Film and TV Roles
Scott's first role was filmed shortly after her 18th birthday; she portrayed a nude corpse in 1971's Dirty Harry. At age 22, she found fame on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, playing Mary's sister, Cathy Shumway. She appeared on the first season of the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter as Rosalie "Hotsie" Totsie, and in the Donna Pescow sitcom Angie, playing Angie's younger sister, Marie Falco.
Among her other credits were the 1973 feature film American Graffiti and the 1974 film Earthquake (her scenes, which were set on an airplane, were filmed specifically for an extended-length network TV premiere showing in 1976).
Scott also auditioned for the role of Marty in Grease. It was narrowed down to her and Dinah Manoff. Although Scott was better known at the time, Manoff got the part.
Scott also appeared on the daytime TV game show Match Game between 1976 and 1982. During an appearance in 1977, she and Richard Dawson revolted when their answer – "finishing school" – didn't match the contestant's answer of "school," according to the off-stage judge. It prompted the "Match Game 1977 School Riot." Scott also appeared with her Angie co-stars on an "All Star" edition of Family Feud where she helped win money for charity.
Scott continued to act, appearing in two Police Academy movies, including the first, but she later retired from acting and became an agent for a company in New York City called Empowered Artists. In 2000, Scott appeared on a panel with her former cast members of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills. Scott greeted fans and posed for photos after the Q&A.
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