Thomas Scott, born in Los Angeles, California, in 1956, began her acting career at the age of 13 with her first appearance in “Marnie.”
Over the next few years, she had several minor appearances in television and cinema, including roles with great actors such as Clint Eastwood and Kirk Douglas. She also studied piano performance at the University of Southern California.
Although she had some success in both theater and television, including many Emmy nominations and wins from Soap Opera Digest Awards and Soap Opera Update Awards, many people were unaware of Thomas Scott’s tragic childhood background.
Her mother abandoned her when she was a baby. Instead of being cared for by her mother, she was left to be cared for by her grandmother, who sadly enabled numerous people to mistreat young Thomas Scott without intervening.
A few decades later, Thomas Scott published a memoir on these occurrences called “Always Young and Restless: My Life On and Off America’s #1 Daytime Drama,” published in 2020, providing an honest view into the life that existed before the public eye.
Scott first witnessed her grandmother’s abuse when she was four years old. Despite being in the same room as Scott, her grandma refused to intervene, allowing Scott to be abused throughout her childhood.