Avis Scott (22 February 1918 – 31 May 2010) was a British film and theatre[1] actress.[2] She was born in London as Avis F Scutt, daughter of Arthur Octavius Scutt and Freda May Palmer.[3] She emigrated to the US in 1957 and married Jack W Matthias in Los Angeles in 1980. She 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.[4] [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1939 | The Missing People | Uncredited | ||
1943 | Millions Like Us | Alice | Uncredited | |
1945 | Brief Encounter | Kardomah Waitress | Uncredited | |
1946 | Pool of Contentment | Secretary | ||
1947 | Master of Bankdam | Mary Crowther | ||
1947 | Fame is The Spur | Pen | ||
1950 | Waterfront | Nora McCabe | ||
1951 | To Have and to Hold | June | ||
1951 | Emergency Call | Marie | ||
1952 | It Started in Paradise | Journalist | Uncredited | |
1952 | Potter of The Yard | |||
1954 | Five Days | Eileen | Uncredited | |
1954 | Case Of Express Delivery | Evie | Short, derived from Stryker of the Yard | |
1954 | Case of the Burnt Alibi | Stryker of the Yard | ||
1955 | Storm Over the Nile | Sergeant's Wife |