Pippa Scott, who appeared in films together with “The Searchers,” “Petulia” and “Auntie Mame” earlier than making quite a few TV appearances and marrying Lorimar Productions co-founder Lee Wealthy, died Might 22. She was 90.

Her daughter Miranda Tollman reported her dying.

Amongst Scott’s different movie roles have been “The Confession,” “Mr. Fortunate,” “For Pete’s Sake!,” “Petulia” and “Chilly Turkey.” One among her remaining components was within the 2009 indie “Footprints.”

Born in Los Angeles, she was the daughter of stage actress Laura Straub and playwright and screenwriter Allan Scott, who wrote a number of musicals for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Her uncle, Adrian Scott, was one of many Hollywood Ten blacklisted through the McCarthy period.

She was educated at Radcliffe and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and debuted in Jed Harris’ 1956 Broadway producion “Youngster of Fortune.”

That very same yr, Scott appeared in John Ford’s “The Searchers,” by which she performed Lucy, Lucy, a member of the Edwards household who’s taken captive along with her sister Debbie after a raid on their ranch. In 1958’s widespread “Auntie Mame,” she performed Pegeen Ryan, an inside decorator who captures the curiosity of Patrick Dennis.

A well-recognized visitor star on TV collection within the Sixties, ’70s and ’80s, her appearances included components in “The Twilight Zone,” “Perry Mason,” “The Dick Van Dyke Present,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Present,” “Columbo” and lots of extra. She has a recurring function within the 1976 collection “Jigsaw” as Jack Warden’s love curiosity.

Onstage she appeared in “Look Again in Anger,” “Isn’t It Romantic” and “The Three Sisters” with John Houseman at UCLA.

Scott married producer Lee Wealthy in 1964, and he went on to type Lorimar Productions, which produced exhibits together with “The Waltons,” “Dallas” and “Knots Touchdown.”

After divorcing in 1983, Scott and Wealthy reconnected in 1996 and remained collectively till his dying in 2012.

After her household’s expertise with the Blacklist, Scott turned concerned in advocating for human rights and based the Worldwide Monitor Institute, a non-profit that gathered proof to help the prosecution of struggle crimes. She additionally based Linden Productions to make documentaries together with “World’s Most Needed Man, The Hunt for Radovan Karadzic” for PBS Frontline and “King Leopold’s Ghost.”

She is survived by daughters Jessica and Miranda and 5 grandchildren.