She appeared in films such as The Hanged Man (1964), Johnny Tiger (1966), Journey to Shiloh (1968) and Simon, King of the Witches (1971). Her television credits include Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Alias Smith and Jones, Hawaii Five O,Mannix, Ironside, Window on Main Street, Mr. Novak, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, Run for Your Life, Wagon Train, Dragnet 1967, The Fugitive, Simon & Simon, The Virginian, Lancer, Cade's County, Temple Houston, Here Come the Brides, and The Road West. Scott said, "I started out playing neurotic types because they decided I had a waif-like face."
Scott was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Scott shared that she had always wanted to act since she was child and the during her teen years, she believed in palmistry and astrology. She was married to fellow actor Andrew Prine, who played her brother in The Savage Land. Scott and Prine started living separately after only being married for four months. Prine and Scott were divorced in 1969. They would marry and divorce three times over the course of their lives. Later in her life, after retiring from acting, she ran an antiques shop on Ventura Boulevard.
