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Pippa Scott Dies: ‘Auntie Mame’ Actress Was 90


Pippa Scott, the actress who appeared in films like 1958's six-time Oscar-nominated Auntie Mame and 1956's The Searchers, has died at the age of 90.

Born Nov. 10, 1934 to entertainment industry parents in Los Angeles — mother Laura Straub, a stage actress, and father Allan Scott, Oscar-nominated for his screenplay for 1943’s So Proudly We Hail! To further illuminate global injustices, Scott founded Linden Productions and worked to produce projects commissioned by organizations like the United Nations and Human Rights Watch. For PBS’ Frontine, she produced “The World’s Most Wanted Man,” an episode about the hunt for notorious Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic who was indicted by The Hague’s International Criminal Court.

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