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Janette Scott
21 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Janette Scott gave up her career when she married Mel Torme.
- #002
Janette Scott is the daughter of the actress Thora Hird.
- #003
With Anne Francis's death on 2 January 2011, Janette Scott is the last surviving actor named in the song "Science Fiction/Double Feature" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
- #004
Although she appears in the cast of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), Janette Scott did not actually return to screen acting for the film. The character she plays — the late mother of Simon Pegg's character — is seen only in brief flashbacks as a much younger woman, taken from her 1950s film Now and Forever (1956).
- #005
Janette Scott wrote her autobiography at the age of 14!
- #006
In the early 1960s, Janette Scott, along with Anne Heywood and Anne Rogers, endorsed a British company called "Rivington Carpets".
- #007
Janette Scott made her screen debut at the age of 2, but in her late twenties she felt she had had a career and wanted to marry and have a family, which she did in America with the American singer Mel Torme.
- #008
At the age of 17, Janette Scott played Peter Pan, making her the youngest actor to have played the role at that time.
- #009
Janette Scott was only 2 years old when she made her first film.
- #010
At the age of 14, Janette Scott was presented to the Queen at a Royal Film Performance.
- #011
Janette Scott's first romantic role was in the film 'Now and Forever'.
- #012
When Janette Scott married her third husband, William, she did not know he was an actor.
- #013
Janette Scott's first husband, Jackie Ray, was a television quiz show contestant.
- #014
Janette Scott was the first wife of Jackie Rae and the third wife of Mel Tormé.
- #015
Janette Scott had her first on-screen kiss in the film Now and Forever (1956).
- #016
Janette Scott was born in her parents' home, Prompt Corner, in Morecambe, Lancashire, and now lives in Chelsea.
- #017
Janette Scott's role in the film 'No Place For Jennifer' led to a contract with Associated British.
- #018
Janette Scott has the same head, hand and foot sizes as her mother, Thora Hird.
- #019
Janette Scott is the former stepmother of Steve March, Melissa Torme-March and Tracy Tormé.
- #020
Janette Scott is the daughter of James Scott.
- #021
Janette Scott was presented to the Queen at the Royal Film Performance.
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