Scotty Bloch Biography (192?-)

Born Belle Scott, January 28, c. 1920s, in Pelham (one source cites New Rochelle), NY; daughter of U.S. Grant (a salesman) and Edith Grace (maiden name, Crowley) Scott; married Daniel J. Bloch (a quality control consultant to the coffee industry); children: Anthony Grant, Andrew Leonard.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (New York debut) Craig's Wife, Seventy-Eighth Street Theatre,1945
• Title role, My Sister Eileen, Opera House, Wiesbaden, West Germany, 1946
• An Evening with Ma Bell, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, then QueensTheatre-in-the-Park, both New York City, 1975
• Irene, Battering Ram, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1975
• Esther Franz, The Price, Harold Clurman Theatre, then The Playhouse, both New York City, 1979
• Understudy for Ruth Chandler and Aunt Helen, Taken in Marriage, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Mrs. Norman, Children of a Lesser God, Longacre Theatre, New YorkCity, 1980
• Blanche, An Act of Kindness, Harold Clurman Theatre, 1980
• Title role, Grace, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1981
• A House Not Meant to Stand, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1981
• In the Sweet Bye and Bye, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1982
• The Dining Room, Philadelphia Drama Guild Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1983
• Isn't It Romantic, Playwrights Horizon Theatre, 1983, then Lucile Lortel Theatre, both New York City, 1984
• The Philadelphia Story, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1985
• Neon Psalms, American Place Theatre, 1986
• Mother, Children, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1986
• Madame Zelena, Madame Zelena Finally Comes Clean, Forty-Fifth Street Theatre, New York City, 1988
• Bea Sullivan, Other Peoples' Money, Hartford Stage Company, then Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1989
• Walking the Dead, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1991
• The Waverly Gallery, Promenade Theater, New York City, 2000
• Title role, Krisit, Primary Stages, New York City, 2001
• Also appeared as Eleanor, The Lion in Winter; Beatrice, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; Jan, Summer; Ronnie, Lemon Sky; in Are You Prepared to Be a United States Marine?, Assembly Theatre, New York City; Richard III, Assembly Theatre; Lost Jazz, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City; A Grand Romance,Long Wharf Theatre, New York City; The Glass Menagerie, Studio ArenaTheatre, Buffalo, NY; Griller, Baltimore Center Stage; Three Viewings, Philadelphia Theatre Co; Laughs, Etc. (solo show); Mixed Doubles; All My Sons; Death of a Salesman; In Celebration; The Goldberg Variations; Scotland Road; Brutality of Fact; Unexpected Tenderness; The Stand-In.
• Film Appearances
• Crockett's secretary, The King of Comedy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• First secretary, A Shock to the System, Corsair, 1990
• Sally Rawthrote, A Bonfire of the Vanities, Warner Bros., 1991
• By a Thread, 1991
• Dinner guest, I.Q., Paramount, 1994
• Lynn Spence, Holden's mother, Everyone Says I Love You, Miramax, 1996
• Mr. Paley, Deconstructing Harry, Fine Line Features, 1997
• Florence Needleman, The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999
• Edgar's wife, Small Time Crooks, DreamWorks, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Irma Weber, One Life to Live, ABC, 1999
• Also appeared in Love Sidney, NBC.
• Movies
• Christine Belser, Nurse, CBS, 1980
• Theresa, The Gentleman Bandit (also known as The Bandit Priest), CBS, 1981
• Mrs. Driscoll, Pudd'nhead Wilson, PBS, 1984
• Also appeared in A Knock on the Door, NBC.
• Episodic
• "Mother's Day," Kate and Allie, CBS, 1987
• Judge Naomi Baum, "Skin Deep," Law & Order, NBC, 1992
• Judge Naomi Baum, "Nurture," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
• Tashjian's attorney, "Barter," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
• Also appeared as the warden, The Edge of Night, ABC; in All MyChildren, ABC; Kay O'Brian, CBS; Search for Tomorrow; The Doctors, NBC; and Another World, NBC.
• Radio Appearances
• Appeared on the Mexican soap opera Whispering Streets.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• New York Times, October, 1979.