R.I.P. Jacqueline Scott, who played both the Fugitive's sister and Festus' love interest
She also played Dennis Weaver's wife in 'Duel'. She was 89.
She was not on the list.
While never landing a recurring lead role on a television series, the Missouri native nevertheless crafted unforgettable characters, while working alongside legends of the small screen.
Her most notable role is perhaps that of Donna Kimble Taft, sister of the falsely accused Dr. Richard Kimble (she called him "Dick") on The Fugitive. She first appears in the early episode "Home Is the Hunted," with Bill Mumy and Clint Howard as her kids, crying tears of both joy and panic when her brother (David Janssen) reaches out to her on the run. Her character would appear in five episodes, including the epic, record-breaking finale "The Judgment: Part II."
Like, on Gunsmoke, Smith made a mere handful of appearances but cut a memorable path through Dodge City. She portrayed the title character in "Abelia," a tough widow whose life is threatened by bank robbers and snake bites. Festus comes to her aid — and becomes a bit smitten with Abelia. She would return in "A Man Called 'Smith'" and "The Predators."
Again, Smith worked with some impressive child stars in those tales. In "Abelia," Susan Olsen of The Brady Bunch portrayed her daughter, in one of her first-ever roles. Jodie Foster is by her side in "The Predators."
Abelia was not her first character in Dodge City. Smith can be found in earlier black-and-white episodes such as "Love of a Good Woman," as the similarly named Abbie, a former nurse of Doc's.
She was Amelia in her first of three Perry Mason appearance, in the gripping, twisty early mystery "The Case of the Daring Decoy." Years later, she reunited with Raymond Burr for a couple of episodes of Ironside.
Elsewhere, while Scott was typically cast as "the wife," she continued to demonstrate her mesmerizing acting range. She was an outlaw's spouse on Bonanza in "The Hostage," the partner of an astronaut in The Twilight Zone's "The Parallel," and the significant other of Dennis Weaver in the brilliant Steven Spielberg made-for-TV chase Duel.
Quinn Martin, the producer of The Fugitive, constantly utilized her skills, casting her in his other productions such as The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon and Barnaby Jones.
One of her earliest roles was Macabre, the 1958 horror film directed by the visionary William Castle. It was on that set where Scott met her husband, press agent Gene Lesser.
Scott nearly had a lead role. She auditioned for the part of Olivia on The Waltons. "I wanted to do The Waltons. I tested for the mother," she told Classic Film & TV Café. "Other than that, I never wanted to be a regular on a TV series."
On July 23, Scott died in her home in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 89.
Film and TV appearances
1950s
1956: Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as Emese Iszak
1957: The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) as Donna / Ruth Asher
1957: Navy Log (TV Series) as WAC / Celia
1957: Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) as Toni Warden
1958: Mike Hammer (TV Series) as Vivian Banner
1958: The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as Diane Warrington
1958: Matinee Theatre (TV Series)
1958: State Trooper (TV Series) as Betty Landers
1958: Steve Canyon (TV Series) as Pat Hammer
1958: Macabre as Polly Baron - Nurse
1958: Flight (TV Series)
1958: 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as Nancy Devere
1958: The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series)
1958-1960: Perry Mason (TV Series) as Kathi Beecher / Sally Wilson / Amelia Armitage
1958-1960: U.S. Marshal (TV Series) as Doris Reeves / Mrs. Ben Tyler / Joan
1958-1963: Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) as Nora Larson / Amanda - Crowbait's Daughter / Claire LaDoux / Stacy Neal / Tildy Buchanan
1959: Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) as Jenny Carter
1959: Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
1959: Bat Masterson (TV Series) as Teresa Renault / Carol Otis
1959: Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) as Jan Smith
1959-1960: Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) as Helen Morris / Ann Harper
1959-1972: Gunsmoke – Various Roles, 8 episodes
1960s
1960: Johnny Midnight (TV Series) as Lynn
1961: Dante (TV Series) as Helen Rogers
