Martha Scott
Biography
Martha Ellen Scott (1912–2003) was an American actress best known for her roles as mother of the lead character in numerous films and television shows.
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Known For
Acting History
2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
1995Charlton Heston: For All Seasons as Self
1990Daughter of the Streets as Sarah
1989William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self
1989Love and Betrayal as Ginger
1988Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Virginia Camalier
1986Adam: His Song Continues as Gram Walsh
1984Murder, She Wrote as Georgia Wilson
1984Highway to Heaven
1983Adam as Gram Walsh
1983Summer Girl as Martina Shelburne
1982Hotel
1982Hotel as Estelle
1980Magnum, P.I. as Jeanie LaSalle
1980Secrets of Midland Heights
1980Father Figure as Hilda Wollman
1980Beulah Land as Penelope Pennington
1979Married: The First Year
1979Charleston as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)
1978The Word as Sarah Randall
1978Dallas as Mrs. Shepard
1978Dallas as Patricia Shepard
1977The Turning Point as Adelaide
1977The Love Boat as Janet Latham
1976The Bionic Woman
1975The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond as Mumsie
1975The Bionic Woman as Helen Elgin
1975The Abduction of Saint Anne as Mother Michael
1974Airport 1975 as Sister Beatrice
1974Police Woman
1974Murder in the First Person Singular as Mrs. Emerson
1974Thursday's Game as Mrs. Reynolds
1974The Man from Independence as Mamma Truman
1974Sorority Kill as House Mother
1974The Six Million Dollar Man as Helen Elgin
1973Police Story
1973Charlotte's Web as Mrs. Arable (voice)
1973The Devil's Daughter as Mrs. Stone
1972Delphi Bureau as Martha
1972The Sandy Duncan Show
1972The Bob Newhart Show
1971Lemonade as Mabel
1971Columbo as Margaret Meadis
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. as Mrs. Loring
1969The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Grandmother
1968The Mod Squad as Belle Fuller
1967Cimarron Strip
1965The F.B.I. as Katharine Lamberth
1963The Greatest Show on Earth as Claire Kyle
1960Route 66
1959Ben-Hur as Miriam
1959The Bell Telephone Hour as Self - Hostess
1957Sayonara as Mrs. Webster
1957Eighteen and Anxious as Lottie Graham
1956The Ten Commandments as Yochabel
1955The Desperate Hours as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
1955Hollywood Preview as Self
1954Modern Romances
1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
1951When I Grow Up as Mother Reed
1950Lux Video Theatre as Esmerelda
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950Your Show of Shows
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Ellen Scott
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Julia Brougham
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Marietta Jackson
1949Strange Bargain as Georgia Wilson
1949Lights Out
1949Suspense
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947So Well Remembered as Olivia
1947Kraft Television Theatre as Joanna
1943In Old Oklahoma as Catherine Elizabeth Allen
1943Hi Diddle Diddle as Janie Prescott
1943Stage Door Canteen as Martha Scott
1941One Foot in Heaven as Hope Morris Spence
1941They Dare Not Love as Marta Keller
1941Cheers for Miss Bishop as Ella Bishop
1940The Howards of Virginia as Jane Peyton-Howard
1940Our Town as Emily Webb