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Lizabeth Scott Profile
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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 |
| ? | moves to Manhattan to study at the Alvienne School of Dramatics for 18 months and becomes a fashion model to support herself |
| 43 | models for Harper's Bazaar |
| 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 |
| 44 | Paramount studio publicity tags her "The Threat" |
| 45 | is often seen with her boss Wallis at social events but has no publicized romances, real or manufactured |
| July 49 | debuts in Anna Lucasta at the McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey |
| October 51 | she doesn't hate men, but she knows what she wants |
| December 51 | does an advertisement for Jergens Lotion |
| April 53 | is continuously asked why she's isn't a flamboyant part of the social set |
| 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" |
| 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 |
| November 55 | is off to England to forget Hollywood and to film The Weapon |
| Late 57 | records an LP album, Lizabeth Sings |
| 60s | is occasionally spotted at a Hollywood premiere |
| 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 |
| January 64 | is the companion of Laurence Harvey at James Darren's Coconut Grove debut |
| 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. |
| 73 | is off to Malta to film Pulp, in which she plays an aristocratic nymphomania |
| 31 January 15 | dies at age 92 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles |
| Sources: The Paramount Pretties by James Robert Parish, Movie Stars of the '40s by David Ragan, Silver Screen, Modern Screen, Confidential, Movie Life | |
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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 | |