Evelyn Scott

Began her career as Los Angeles' first female disc jockey on radio station KMPC. The actress became a regular on Peyton Place (1964) which was based on a Grace Metalious novel and 1957 movie of the same title. Considered scandalous for its time, the show depicted the extramarital affairs, dark secrets and skulduggery of residents of a small New England town called Peyton Place. Scott played Ada Jacks on the original TV series from 1965 to 1969, reprised the role on Return to Peyton Place (1972) from 1972 to 1974 and did it again for the 1985 TV movie _Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985)(TV)_. Born in Brockton, Mass., the blue-eyed, red-haired Scott came to Los Angeles for a career in show business. She started out as a disc jockey, the area's first woman in that role, spinning records for KMPC's early morning "Wake-Up" show and then became a singing DJ on KHJ's similar "Rise and Shine" morning program. Scott began acting in local companies, including the Stage Society, West Coast