Lizabeth Scott

Born: 29 September 1922
Where: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

After studying drama, Lizabeth was discovered by Hal Wallis in 1945 and appeared in 21 films between then and 1957, mostly for Wallis and Paramount.

She was labelled by the studio as a Lauren Bacall or Veronica Lake-type.

In her second movie, the film noir classic The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), Lizabeth was cast in the supporting role to Barbara Stanwcyk and Kirk Douglas - but managed to hold her own, in fact, Variety claimed that she out-acted them both.

A year later in 1947, Lizabeth was paired with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in I Walk Alone - a noirish story of betrayal and vengeance.

She teamed up with Burt again that year for Desert Fury (1947).

Still in 1947, Lizabeth starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Dead Reckoning, which became the first time she portrayed the archetypal femme fatale - a role that she adopted well.

Another notable film of that period was Dark City in which she co-starred with Charlton Heston in 1950 and numerous others until her role in Loving You (1957) alongside Elvis Presley - a film which basically became her swansong... although she did take the lead in the British film, Pulp, in 1972.

Having become a film noir icon, Lizabeth's legacy lives on through the classic status of many of her films.