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Born on April 18, 1956, Melody Thomas Scott is from Los Angeles, California, United States. Melody Thomas Scott is listed as a television actor and film actor. That works out to 70 years old in 2026.
My Take
Melody Thomas Scott is the kind of performer I quietly admire most: the marathoner. A child actor who appeared in Hitchcock's Marnie and worked alongside John Wayne in The Shootist before finding her true home as Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless in 1979. Anchoring a single soap role across decades demands a stamina and devotion that splashier careers never test. She became a daily fixture in American living rooms, and to me that steady, unglamorous loyalty to one character is its own quiet form of greatness worth saluting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Melody Thomas Scott
- Name (Japanese)
- メロディ・トーマス
- Reading
- めろでぃ・とーます
- Born
- April 18, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.melodythomasscott.com/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody%20Thomas%20Scott
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457751
3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-18
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Melody Thomas Scott born?
Born April 18, 1956 (age 70).
Where is Melody Thomas Scott from?
Melody Thomas Scott is from Los Angeles, California, United States.
What does Melody Thomas Scott do?
Melody Thomas Scott works as actor, television actor, film actor.
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