EXCLUSIVE: Melody Thomas Scott has spent a storied 60-plus years ... So when I finally did get the script, I already got the job… All my scenes [in the script] are topless.

and The Shootist. In 1977, Melody Thomas Scott appeared in two episodes of The Waltons (as Darlene Jarvis) as well as the horror picture The Car. Two years later, she joined the cast of Y&R.

Melody Thomas Scott has been ... In her teens, Thomas Scott acted with several legendary actors, including John Wayne (The Shootist), Kirk Douglas (Posse) and Clint Eastwood (The Beguiled).

Editors note: Melody Thomas Scott first joined the CBS daytime drama ... given me the opportunity and good fortune to have the same scene partner, the extraordinary Eric Braeden, for four decades!