Ivy Scott (1886 – 3 February 1947) was an Australian stage actress and opera singer. She was born

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off the coast of

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, "her christening robe was the Union Jack" and the birth was registered on

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. Her Scottish parents were migrating to Australia and had wanted the baby born in

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, where her father was hired to be the inspector of schools. Scott was raised in the

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gold fields. Scott made her theatrical debut in '' Hans, the Boatman'' before moving to the United States in 1910. She was hired by the

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(NBC) in 1925 and for seven years had her own radio program. Scott sang on all of NBC's

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and

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shows. She was the original Mrs. Hudson in NBC's

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series, the Madam Louise in '' The Goldbergs'' radio show and appeared on

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from 1932 to 1946. In 1942 she was living on

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. She had a son, Harry E. Walker (1920–1998), who was a chemical engineer with the

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. She died in 1947.

Performances

Theatre

*'' Music in the Air'' (1932) *'' Revenge with Music'' (1934) *''

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'' (1937) *'' Too Many Girls'' (1939) *'' Liberty Jones'' (1941) *'' Sunny River'' (1941) *'' Song of Norway'' (1944–1946)

Filmography

References

External links

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