Obituary: Actress Pippa Scott, 90, yet another performer who was seen on almost every television show of the 1960s as well as appearing in many films, died on May 22. Her daughter reported her death.
She was also involved in television producing when she married Lorimar head Lee Rich.
Born in Los Angeles, she was the daughter of stage actress Laura Straub and playwright and screenwriter Allan Scott, who wrote several musicals for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Her uncle, Adrian Scott, was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
She was educated at Radcliffe and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and debuted in Jed Harris’ 1956 Broadway production “Child of Fortune.”
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Her given first name was Philippa.
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