1961: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) as Beth Grover
1961: The Detectives (TV Series) as Mrs. Halstead
1961: Cain's Hundred (TV Series) as Helen
1961: Target: The Corruptors (TV Series)
1961-1962: Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) as Adrian Crandall / Betts Forbes
1961-1968: Lassie (TV Series) as Miss Ridgeway / Cora Young
1962: Route 66 (TV Series) as Midge Duran
1962: Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as Oralee Dunlap
1962: House of Women as Mrs. Stevens
1962: Wide Country (TV Series) as Ella Bennett
1962: The Virginian (TV Series) as Melissa Tatum
1962: Stoney Burke (TV Series) as Leora Dawson
1962-1963: Laramie (TV Series) as Ellen / Stacey Bishop / Francie
1962-1965: Bonanza (TV Series) as Joy Dexter / Willa Cord / Kathie
1963: Ben Casey (TV Series) as Ruth Stratton
1963: The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as Helen Gaines
1963: G.E. True (TV Series) as Gloria Price
1963: The Untouchables (TV Series) as Lorna Shaw
1963: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as Susan Marsh
1963: The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) as Florence Green
1963: Temple Houston (TV Series) as Kate Hagadorn
1963: Channing (TV Series) as Irene Kobitz
1963-1964: The Outer Limits (TV Series) as Dr. Alicia Hendrix / Carol Maxwell
1964: The Great Adventure (TV Series) as Eliza Waterhouse
1964-1967: The Fugitive (TV Series) as Donna Kimble Taft (Recurring role, 5 episodes)
1966: Run for Your Life (TV Series) as Dorothy Baker
1966-1973: The F.B.I. (TV Series) as Patricia / Joan Graves / June Munger / Karen Mason
1967-1972: Insight (TV Series) as Anne / Meg Anderson
1968: Firecreek as Henrietta Cobb
1969: The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) as Emily Damon
1969: Judd for the Defense (TV Series) as Leigh Dawes / Beth Stratton
1969: Here Come the Brides (TV Series) as Linda
1969: Death of a Gunfighter as Laurie Mills
1970s
1970: Smoke (TV Movie) as Fran Fitch
1970: CBS Playhouse (TV Series) as Cassie
1970: Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as Cynthia Owens
1970: The Immortal (TV Series) as Alpha Henderson
1970: Men at Law (TV Series) as Dixie Hines
1971: The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) as Sister Bernadette
1971: Duel (TV Movie) as Mrs. Mann
1971: Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) as Mariam Garsen
1972: Cannon (TV Series) as Sally Dixon
1972: Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) as Elaine Andrews
1972-1973: Ironside (TV Series) as April Morris / Felice Evans
1972-1974: The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as Nina Shaffer / Emily Rankin
1973: The Rookies (TV Series) as Rita King
1973: Charley Varrick as Nadine
1973: The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973: The New Perry Mason (TV Series) as Arlene Pagan
1973: Outrage (TV Movie) as Mrs. Chandler
1974: Medical Center (TV Series) as Lorilei
1974: Planet of the Apes (TV Series) as Kira / Zantes
1975: Lucas Tanner (TV Series) as Ardis Leversee
1975-1978: Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as Verna Compton / Gwen Reynolds / Mrs. Albin
1976: Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) as Evelyn Rankin
1976: The Blue Knight (TV Series) as Ida
1977: The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (TV Movie) as Aunt Louise
1977: Empire of the Ants as Margaret Ellis
1977: Telefon as Mrs. Hassler
1978: CHiPs (TV Series) as Ethyl
1978: Police Woman (TV Series) as Kathleen
1979: How the West Was Won (TV Series) as Mrs. Ferguson
1979: Salvage 1 (TV Series) as Lorene
1980s
1981: A Matter of Life and Death (TV Movie) as Sally Lyons
1981: Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) as Ellie Ryker
1981: Vega$ (TV Series) as Louise Cornell
1982: Code Red (TV Series) as Mrs. Willis
1982: Jinxed! as Woman Bettor
1983: Lottery! (TV Series) as Molly
1984: Riptide (TV Series) as Wanda Wise
1985: Crazy Like a Fox (TV Series)
1987: The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) as Ruth Wilson (Recurring role, 4 episodes)
1987: L.A. Law (TV Series) as Mrs. Crawford
1990s
1991: Equal Justice (TV Series) as Judge Naisbett
1991: Switched at Birth (TV Mini-Series) as Ruth Mays
2000s
2004: Cold Case (TV Series) as Sally Bower (2003)
2009: Sugar Boxx as Irene Guilly (final film role)
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