Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott was an American singer and actress who found some measure of success in Shanghai in the early 1930s.
Biography
- "I'm going home to Missouri, where they never ever feed you snake before ripping your heart out and lowering you into hot pits. This is not my idea of a swell time!"
- ―Willie Scott[src]
Wilhelmina Scott was raised on a farm in Missouri, but from a young age her ambitions lay firmly in Hollywood. Unable to break into the American film industry during the Great Depression, Scott escaped to the Far East, where she landed roles in several Shanghai productions. Her efforts earned her the attention of local crime lord Lao Che, who hired her as a singer for his popular nightspot, Club Obi Wan.[1]
In 1935, Scott (now known by her stage name, Willie), became entangled in an altercation between Che and archaeologist Indiana Jones, and wound up following Jones and his young sidekick, Short Round, to Pankot Palace in India. There, a fledgling romance between Scott and Jones stalled abruptly when Willie nearly became the victim of human sacrifice, perpetrated by the underground Thuggee cult and its maniacal leader, Mola Ram. Just as Scott was being lowered into a pit of molten lava, Indy and Short Round came to her rescue. With the aid of Captain Blumburtt and his Eleventh Poona Rifles, Pankot Palace was freed from the grip of Ram and the Thuggee; and Willie, Indy, and Short Round returned to the United States. Her fate is unknown.
Behind the scenes
In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Willie was portrayed by Kate Capshaw, who married Steven Spielberg in 1991.
Appearances
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (Pictured only)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (First appearance)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom novel
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom comic
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Pictured only)
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Non-canonical appearance)