Lizabeth Scott

Lizabeth Scott
Scott in 1947
Born
Emma Matzo

(1922-09-29)September 29, 1922
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedJanuary 31, 2015(2015-01-31) (aged 92)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Other namesElizabeth Scott
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • model
Years active1942–1972
Signature

Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1922 – January 31, 2015)[1][2] was an American actress, singer and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency,[3] known for her "smoky voice"[4] and being "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s".[5] After understudying the role of Sabina in the original Broadway and Boston stage productions of The Skin of Our Teeth, she emerged in such films as The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), Dead Reckoning (1947), Desert Fury (1947), and Too Late for Tears (1949). Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but three. In addition to stage and radio, she appeared on television from the late 1940s to early 1970s.

  1. ^ Scott Wilson (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 671. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
  2. ^ Harris M. Lentz III (30 March 2016). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015. McFarland. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-7864-7667-1.
  3. ^ Photoplay Combined with Movie Mirror 1945-12: Vol 28 Iss 1. MacFadden Publishing Inc. 1945.
  4. ^ Colker, David (2015-02-06). "Lizabeth Scott dies at 92; sultry leading woman of film noir". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  5. ^ "Lizabeth Scott, actress - obituary". The Telegraph. 2015-03-16. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-11-26.