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Jacqueline Scott (born 1935) is an American actress who has appeared in several films and television programs as well as guest starring in over one hundred television shows. A TV Guide article once referred to Jacqueline as “The Youngest Old-Timer in the Business,” because she played opposite most of the leading men of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Scott was born in Sikeston, Missouri, and spent a good part of her childhood moving from town to town following her father, who worked for the state buying up right-of-way for roads. She attended fifteen grade schools before settling down in... MORE

Jacqueline Scott (born 1935) is an American actress who has appeared in several films and television programs as well as guest starring in over one hundred television shows. A TV Guide article once referred to Jacqueline as “The Youngest Old-Timer in the Business,” because she played opposite most of the leading men of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Scott was born in Sikeston, Missouri, and spent a good part of her childhood moving from town to town following her father, who worked for the state buying up right-of-way for roads. She attended fifteen grade schools before settling down in Neosho to attend high school there. At age three, she won a tap dancing contest, which lead her to pursue a show business career. As training, she saw every movie she could, learning how to mouth the actors' lines. Eventually she moved to St. Louis, where she worked for a small theatre company, and soon afterwards left for New York to begin her career in earnest. There she studied with Uta Hagen. Her first major role on Broadway was as the ingenue lead in The Wooden Dish, which starred Louis Calhern. This was followed by the ingenue lead in Inherit the Wind, which starred Paul Muni. She started her LESS