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(Emma Matzo)
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| 29 September 22/23 |
is born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, one of six children, to an English father and a Russian mother / to immigrants from Ungvar, Czechoslovakia
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moves to Manhattan to study at the Alvienne School of Dramatics for 18 months and becomes a fashion model to support herself
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| 43 |
models for Harper's Bazaar
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| 22 September 43 |
while celebrating her birthday at the Stork Club, she runs into Irving Hoffman, legman for columnist Walter Winchell, who suggests she meet his friend, producer Hal B. Wallis
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| 44 |
Paramount studio publicity tags her "The Threat"
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| 45 |
is often seen with her boss Wallis at social events but has no publicized romances, real or manufactured
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| July 49 |
debuts in Anna Lucasta at the McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey
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| October 51 |
she doesn't hate men, but she knows what she wants
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| December 51 |
does an advertisement for Jergens Lotion
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| April 53 |
is continuously asked why she's isn't a flamboyant part of the social set
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| 25 September 54 |
a front-page story in Confidential magazine nearly ends her career when her name is linked to lesbianism and "the little black books kept by Hollywood prostitutes"
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| 25 July 55 |
her attorney Jerry Giesler institutes a $2.5 million suit against Confidential, but further developments regarding the suit fail to materialize in any newspaper
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| November 55 |
is off to England to forget Hollywood and to film The Weapon
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| Late 57 |
records an LP album, Lizabeth Sings
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| 60s |
is occasionally spotted at a Hollywood premiere
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| 62 |
after the death of his wife, Louise Fazenda, there are rumors she may wed producer Hal B. Wallis, who will later marry actress Martha Hyer
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| January 64 |
is the companion of Laurence Harvey at James Darren's Coconut Grove debut
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| Late 60s |
her name appears in a lawsuit filed by the sister of late oilman William Lafayette Dugger, Jr., of San Antonio. Described in his will as "my fiancee," she's named for a substantial inheritance, but is eventually removed as a beneficiary in 1971.
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| 73 |
is off to Malta to film Pulp, in which she plays an aristocratic nymphomania
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Sources:
The Paramount Pretties by James Robert Parish, Movie Stars of the '40s by David Ragan, Silver Screen, Modern Screen, Confidential, Movie Life |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Elvis' Women: Lizabeth Scott
Classic Movies: Lizabeth Scott
JSR Pages: Lizabeth Scott
Brian's Drive-In Theater: Lizabeth Scott |
