Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Scott ( born February 13, 1912 in London, † 15 April 2005) was a British actress. Scott was more than 70 years in the theater and in film and television active.
Scott was born in 1912 as a subsidiary of the music critic Hugh Arthur Scott and his wife Bertha Eugene. At the age of 14 years, Scott was the first time on the stage. She played a small role in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet on the beach Theatre in London. Scott studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and initially concentrated on the theater. She played Ophelia in Hamlet in 1931 and 1936 under the direction of Tyrone Guthrie, the Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost at the Old Vic Theatre in London.
Her screen debut was in 1934 as Scott Pepilla in The Private Life of Don Juan. In 1936, she played will come in regard to the role of Roxana / Rowena. During the Second World War, Scott went on for two seasons in Stratford- upon- Avon and also played there, mainly in plays by Shakespeare. In 1944, Scott toured with the Entertainments National Service Association through North Africa and Italy. In addition to her theater engagements Scott turned from 1940 to 1944 five feature films, including Girl in the News and Quiet Wedding.
1946 Scott played Portia in a TV adaptation of The Merchant of Venice. During the next three decades, Scott was present both on television and in the cinema, as well as on the stage. From the 1960s played Scott in the theater increased in plays by Oscar Wilde, for example, 1968 in Lord Arthur Saviles crime, 1974 in A Woman of No Importance and 1976 /77, An Ideal Husband. In addition, Scott also took roles in various television series. Scott played among other things, Aunt Kate in The House on Eaton Place and the eccentric widow Mrs. Pumphrey in The Doctor and Small.
Scott was married to the composer John Wooldridge, who died in a car accident in October 1958 killed. The couple had two children. The daughter Susan Wooldridge is an actress, the son of Hugh Wooldridge is a director and producer.