Birthday: December 14, 1938How Old - Age: 81. In a career spanning over 70 years,[2] she appeared in more than 100 film and television roles, becoming a household name and a British institution. Celebrities and Famous People Who Passed Away Today in History. They had a daughter, actress Janette Scott, in 1938. She gave up her career upon marrying second husband Mel Torme. She was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1983 Birthday Honours and raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in the 1993 Birthday Honours. In mid-December 1999, Hird recorded four Alfie story books written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes for a double-sided audio cassette release, creating memorable voices for every character as well as Alfie himself. She is an actress and writer, known for, Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics, More 4th of July Escapism: Small-Town Iowa and Declaration of Independence Musicals, Actresses -- most physically beautiful -- first name starts with J, Many Degrees of Kevin Bacon - Films with Most Votes (Actors). She suffered severe arthritis and used a wheelchair in her later life. She has been married to William Rademaekers since 1981. Her final acting work was for BBC Radio 7, which was recorded and broadcast in 2002: a monologue written for her by Alan Bennett entitled The Last of the Sun, in which she played a forthright, broad-minded woman, immobile in an old people's home but still able to take a stand against the censorious and politically correct attitudes of her own daughter. Janette Scott does not have the coronavirus. Hird had a heart bypass operation in 1992. In 1993 she played Annie Longden, mother of Deric Longden in Wide-Eyed and Legless (known as The Wedding Gift outside the UK) and reprised her role in the 1999 TV film Lost for Words, which won her a BAFTA for Best Actress. Celebrities and Notable People Who Have Had Coronavirus. Her work for charity and on television in spite of old age and ill health made her an institution. Janette Scott was born on December 14, 1938 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England as Thora Janette Scott. Her film credits included The Love Match (1955), The Entertainer (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962) and The Nightcomers (1971). The daughter of Jazz legend Mel Tormé and British actress Janette Scott (grandmother is Dame Thora Hird), Daisy Torme is an entertainer in her own right. Facts about Movie actress Janette Scott - age: 81, height, Salary, famous birthday, birthplace, horoscope, fanpage, before fame and family, all about Janette Scott's personal life, and more. 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