Pippa Scott

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Searchers (1956) — Lucy Edwards
2. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Laura Templeton
3. Columbo (1971) — Jean Davis
4. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Edith Thatcher
5. Remington Steele (1982) — Emily Dumont
6. Perry Mason (1957) — Gwynn Elston
7. Auntie Mame (1958) — Pegeen Ryan
8. Gunsmoke (1955) — Mary Tabor
9. The Waltons (1972) — Alvira Drummond
10. The Streets of San Francisco (1972) — Edith Downing
11. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
12. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
13. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) — Estelle Kamser Proust
14. Ironside (1967) — Crystal Mason
15. The Fugitive (1963) — Carol Willard
16. Bad Ronald (1974) — Mrs. Wood
17. Mannix (1967)
18. Petulia (1968) — May
19. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
20. Family Affair (1966)
21. Maverick (1957)
22. Cannon (1971)
23. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
24. The Virginian (1962) — Molly Wood
25. F Troop (1965)
26. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
27. Cold Turkey (1971) — Natalie Brooks
28. Barnaby Jones (1973) — Janice Harley
29. Tarzan (1966)
30. The Rookies (1972)
31. The Rat Patrol (1966) — Drucilla
32. Love, American Style (1969) — Kathy
33. Thriller (1960) — Marcia Elizabeth Hunter
34. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Dr. Elizabeth Cullus
35. Ben Casey (1961)
36. Medical Center (1969) — Nancy Havers
37. My Six Loves (1963) — Dianne Soper
38. Some Kind of a Nut (1969) — Dr. Sara
39. Terror on the 40th Floor (1974) — Thelma Overland
40. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

Directed

1. King Leopold's Ghost (2006) — Director