From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Thora Janette Scott born 14 December 1938 is an English actress She was born in Morecambe England She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird She started her acting career as a child actress known as Janette Scott and became a popular leading lady Among her best known roles was as April Smith in the 1960 film School for Scoundrels based on the Oneupmanship books by Stephen Potter in which Ian Carmichael and TerryThomas competed for her attention Scott wrote her autobiography at the age of 14 Her role in the film The Day of the Triffids is referenced in the opening song of The Rocky Horror Show Science FictionDouble Feature which made references to many Bmovie scifi and horror films Description above from the Wikipedia article Janette Scott licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia