Tracy Reed
Biography
Tracy Reed was an English actress whose screen career ran from the early 1960s until 1975, when she had appeared in roughly 30 films and in the television series Man of the World (1962). Born in London in 1942, she was the child of director Anthony Pelissier and actress Penelope Dudley-Ward. Reed was best remembered for her turn as Miss Scott, General Buck Turgidson's secretary and mistress, in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), the only female part in the film, and one seen mainly in a single scene. She also appeared in A Shot in the Dark (1964), a comedy directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers, and she played the madame in Adam's Woman (1970), which was made in Australia. At one point she was considered as a possible replacement for Diana Rigg on The Avengers, and she later worked in Ireland as a representative for a gourmet foods company.
69years old at death
- Born London
- Died West Cork
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Clare Tracy Compton Pélissier, Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier, Clare Tracy Compton Reed, Tracy Compton Reed, Clare Pelissier and Clare Reed
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 1 year1964 to 1965
Every film, newest first
- 1965Devils of DarknessIMDb rating 4.9
- 1964A Shot in the DarkIMDb rating 7.3
- 1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombIMDb rating 8.3
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A role that slipped away
Reed was at one point considered to replace Diana Rigg on The Avengers, and she appeared in about 30 films during a screen career that ran from the early 1960s to 1975.
A change of course
Reed later worked as a representative for a gourmet foods company in Ireland, traveling the country to persuade shops to stock her employer's products.
Tracy Reed movies on Netflix
Also appeared in
- Fun and Games (1971)
Worked with
Tracy Reed shares two films with Peter Sellers, 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
Peter Sellers's page
James Earl Jones's page
Keenan Wynn's page
George Sanders's page
Herbert Lom's page
Marianne Stone's page
All films by Stanley Kubrick
All films by Blake Edwards
Lance ComfortDirector, 1 film, 1965
All films by Lance Comfort
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