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Lizabeth Scott

1922 - 2015

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Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Virginia Matzo; September 29, 1921 – January 31, 2015) was an American actress, singer, and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, known for her "smoky voice". She was called "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s". After understudying the role of Sabina in the original Broadway and Boston stage productions of The Skin of Our Teeth, she emerged in such films as The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), Dead Reckoning (1947), Desert Fury (1947), and Too Late for Tears (1949). Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but three. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Lizabeth Scott is the 4,058th most popular actor (down from 3,958th in 2024), the 6,535th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,901st in 2019) and the 1,880th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Lizabeth Scott ranks 4,058 out of 13,578. Before her are Tommy Cooper, Mykelti Williamson, John Thaw, Omero Antonutti, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Roy Thinnes. After her are Alan Cumming, Freddy Rodriguez, Thom Barry, Richard Quine, Rory McCann, and Charles King.

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Among people born in 1922, Lizabeth Scott ranks 274. Before her are Hal Clement, China Zorrilla, Leonel Brizola, Ruby Dee, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, and Charles Gérard. After her are Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Ingvar Rydell, Roy Salvadori, Martin Gray, John Hick, and Ruth Roman. Among people deceased in 2015, Lizabeth Scott ranks 281. Before her are Mate Trojanović, Astrid Ivask, Roberto Tucci, Clark Terry, Claude Criquielion, and Gerrit Voorting. After her are Malcolm Fraser, James Salter, Milorad Milutinović, Roger Rees, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, and Mary Ellen Trainor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lizabeth Scott ranks 6,537 out of 20,380. Before her are Glenn Hardin (1910), Danny Hillis (1956), Ted DiBiase (1954), Mykelti Williamson (1960), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), Roy Thinnes (1938), and William Jordan (1898). After her are Jane Pierce (1806), Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Thom Barry (1950), Gary Peacock (1935), and Richard Quine (1920).

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Among actors born in United States, Lizabeth Scott ranks 1,880. Before her are Christopher McDonald (1955), Marlon Wayans (1972), Mark Moses (1958), Mykelti Williamson (1960), Anya Taylor-Joy (1996), and Roy Thinnes (1938). After her are Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Thom Barry (1950), Richard Quine (1920), Charles King (1895), Emily Procter (1968), and Ronee Blakley (1945).

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