Pippa Scott, best known for roles in films including The Searchers and Auntie Mame, has died aged 90.

Born in Los Angeles in 1935, Scott was the daughter of actress Laura Straub and screenwriter Allan Scott; who famously wrote several musicals for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – including Top Hat and Swing Time.

Meanwhile her uncle was blacklisted screenwriter Adrian Scott, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy era after joining the Communist Party.

The actress died on May 2 of congenital heart failure at her home in Santa Monica, with Scott’s death confirmed by her daughter Miranda Tollman to The Hollywood Reporter this week.

Before pursuing a career in acting, Scott studied landscape architecture at California State Polytechnic University, then going on to

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