Avis Scott (22 February 1918 – 31 May 2010) was a British film and theatre actress. She was born in London as Avis F Scutt, daughter of Arthur Octavius Scutt and Freda May Palmer. She emigrated to the US in 1957 and married Jack W Matthias in Los Angeles in 1980. She died in Fort Collins, Colorado aged 92. Scott was a BBC continuity announcer during the early 1950s but was fired for apparently being "too sexy" for British television.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1939 The Missing People Uncredited1943 Millions Like Us Alice Uncredited1945 Brief Encounter Kardomah Waitress Uncredited1946Pool of Contentment Secretary 1947 Master of Bankdam Mary Crowther 1947 Fame is The Spur Pen 1950 Waterfront Nora McCabe 1951 To Have and to Hold June 1951 Emergency Call Marie 1952 It Started in Paradise Journalist Uncredited1952 Potter of The Yard 1954 Five Days Eileen Uncredited1954 Case Of Express Delivery Evie Short, derived from Stryker of the Yard1954 Case of the Burnt Alibi Stryker of the Yard1955 Storm Over the Nile Sergeant's Wife
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Image: "Avis Scott poses in front of a 3-D television camera", Science Museum Group Collection