Kathryn Leigh Scott
Biography
American actress and writer Kathryn Leigh Scott is known for playing several parts on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, among them Maggie Evans and Josette du Pres, and she appeared in the film House of Dark Shadows (1970). Born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, she moved to Paris and later London and worked in British television and film, including The Great Gatsby (1974), Providence (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978), and The Last Days of Patton (1986). She starred in Big Shamus, Little Shamus on CBS and acted onstage in Harvey with James Stewart. She founded Pomegranate Press to publish entertainment books and wrote The Bunny Years, Dark Shadows Memories, and Dark Shadows Companion. Her later credits include Broadcasting Christmas (2016), Three Christs (2017), and A Rainy Day in New York (2018), plus audio dramas reviving her Dark Shadows roles.
83years old
Turns 84 on January 26in 77 days
- Born Robbinsdale
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Marlene Kathryn Kringstad (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 47 years1970 to 2017
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Beyond film
In 1974, Scott took the role of Nurse Kelly in Harvey, a production that ran six months in London at the Prince of Wales Theatre. James Stewart starred alongside her, and Sir Anthony Quayle directed.
Behind the camera
Scott started Pomegranate Press, Ltd. in 1985. The company put out books on the entertainment industry, such as biographies, guide books, textbooks and coffee table art books.
Behind the camera
Scott wrote Lobby Cards: The Classic Films, which earned the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Coffee Table Book, and Lobby Cards: The Classic Comedies. Pomegranate released both, and Bloomsbury put them out in the U.K.
Kathryn Leigh Scott movies on Netflix
Best known for
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Worked with
Kathryn Leigh Scott shares two films with Ellen Burstyn, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ellen Burstyn's page
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Bruce Dern's page
Anthony Quinn's page
Charles Bronson's page
Stephen Root's page
Jack ClaytonDirector, 1 film, 1974
All films by Jack Clayton
Kevin ReynoldsDirector, 1 film, 1997
All films by Kevin Reynolds
All films by Karen Moncrieff
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