Pippa Scott (Philippa Scott 1935-) is an American actress of stage, film and television who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England before returning to the United States and winning a Theatre World Award for her 1956 Broadway debut in Child of Fortune. Scott signed a contract with Warner Bros. that same year and made her movie debut in John Wayne's epic, The Searchers, as his niece. Her television career was already in play when she was cast as Maggie in the single season series, Mr. Lucky (1959-60). Television was still heavily into westerns and she frequented most of them. She appeared as Molly Wood in six episodes of The Virginian in 1962. As the Sixties progressed she moved into modern dramas for, The Felony Squad, Ben Casey, and Perry Mason and others. She had a pivitol role in a 1960 The Twilight Zone episode, The Trouble wth Templeton, playing the late wife of a renowned stage actor who returns to 1927 to join her again. In a particularly nasty role, she cleverly plots to murder her sister in one episode of, The Fugitive. By the Seventies, she could be seen in the popular police or detective series of the day plus a recurring role on the short-lived, Jigsaw John, in 1976.
Scott's expressive performances and dramatic facial structure played large on the small screen, often playing uncompromising characters. Despite some powerful roles, and a memorable first name, she generally got lost in a long line of female guest stars hired to fill a role. Scott and her husband at the time, producer Lee Rich, were founding partners of Lorimar Productions, an Emmy-award winning television company. The single largest provider of programming to the networks for two and a half decades. Lorimar produced the Emmy-winning The Waltons, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, Eight is Enough, and The Blue Knight.
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