Lizabeth Scott, the
blonde, husky-voiced actress who was a staple of film noir films such as “The
Strange 
Scott also starred
in the the 1957 Elvis Presley film “Loving You.”
With her blonde
tresses but throaty voice, she was often compared to Lauren Bacall and Veronica Lake
After making her
feature debut starring opposite Robert Cummings in 1945’s John Farrow-directed
“You
Came Along,” Scott was cast in one of the best of the noirs, “The Strange
Love of Martha Ivers,” with Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas and Van Heflin;
Scott played a romantic interest for Heflin’s character.
Next she starred
opposite Humphrey Bogart in 1947’s “Dead Reckoning”; it was almost possible to
imagine Bacall playing the woman involved in the love triangle that Bogie’s
character uncovers.
Though it is hard
to remember now, Scott’s career during this period did
Scott eventually
began to transition into television work, though she did star opposite Elvis
Presley in the 1957 film “Loving You.”
She was born Emma
Matzo in Scranton , Pennsylvania
---Extracts from Variety
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