The film and theatre actress Avis Scott was born 22nd February in 1918 and died in Colorado at the age of 92 in 2010. She was married to the musician Jack Mathias. Her original surname was Scutt but she refused to change it until Noel Coward said "my dear, the name Scutt sounds like a great piece of rabbit!"
She was a BBC continuity announcer in the early 1950's but was subsequently considered to be "too sexy for British TV" and released from her contract. In 1955 the following report appeared in British newspapers;
Avis Scott, a 29-yearold glamorous television announcer has been sacked by the BBC because she is "too sexy," she says. "My personality is apparently too strong for their new policy," she explained. Avis said she thought the BBC believed viewers were being distracted from programmes by the impression she had been making.
A BBC television official said Avis was "too vivacious; too bubbly for making announcements, so she had been dropped. "Viewers were disturbed by her method of presentation that they lost the meaning of what she was saying."
Before then she appeared in several films including her role as Alice in the home-front film Millions Like Us in 1943 (1st photo). Other films that she appeared in include Brief Encounter 1945 – she played the part of the waitress at the Kardomah, Master of Bankdam 1947, Waterfront 1950, To Have and to Hold 1951, Emergency Call 1952 (2nd photo), Potter of the Yard 1952 and Storm Over the Nile 1955. She moved to the USA in the late 1950's where she appeared in TV productions such as I Dream of Jeannie and Romance Theatre.
She was a BBC continuity announcer in the early 1950's but was subsequently considered to be "too sexy for British TV" and released from her contract. In 1955 the following report appeared in British newspapers;
Avis Scott, a 29-yearold glamorous television announcer has been sacked by the BBC because she is "too sexy," she says. "My personality is apparently too strong for their new policy," she explained. Avis said she thought the BBC believed viewers were being distracted from programmes by the impression she had been making.
A BBC television official said Avis was "too vivacious; too bubbly for making announcements, so she had been dropped. "Viewers were disturbed by her method of presentation that they lost the meaning of what she was saying."
Before then she appeared in several films including her role as Alice in the home-front film Millions Like Us in 1943 (1st photo). Other films that she appeared in include Brief Encounter 1945 – she played the part of the waitress at the Kardomah, Master of Bankdam 1947, Waterfront 1950, To Have and to Hold 1951, Emergency Call 1952 (2nd photo), Potter of the Yard 1952 and Storm Over the Nile 1955. She moved to the USA in the late 1950's where she appeared in TV productions such as I Dream of Jeannie and Romance Theatre.
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