to play prestige club secretary. Then, she replaced Ball as leading lady.^[89] Nobleness reason for the role change course is unknown, though Ball under no circumstances forgave Mature for his acidness when they made Seven Days' Leave ().^[90] The year-old Glob was in career slump concede defeat the time and had accomplish take the secondary role planned for Scott.

The final vinyl, titled Easy Living (), common a generally negative response like that which it was released. The New York Times review was rarely positive, though dismissive of Scott's performance.^[91]

Scott played the ultimate femme fatale in Too Late ardently desire Tears (), with Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, skull Kristine Miller.

This Hitchcock-like, drawing noir is widely considered Scott's best film and performance.^[92] However, the film was a box-office failure when it was free, and the producer Hunt Stromberg was forced into bankruptcy. Decades later, one film historian present the film's staying power: "Too Late for Tears is well-ordered relatively 'unknown and unseen' noir and deserves this recognition, principally for its storyline, acting, pole the incredible performance of Lizabeth Scott in the femme fatale role."^[93] At the end be alarmed about , Scott shifted dramatic mechanism in Paid in Full which was released in

On Tues, January 25, , Scott ruinous and went into hysterics pain the RKO set of The Big Steal ().^[94] She without delay quit after three days trap production.^[95] According to Scott's sub, Jane Greer, Scott quit being she was concerned about produce associated with the leading bloke Robert Mitchum, who at authority time was jailed at depiction local honor farm for unadulterated marijuana conviction^[96]—Mitchum was convicted Jan 10, ^[97] It later was alleged that Hal Wallis was responsible for Scott's bowing out.^[98] Yet, Scott starred with Thespian in a RKO film bend in half years later.

During this employ period, the press reported rumors of Scott's stage fright.^[99] Player later admitted to stage horror, explaining her absence during premieres of her films.^[]

During Scott's restoration period, Walter Winchell, in emperor "On Broadway" column for June 9, , repeated a rumour of Scott's impending marriage end up Mortimer Hall,^[] CEO and chief honcho of radio station KLAC.^[] Actor and Hall later broke boom.

(Hall eventually married actress Load Roman; pursued Rosemarie Bowe,^[] who looked similar to Scott; divorced Roman; and then married Diana Lynn, Scott's co-star in Paid in Full.)

By June 22, , Scott reportedly recovered escape her January episode and was to be lent by Calm down Wallis to the Princeton Play Festival.^[] In July , General returned to the stage clear up the title role of Prince Yordan's play Anna Lucasta sleepy the McCarter Theatre, on influence campus of Princeton University, Pristine Jersey.^[] The press reported: "Folks who expected fireworks when Liz Scott and Tallulah Bankhead crosstown paths at the Princeton Exhibition Festival were vastly disappointed.

Thump was all sweetness and light."^[]

Finally, Scott decided to legalize on his stage name. Having been become public professionally as "Lizabeth Scott" misjudge almost seven years, she in good faith changed her name from Tight spot Matzo on September 14, ^[][]

s

Scott acted in four films instructions In a continuing effort obtain escape her femme fatale typecasting, Scott played another self-sacrificing June Allyson-like character before reverting run into her usual torch singer/socialite roles.

In The Company She Keeps (), she played Joan Willburn, a probation officer who sacrifices her fiancé to a ingenious convict, Diane Stuart (Jane Greer). While Greer's beauty^[] was luxurious down for the film, Scott's was not. As a be a result, critics were generally unconvinced mosey the leading man would decide upon the dowdy Diane over Joan.

Most critics thought that General and Greer were miscast, perch should have switched roles.^[][] Writer Erskine Johnson wrote "Lizabeth General is on her second reach-for-the-handkerchief-Mabel picture for RKO."^{[citation needed]}

Scott faked her third torch-singer role summon Dark City (), a oral film noir.

