Tracy Reed
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Tracy Reed is an English actress. She was born Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier, the daughter of the director Anthony Pelissier
and the actress Penelope Dudley-Ward, but took the surname of her stepfather, Sir Carol Reed, following her mother's remarriage in 1948. During a film-acting career that lasted from the early 1960s until 1975, she appeared in about thirty movies, the TV series Man of the World (1962) and was at one point under consideration as a replacement for Diana Rigg
in The Avengers
.
Reed is known for her role as Miss Scott, the mistress of General Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott
) in Dr. Strangelove (1964). She has the only female part in that film and is seen in only one scene-when she answers the phone while Turgidson is in the bathroom. She is also shown as the centerfold "Miss Foreign Affairs" in the June 1962 copy of Playboy
magazine being read by pilot Major T. J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens
) in the B-52
. In the photo, she is lying down, apparently nude, with the January 1963 issue of Foreign Affairs
– Vol. 41, No. 2, containing Henry Kissinger
's suggestive article "Strains on the Alliance" – strategically draped across her behind.
and the producer H.G. Pelissier, and the socialite Freda Dudley Ward
and William Dudley Ward. Her great-uncle was the novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie
. The actor Oliver Reed
was her stepcousin. Reed's daughter Lucy Fox from her first marriage married the Viscount Gormanston, who is the premier Viscount of Ireland.
Anthony Pelissier
Harry Anthony Compton Pelissier was an English actor, screenwriter, producer and director.-Biography:Pelissier was born in Barnet and came from a theatrical family. His parents were the theatre producer H. G. Pelissier and the distinguished actress Fay Compton...
and the actress Penelope Dudley-Ward, but took the surname of her stepfather, Sir Carol Reed, following her mother's remarriage in 1948. During a film-acting career that lasted from the early 1960s until 1975, she appeared in about thirty movies, the TV series Man of the World (1962) and was at one point under consideration as a replacement for Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE is an English actress. She is probably best known for her portrayals of Emma Peel in The Avengers and Countess Teresa di Vicenzo in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service....
in The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)
The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...
.
Reed is known for her role as Miss Scott, the mistress of General Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott
George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr...
) in Dr. Strangelove (1964). She has the only female part in that film and is seen in only one scene-when she answers the phone while Turgidson is in the bathroom. She is also shown as the centerfold "Miss Foreign Affairs" in the June 1962 copy of Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
magazine being read by pilot Major T. J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. , better known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr...
) in the B-52
B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force since the 1950s. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, who have continued to provide maintainence and upgrades to the aircraft in service...
. In the photo, she is lying down, apparently nude, with the January 1963 issue of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
– Vol. 41, No. 2, containing Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
's suggestive article "Strains on the Alliance" – strategically draped across her behind.
Family
Reed is the granddaughter of the actress Fay ComptonFay Compton
Fay Compton was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century...
and the producer H.G. Pelissier, and the socialite Freda Dudley Ward
Freda Dudley Ward
Winifred May, Marquesa de Casa Maury , universally known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite best known for being a mistress of the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VIII.-Life:Born Winifred May Birkin, she was the second child and eldest of three...
and William Dudley Ward. Her great-uncle was the novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie
Compton Mackenzie
Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE was a writer and a Scottish nationalist.-Background:Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known...
. The actor Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles...
was her stepcousin. Reed's daughter Lucy Fox from her first marriage married the Viscount Gormanston, who is the premier Viscount of Ireland.
Marriages
Reed has been married four times:- The actor Edward FoxEdward Fox (actor)Edward Charles Morice Fox, OBE is an English stage, film and television actor.He is generally associated with portraying the role of the upper-class Englishman, such as the title character in the film The Day of the Jackal and King Edward VIII in the serial Edward & Mrs...
(1958–1961) (divorced); one daughter Lucy, Viscountess Gormanston - The actor Neil Hallett (divorced 1973)
- The actor Bill SimpsonBill Simpson (actor)William Nicholson Simpson was a Scottish film and television actor, most famous for his portrayal of the title role in the long-running BBC TV series, Dr. Finlay's Casebook.-Beginnings:...
(1974–1986) (widowed); two daughters. - Christopher McCabe; no children
Selected filmography
- The Way AheadThe Way AheadThe Way Ahead is a British Second World War drama released in 1944. It stars David Niven and Stanley Holloway and follows a group of civilians who are conscripted into the British Army to fight in North Africa. In the U.S., an edited version was released as The Immortal Battalion.The film was...
(1944) (as a baby) - Our Man in the Caribbean (1962)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- A Shot in the DarkA Shot in the Dark (1964 film)A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the French Sûreté...
(1964) - You Must Be Joking!You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)You Must Be Joking! is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Michael Winner.-Cast:* Michael Callan - Leuitenant Tim Morton* Lionel Jeffries - Sergeant Major McGregor* Denholm Elliott - Captain Tabasco* Wilfrid Hyde-White - General Lockwood...
(1965) - Casino RoyaleCasino Royale (1967 film)Casino Royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. It is set as a satire of the James Bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.The film stars David Niven as the...
(1967) - Maroc 7Maroc 7Maroc 7 is a 1967 British thriller film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Leslie Phillips and Denholm Elliot...
(1967) - Hammerhead (1968)
- Random QuestRandom QuestRandom Quest is a science fiction short story, which is also a love story, by John Wyndham. It was included in his 1961 collection Consider Her Ways and Others...
(1969) (TV) - PercyPercy (1971 film)Percy is a British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas starring Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer and Britt Ekland.Percy , an innocent and shy young man, is hit by a nude man falling from a high-rise building while carrying a chandelier...
(1971) - MelodyMelody (1971 film)Melody is a 1971 British film directed by Waris Hussein about "puppy love". It was released as S.W.A.L.K. in the United Kingdom . The film starred Jack Wild, Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde...
(1971) - 1000 Convicts and a Woman1000 Convicts and a Woman1000 Convicts and a Woman is a 1971 British exploitation film. The film was directed by Ray Austin, and stars Alexandra Hay, Sandor Elès, and Harry Baird....
(1971)