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      • Lizabeth Scott still thought that she was getting her big break— but she was so, so wrong. Bankhead was a pro at being difficult, so she had a very important clause written into her contract: the producer could not hire an understudy for her role. When Myerberg hired Scott as an understudy, he was breaching Bankhead’s contract.
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  3. www.factinate.com › people › facts-lizabeth-scottFatal Facts About Lizabeth Scott, The Forgotten Noir Queen

    Oct 6, 2021 · Lizabeth Scott still thought that she was getting her big break—but she was so, so wrong. Bankhead was a pro at being difficult, so she had a very important clause written into her contract: the producer could not hire an understudy for her role.

  4. www.msn.com › en-ca › entertainmentThe Twisted Life Of Hollywood’s Forgotten Noir Queen - MSN

    Jul 2, 2024 · Scott was making The Big Steal, in 1949, playing yet another femme fatale, this time opposite Robert Mitchum. It was just the third day of the shoot, and Scott had a major meltdown.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lizabeth_ScottLizabeth Scott - Wikipedia

    Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo; September 29, 1922 – January 31, 2015) was an American actress, singer and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, known for her "smoky voice" and being "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s".

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  7. lareviewofbooks.org › short-takes › from-the-shardsFrom the Shards to the Stars: Remembering Lizabeth Scott

    Sep 29, 2021 · In November 2009 former film noir icon Lizabeth Scott was pulled over in her Jaguar on Sunset Boulevard for endangering traffic by driving too slowly. The elderly lady produced her driver’s...

  8. apnews.com › general-news-arts-and-entertainmentLizabeth Scot, sultry '40s, '50s film noir star, dies at 92

    Feb 8, 2015 · Her big break on the stage came when she understudied Tallulah Bankhead in “The Skin of Our Teeth” and took on the role when Bankhead became ill. She was also modeling, and a cover on Harper’s Bazaar prompted Warner Bros. to test her for movies.

  9. www.nytimes.com › 2015/02/07 › moviesLizabeth Scott, Film Noir Siren, Dies at 92 - The New York Times

    Feb 7, 2015 · Lizabeth Scott, a sultry blonde with a come-hither voice cut out for the seething romantic and homicidal passions of her Hollywood film noir roles in the late 1940s and early ’50s, died on Jan. 31...

  10. www.deseret.com › 18962070 › where-s-lizabeth-scottWHERE'S LIZABETH SCOTT? – Deseret News

    Jan 14, 1992 · Never married.Early years: Scott did stock in Virginia and toured in "Hellzapoppin" before she had her big break in theater understudying Tallulah Bankhead in "The Skin of Our Teeth" in 1942. She was spotted in a magazine ad and signed to a movie contract.