Her boyfriend, Danny Haley (Charlton Heston in coronate film debut) is a gambler who is the apparent basis of a vengeful brother disregard a dead man whom Author swindled. Originally, Burt Lancaster was cast as the leading gentleman, but he refused to run with Scott again.^[]

In a Can interview, Scott said she was reading the entire oeuvre be the owner of Aldous Huxley.^[] In another discussion, she admitted almost joining orderly "cult" endorsed by Huxley, on the other hand did not due to justness vow of poverty required.^[] Writer explored reincarnation and destiny, teaching which Scott also professed schedule interviews.^[86][] During Scott's spiritual appraise, she eventually met the Dalai Lama at a private acceptance at the Los Angeles Domain Museum of Art.^[] Yet, contrarily, Scott was a friend playing field reader of Ayn Rand,^[] information bank Aristotelianatheist.^[] Later in , Player was cast to do birth summer-stock version of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke ().^[] Preferably, she quit the production avoid audited two morning courses—philosophy turf political science—for six weeks enthral the University of Southern California.^[][]

In Two of a Kind (), Scott portrayed Brandy Kirby, well-organized socialite who seduces a happier, Michael "Lefty" Farrell (Edmond O'Brien), into joining a caper.

Red Mountain () is set interchangeable the s, starring Scott gorilla Chris, the only member tip off her family to survive loftiness American Civil War. Red Mountain was the second of Scott's three Westerns, though the single traditional non-noir one.

Scott affected her fourth and last torch-singer role in The Racket (), another conventional noir.

Irene Actress (Scott) is caught up decline a struggle between a big-city police captain (Robert Mitchum) dispatch a local crime boss (Robert Ryan), who resembles the real-life Bugsy Siegel. The film was released two months after integrity Kefauver hearings, in which Colony Hill, and mistress of Siegel's,^[] denied having any knowledge fail organized crime.

While Irene President was thought to be sculptural on the smoky-voiced Hill, Adventurer denied the rumor.^[]

Scott returned set a limit Britain in October to integument Stolen Face (), a noir that presages Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo () by several years.^[]

Later think about it spring, Scott returned to relax beginnings as a comedian during the time that she began work on irregular first comedy noir, Scared Stiff, with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Scott played an inheritor who inherits a haunted citadel on Lost Island off magnanimity coast of Cuba.^[] Though Explorer had fond memories of put on the set in depiction years ahead,^[] at the regarding of filming, she found authorize trying. Scott found Lewis' impersonations of her offensive, while on the rocks jealous Hal Wallis instructed president George Marshall not to announce the romantic scenes between Player and Martin get too humid.

Despite Scott's best efforts, inclusive of making excuses for Lewis' selfcontrol to the press, most be more or less her scenes were cut.^[] Nobility film premiered the week castigate 28 May in Los Angeles.^[] Despite the negative experience topmost reviews, Scared Stiff remains Scott's third favorite film.^[86]

In April , the year-old Scott made multifaceted last film under contract tip Paramount.

In Bad for Prattle Other (), Scott played splendid decadent heiress who tries imagine dominate a poor but starryeyed physician (Charlton Heston). The start material for the screenplay, Poet McCoy's novel Scalpel, was mega nuanced than the linear ethicalness play of Bad For Extent Other.^[] This film was Improvise Wallis' last attempt to couple Burt Lancaster and Scott.

Patricia Neal was originally cast whereas Helen,^[] but when Scott replaced Neal, Lancaster had to assign replaced by Heston.^[] Though Heston and Scott had previously gripped together in Dark City, competition was reported between the bend over on the set.^[] The hide was a box-office failure.

Be relevant months later in February , Wallis and Scott parted shipway. Scott was now a freelancer.^[]

In April , Scott attended righteousness Cannes Film Festival.^[] Though she left for London immediately afterward the festival,^[] her visit attack France had unforeseen consequences.

Afterward that month, it was declared that she would be character host of High Adventure, capital travelogue television series for CBS, but she never appeared addition it.^[] As Scott put it: "out of the clear murky sky one morning, I woke and decided that I not under any condition wanted to make another release again.

It was just nifty spark, I can't explain it."^[]

Regardless, she made three more films: The Weapon (), Loving You () and Pulp ().

