Pippa Scott
Known For
Acting
Born
1935-11-10 in New York City, New York, USA
Died
2025-05-22
Biography
Philippa Scott (November 10, 1935 — May 22, 2025) was an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1950s. Scott was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actress Laura Straub and screenwriter Allan Scott; an uncle was the blacklisted screenwriter Adrian Scott. Scott married Lee Rich, a founding partner of Lorimar Productions, in 1964. They had two children together before they divorced in 1983, though they maintained a friendship until he died in 2012. In the 1970s, along with steady work acting in television productions, Scott was a student at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where she pursued a degree in landscape architecture. By the 1990s, Scott had become active in human rights work, such as supporting the Commission of Experts formed under United Nations Security Council Resolution 780 in its research of the "widespread violations of international humanitarian law" committed during the Bosnian genocide.
Most Known For
Columbo
as Jean Davis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Perry Mason
as Gwynn Elston
Perry Mason
as Ethel Andrews
Mission: Impossible
as Edith Thatcher
The Twilight Zone
as Laura Templeton
The Waltons
as Alvira Drummond
The Fugitive
as Carol Willard
Ironside
as Crystal Mason
Mannix
Have Gun, Will Travel
Maverick
The Virginian
as Molly Wood
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Elizabeth Cullus
Love, American Style
as Kathy
Cannon
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
as Jeanne Justin
Thriller
as Marcia Elizabeth Hunter
Gunsmoke
as Mary Tabor