Kathryn Leigh Scott
Scott in 2009
Occupations	Actress, writer
Years active	1966–present
Spouses	Ben Martin ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1990)​ Geoff Miller ​ ​ (m. 1991; died 2011)​ Patrick Oster ​ (m. 2025)​

Kathryn Leigh Scott is an American television and film actress and writer who is best known for playing several roles on Dark Shadows.

Kathryn Leigh Scott's hometown was Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Her parents, Ole and Hilda Kringstad, were of Norwegian descent.^[1]

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Scott landed the ingénue lead in the classic gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows (ABC, 1966-1971), and starred in the 1970 MGM feature House of Dark Shadows in 1970. Scott played five roles in the series: Maggie Evans, Maggie Evans Collins (PT), Josette du Pres, Lady Kitty Hampshire and Rachel Drummond.

In 1971, Scott moved to Paris, France, with her fiance, Time/Life photojournalist Ben Martin. In Paris, Scott played twins Penny and Jennifer in the French language miniseries L'alfomega. After marrying later that year in Vikebukt, Norway, she and Martin moved to London, England, where she continued working as an actress. She appeared in several television films and series including Crime of Passion, Harriet's Back In Town, The Turn of the Screw, Marked Personal, Come Die with Me, Dial M for Murder, Space: 1999, and the miniseries Late Call, Edward the King, and Exiles. Scott also appeared in the 1980 British television series Hammer House of Horror episode, "Visitor From The Grave." She also appeared in the feature films Brannigan with John Wayne; Providence with Dirk Bogarde, directed by Alain Resnais; The Great Gatsby, with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, directed by Jack Clayton; and The Greek Tycoon with Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset. In 1974, she played Nurse Kelly in a six-month run of Harvey with James Stewart, directed by Sir Anthony Quayle, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. The following year she was in a new play, Le Weekend, at the Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, England.

In 1978, Scott moved to Los Angeles to star in the CBS series Big Shamus, Little Shamus with Brian Dennehy. She guest-starred in a succession of television series, and then returned to England to film The Last Days of Patton with George C. Scott; Murrow with Daniel J. Travanti; Voice of the Heart with James Brolin; and Chandlertown with Powers Boothe.

In 1985, Scott launched Pomegranate Press, Ltd. to publish books about the entertainment industry, including guide books, biographies, textbooks and coffee table art books. She wrote The Bunny Years (the 25-year history of Playboy Clubs told through the women who worked as Playboy Bunnies), which was sold to Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer. She also co-produced a two-hour special for the A&E network, and a one-hour documentary for BBC One and Canadian TV, based on the book. Pomegranate has published over 50 nonfiction titles, including Scott's books Lobby Cards: The Classic Films (Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Coffee Table Book) and Lobby Cards: The Classic Comedies, both of which were published in the U.K. by Bloomsbury. She published a trade paperback edition of the hardcover Coya Knutson biography Coya Come Home, with a foreword by Walter Mondale (2012).

Scott wrote Dark Shadows Memories, to coincide with the series' 20th anniversary, and Dark Shadows Companion as a 25th anniversary tribute. She has written three novels -- Dark Passages (2012), Down and Out in Beverly Heels (2013), and Jinxed (2015); a memoir, Last Dance at the Savoy (Cumberland Press, 2016); and a trilogy of books on care-giving: Now With You, Now Without, The Happy Hours, and A Welcome Respite (Grand Harbor, 2017).

Scott plays Mamie Eisenhower in the feature film The Eleventh Green (2019) with Campbell Scott. She has also appeared in Three Christs (2018) with Richard Gere and Julianna Margulies, and Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York (2018). She appeared in Hallmark Channel's Broadcasting Christmas (2016) and Lifetime's A Wedding to Die For (2017), and has a recurring role as Albert Solomon (George Segal)'s girlfriend Miriam on The Goldbergs. She wrote Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood (2012), and appeared in a cameo role in the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film Dark Shadows (2012).

After Scott's divorce from Ben Martin in 1990, they continued as partners in Pomegranate Press and remained close until his death in 2017. Scott married Geoff Miller, founding editor and publisher of Los Angeles magazine in 1991. He died from progressive supranuclear palsy in 2011. Scott is a national volunteer spokesperson for CurePSP.

Scott has served on the Boards of the Beverly Hills Women's Club and the Woman's Club of Hollywood.

In 1986, Scott founded Pomegranate Press, which published her books about Dark Shadows, as well as other books authored by her, including The Bunny Years, about the 25-year history of Playboy Bunnies, and coffee table books on film art. Pomegranate Press has also published books by other authors, mainly nonfiction entertainment titles. Today, she continues to work as an actress (Three Christs with Richard Gere, 2017) and writer (Last Dance At the Savoy, Now With You, Now Without). She reprised a number of her Dark Shadows roles in a series of audio dramas from Big Finish Productions. Scott co-wrote (with Jim Pierson) Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood, an updated retrospective on the original series, including the Tim Burton remake with Johnny Depp, in which Scott has a cameo role. The book was released on April 3, 2012 via Pomegranate Press.^[2]

Scott married her first husband, photographer Ben Martin, in 1971. They divorced in 1990, although the two remained business partners in Pomegranate Press.^[3] Martin died in February 2017.^[4]

In 1991, she married Los Angeles magazine founder Geoff Miller (1936–2011). She and Miller remained together until his death from progressive supranuclear palsy in 2011.^[5][6]

In 2025, she married author and journalist Patrick Oster.^[7]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kathryn Leigh Scott.

• Official website
• Kathryn Leigh Scott at IMDb 
• Kathryn Leigh Scott at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Kathryn Leigh Scott at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
• Interview with Kathryn Leigh Scott
• Audio interview with Kathryn Leigh Scott on Deep Dish Radio re: Acting career and publishing Archived October 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
• Kathryn Leigh Scott interview at Classic Film & TV Cafe
• Interview at The Norwegian American
• Facebook page (official)