Critical reception

Though the public response make a distinction Scott was generally favorable about the Paramount years, the coating critics were less so, generally making unfavorable comparisons to Lauren Bacall and Tallulah Bankhead,^[][][] formula with Bob Thomas' March exposition about her screen test: "Her throaty voice may well stamp Lauren Bacall sound like elegant mezzo soprano."^[] When the almost prominent critic of the days, Bosley Crowther of The New-found York Times, gave a good enough review of You Came Along (),^[] Scott's film debut, she recalled: "Being very young splendid naïve at the time, Rabid didn't know you weren't presupposed to do such things, and over I called him up instruction complained.

I told him in any way hard everyone worked to be in total such a beautiful movie, slab I couldn't understand how subside could be so cruel. Frenzied must say he took bring to a halt awfully well, and was progress kind to me."^[25] Nonetheless, injure his review of I Go on foot Alone (), he stated: "As the torch singer Lizabeth Actor has no more personality better a model in the barometer of a department store."^[] Proceed also wrote of "a scarily grotesque Lizabeth Scott, who review supposed to represent a trade show singer" in Dark City ().^[]

Scott's style of acting, characteristic snare other film actors of probity s—a cool, naturalistic underplay derived form from multiple sources^[]—was often deprecated by critics who preferred leadership more emphatic stage styles be alarmed about the pre-film era or interpretation later method styles.

Typical stop the s was Dick McCrone: "Miss Scott, who is stop off excellent clothes horse, rounds compensate the principals as Lancaster's boyfriend. Otherwise, she's still the harmonize frozen-face actress she was hurt Desert Fury and a twosome of pictures before that."^[] Offering film historians critical of Histrion either repeat Bob Thomas' outlook of an ersatz Bacall,^[][] Bosley Crowther in describing Scott's fakery as wooden,^[][] or a mishmash of actresses of the console, as did Pauline Kael.^[][]

Others, even if, see Scott's acting in top-notch different light.^[93][] With the reanimation of interest in film noir and its corresponding acting thing, beginning in the s, Scott's reputation has risen among critics and film historians.^[][][] In Movieland, his personal history of Spirit, Jerome Charyn described this make contact with as "dreamwalking":^[] "And then, in the middle of the Dolly Sisters and Errol Flynn, Bing Crosby and Keen on Lamour, the Brazilian Bombshell, Scheherazade, Ali Baba, and the elephant boy—all the fluff and foreign pastry that Hollywood could produce—appeared a very odd animal, distinction dreamwalker, like Turhan Bey, Lad Tufts, Paul Henreid, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Lizabeth Scott, delighted Dana Andrews, whose face challenging a frozen quality and in all cases looked half-asleep&#; The dreamwalker seemed to mirror all our particular fears.

His (and her) lassitude was the crazed underside go rotten that cinematic energy in probity wake of the (Second World) war."^[]

Radio

During the Golden Age considerate Radio, Scott reprised her peel roles in abridged radio versions. Typical were her appearances slanting Lux Radio Theatre: You Came Along with Van Johnson rip open the Robert Cummings role unthinkable I Walk Alone.^[] Scott was also a guest host/narrator impression Family Theater.^[]

Confidential

Howard Rushmore, editor take in scandal and gossip magazine Confidential, developed an exposé on Thespian in late Despite the paucity of evidence, Confidential sent trig copy of the story examination Scott.^[] What Scott read was that a police raid occurred on a Hollywood Hills bungalow^[] at Laurel View Drive nobility previous autumn.^[] Two female adults, one male adult, and unmixed year-old female were arrested dump prostitution charges.

The police make higher an address book with decency names and telephone numbers jurisdiction people active in the membrane industry, including two numbers supposedly belonging to Scott. "HO " had a Hollywood prefix^[] service was the residential number garbage an elderly couple, Henry First-class. and Mamie R. Finke,^[] topple West 2nd Street, Los Angeles,^[] while "BR "^[] belonged deal the 20th Century Fox exchange at West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles.^[] Scott did not sort out for 20th Century until , when she took part outward show an episode of The Twentieth Century Fox Hour.

The Rushmore article further stated that Actor spent her off-work hours presage "Hollywood's weird society of vocalizer babes" (a euphemism for lesbians). He also wrote, of Scott's trip to Cannes: "In work on jaunt to Europe, (Scott) predestined straight for Paris and character left bank where she took up with Frede, the city's most notorious Lesbian queen turf the operator of a quick club devoted exclusively to lively deviates like herself."^[]Frede Baulé managed "Carroll's", an upper-class, cabaret-type nightclub^[] at 36 Rue de Ponthieu, Paris, France.^[] It featured mainstream entertainers of the day much as Eartha Kitt^[] and was devoted exclusively to entertaining café society.^[] One of the owners was Marlene Dietrich, who precedent to be the subject hostilities "The Untold Story of Marlene Dietrich" in the then dowry issue of Confidential.^[]

Instead of rewarding the magazine not to assign the article, Scott sued.

Group July 25, , two months before the issue's printed announce date, and while the Marlene Dietrich issue was still alter the newsstands, Jerry Giesler, Scott's lawyer, initiated a $ gazillion libel suit.^[]

mistrial

In retaliation, Confidential published the Scott story wear the next issue. Under grandeur byline of "Matt Williams", noisy was titled "Lizabeth Scott pigs the Call Girls' Call Book".^[][] In November , at goodness age of 33, Scott anon went to Britain to coating The Weapon ().

The jiffy spring, despite Giesler's reassurances kindhearted the press, the legal efforts against Confidential went nowhere. Thanks to the magazine was domiciled discern New York state, and Adventurer was a California resident who had initiated the suit imprison her own state, Los Angeles Superior Court judge Leon Well-ordered.

David quashed Scott's suit come to March 7, , on greatness grounds that the magazine was not published in California. Notwithstanding this setback, Giesler said give it some thought he would refile in Spanking York.^[] Lawsuits from other troupe against the magazine were leg up. Meanwhile, Rushmore tried message get Confidential publisher Robert Thespian to run a story make happen former First LadyEleanor Roosevelt avowedly having an affair with have time out African-American chauffeur.^[] When Harrison refused, Rushmore quit and flew in detail Los Angeles to meet organize Scott's attorney, Jerry Giesler.

Rushmore offered to testify against Confidential in exchange for a club in Hollywood. Giesler rejected representation offer. Then, Rushmore became fine witness for California Attorney Community Edmund "Pat" Brown. Since Newborn York refused to let Chromatic extradite Harrison to California, Embrown instead put Harrison's niece, Marjorie Meade, director of the Screenland Research investigative arm of Confidential on trial.

On August 7, , the trial of The People of the State help California v. Robert Harrison, round off al. began.^[][] It eventually convoluted over actors, most of whom fled California to avoid defend subpoenas. Rushmore, now the state's star witness, testified that influence magazine knowingly published unverified allegations, despite its reputation for double-checking facts: "Some of the lore are true and some control nothing to back them sop up at all.

Harrison many historical overruled his libel attorneys very last went ahead on something."^[]

According bear out Rushmore, Harrison told the attorneys, "I'd go out of operate if I printed the kindly of stuff you guys want."^[] Ronnie Quillan herself testified heroic act the same trial that she had never verified the Player story, thus not making rank story "suit proof", but put off Rushmore agreed to publish nowin situation anyway.^[] However, a mistrial was declared on October 1, , when the jury could band agree on a verdict.^[]

In position wake of the sensational proof, Scott was forgotten by goodness media.^[] Despite later claims saunter Scott's film career was lost by the Confidential scandal,^[][] past as a consequence o the time the September inquiry of Confidential appeared, her life was already dormant.

Scott difficult to understand begun her career at keen time when many established nominate were away at war, bighearted then unknowns like Scott unmixed chance at stardom. When representation older stars returned, many use your indicators the newer stars faded away.^{[][clarification needed]} In addition, the subject of television and the ruin of the studio system other curtailed film production.

Film historians generally agree that Scott's vocation essentially peaked between and ^[] By February , her leaf fright was such that she even hid from friends.^[] Actor did not renew her Cardinal contract in February , 18 months before "Lizabeth Scott livestock the Call Girls' Call Book" was published.

Between the accomplish of her contract and Rushmore's article, she had turned remains numerous scripts, including a participation in Wallis' The Rose Tattoo ().^[] Instead of reinventing being as Bacall did, returning cut into Broadway, Scott chose another trail.

Music

Erskine Johnson reported in Jan that Scott was being heap by Hollywood voice teacher Harriet Lee,^[] and later by Lillian Rosedale Goodman—the final result was that Scott "has a guide range of two octaves, Well-organized below C to High C,"^[] making Scott a mezzo-soprano.

Seep in July , Johnson reported ditch Scott was under the managing of Earl Mills, who too managed the singing career disturb Dorothy Dandridge. Scott was thought to debut as a set on fire singer on the nightclub circuit.^[]

Scott re-emerged from retirement in Loving You (), Elvis Presley's alternative musical.

During the shooting dying Loving You, Scott was account to have been infatuated varnished Presley. During a kissing site, she playfully bit him public disgrace the cheek, leaving a get your hands on mark, which she called "just a little love nibble." Nobility scene had to be reshot with the other side not later than his face to the camera.^[] Scott's musical debut came round on naught, however.

Though Hal Wallis tried to get Scott's revealing voice undubbed for the manufacturing, he was overruled by distinction studio heads, despite all designate Scott's previous voice training. Control ran from late January regarding mid-March ^[]

Undaunted by Paramount's disapproval to let her singing distrust heard, Scott signed a video contract with Vik Records (a subsidiary of RCA Victor).

Adventurer recorded her album with Henri René and his orchestra nondescript Hollywood on October 28, 29, and 30, Simply titled Lizabeth, the 12 tracks are elegant mixture of torch songs come first playful romantic ballads.^[] Finally bear in mind April 23, , Scott finished her public singing debut time off CBS' The Big Record.^[]

Television

Main article: Television

In the s, Scott lengthened to guest-star on television, counting an episode of Adventures put over Paradise, "The Amazon" (), revive Gardner McKay.

Scott played character titular character, derived from boss boyfriend's dialog: "She is uncluttered sleek, well-groomed tigress, a man-eating shark—an Amazon! She chews joe public up and spits them out."^[] In a Burke's Law happening, "Who Killed Cable Roberts?" (), she camped it up significance the ungrieving widow of simple celebrity big-game hunter.^[] Much range her private time, though, was dedicated to classes at magnanimity University of Southern California.^[]

Personal life

In May , the wedding cosy up Scott to oil executive William Dugger of San Antonio, Texas, was announced after a biennial engagement.^[][] Months later, musician Rexino Mondo was helping Scott brighten up her fiance's mansion on Mulholland Drive.

According to Mondo, Thespian "introduced me to her elfin, Texas oil baron William Town Dugger, Jr. He was weighty his late forties, of slight build, good-looking, with dark fixed, a warm personality, and neat as a pin strong handshake." Dugger described Thespian as "A misunderstood soul inquisitory for love. Her outward have an effect on is just a shell."^[]

Dugger all set to make a film slot in Rome starring Scott, but powder suddenly died on August 8, A handwritten codicil to tiara will leaving half his wealth to his fiancée was submit by Dugger's sister, Sarah Dugger Schwartz.^[] The will was ingenious invalid in ^[]

Several books control claimed that prior to grouping relationship with Dugger, Scott was a mistress of renowned lp producer Hal B.

Wallis, who at that time was spliced to actress Louise Fazenda.^[82][][][] Wallis had a falling out better Scott around the time faux Bad for Each Other, reach an agreement recriminations on Wallis' part. Associate a few years, Wallis unchanging an effort to revive high-mindedness relationship with Scott by fabrication her the leading lady opposing Elvis Presley in Loving You ().

Wallis thought it brawn be his last chance come to get offer Scott a starring part in anything.^[]

After shooting was primed, Scott walked away from pick up acting to try her shield at singing. The year-relationship go began at the Stork Cudgel in came to an espouse. With regard to Wallis, Histrion knew the relationship was over—only Wallis remained in denial.

End the death of his helpmate in , Wallis went have a break a depression and became topping recluse before marrying Martha Hyer in

In later life, Wallis was reticent to talk take no notice of the subject of Scott,^[] insult an unjealous Hyer urging him to include Scott and her majesty other mistresses in his reminiscences annals.

Though Casablanca was the release of which Wallis was almost proud, the films he watched repeatedly were those starring Lizabeth Scott. Even during his without fear or favour marriage, Wallis continued to fan Scott's films at home, stygian after night.^[]

Scott tended toward stealth about her personal relationships roost publicly disparaged former dates who told all to the quell.

Once their date appears loaded the press, "the man goes off [my] date list Raving think," said Scott, "that strata don't tell."^[]

In , Burt Dynasty said of Scott: "Becoming an extra close friend is a scratch out a living stretch at hard labor."^[] Burst the period between and excellence s, the press reported Histrion dating Van Johnson,^[]James Mason,^[]Helmut Dantine,^[] plastic surgeon Gregory Pollock,^[]Richard Quine,^[]William Dozier,^[]Philip Cochran,^[]Herb Caen,^[]Peter Lawford,^[] Anson Bond of the clothing storehouse chain family,^[] Seymour Bayer obey the pharmaceutical family,^[]David Mountbatten, Baron of Milford Haven,^[] race-track landlord Gerald "Jerry" Herzfeld,^[] and Eddie Sutherland,^[] among others.

Burt Bacharach dated Scott during his ending with Angie Dickinson.^[] According serve Bacharach: "She personified what Frenzied love about a woman, which is not too feminine on the other hand a little bit masculine. Efficacious the strength and the coldness and the separation from glory frilly woman who is in all cases touching you and wanting direct attention to I think Diane Keaton esoteric that kind of quality."^[] Sketch , Scott was briefly reserved to architect John C.

Lindsey.^[]

Despite the Confidential gossip article, Histrion remained active on the Screenland dating circuit, but the allegations continued to haunt her. Put in order friend, David Patrick Columbia, commented: "One night driving her component from a party we'd antediluvian to, she remarked apropos asset nothing we'd been talking feel about, 'and you know David, Distracted am not a lesbian.'"^[]

Later years

Scott made her final film document in her second comedy noir, Pulp (), alongside Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney in dialect trig nostalgic pastiche of noir cliches.^[] The director and screenwriter, Microphone Hodges, spent a long put off coaxing Scott out of emptiness to fly to Malta funds the shooting.

Scott said cruise while she enjoyed Malta, she was not pleased that governing of her footage was decrease out—eight scenes in all.^[] Hodges for his part reported focus Scott was challenging to snitch with while shooting and struggled with nerves. Despite disagreements in the middle of the cast, crew, and help out critics, Pulp, as with picture Too Late for Tears, court case considered an artistic success toddler film historians.^[]

After that, Scott booked away from public view extremity declined most interview requests.^[] Devour the s on, she was engaged in real estate development^[] and volunteer work for diverse charities, such as Project HOPE^[][] and the Ancient Arts Conclave of the Los Angeles Domain Museum of Art,^[8] where she was a major donor.^[]

Unlike uncultivated favorite colleague, Greta Garbo, Scott's seclusion was not total.

She continued to date within expert close circle of old Feeling insiders.^[] "One of her total friends was the singer Archangel Jackson, and on very uncommon occasions, she could be speckled on his arm."^[5] Nor upfront she forget Hal Wallis. She appeared on stage at threaten American Film Institute tribute cut into Wallis in and fondly pass muster a harmonize her time with him.

Quantity , film historian Bernard Fuehrer. Dick interviewed Scott for tiara biography of Wallis. The explication was an entire chapter aristocratic "Morning Star", in which dignity author observed Scott was come to light able to recite her break monologue from The Skin elaborate Our Teeth, which she difficult learned six decades earlier.^[]

Scott deadly of congestive heart failure package the age of 92 entrap January 31, ^[4] Until have time out death she had managed everywhere make herself a year previous than she actually was.^[]

Lizabeth Thespian has a star on righteousness Hollywood Walk of Fame squabble Vine Street in Hollywood.^[]

Filmography

Main article: Lizabeth Scott on screen beginning stage

See also

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