Martha Scott

Actor Sep 22 (died age 90) Jamesport, Missouri, USA 1940–2003 (63 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

Ben-Hur

Miriam

Film

The Ten Commandments

Yochabel

Film

Charlotte's Web

Mrs. Arable (voice)

Film

The Desperate Hours

Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

Film

Sayonara

Mrs. Webster

Film

Airport 1975

Sister Beatrice

Film

The Turning Point

Adelaide

Film

In Old Oklahoma

Catherine Elizabeth Allen

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (39)

The Making of The Ten Commandments

2003

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

1995

as Self

5.0

Daughter of the Streets

1990

as Sarah

5.2

Love and Betrayal

1989

as Ginger

William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989

as Self

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988

as Virginia Camalier

3.7

Adam: His Song Continues

as Gram Walsh

Adam

as Gram Walsh

Summer Girl

as Martina Shelburne

Father Figure

as Hilda Wollman

Charleston

as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)

The Turning Point

as Adelaide

The Bionic Woman

as Helen Elgin

The Abduction of Saint Anne

1975

as Mother Michael

6.0

The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond

as Mumsie

Airport 1975

as Sister Beatrice

Sorority Kill

as House Mother

Thursday's Game

1974

as Mrs. Reynolds

5.8

The Man from Independence

1974

as Mamma Truman

Murder in the First Person Singular

1974

as Mrs. Emerson

7.5

Charlotte's Web

1973

as Mrs. Arable (voice)

The Devil's Daughter

as Mrs. Stone

Lemonade

as Mabel

Ben-Hur

as Miriam

Sayonara

as Mrs. Webster

Eighteen and Anxious

as Lottie Graham

The Ten Commandments

as Yochabel

The Desperate Hours

as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

When I Grow Up

as Mother Reed

Strange Bargain

as Georgia Wilson

So Well Remembered

as Olivia

In Old Oklahoma

as Catherine Elizabeth Allen

Stage Door Canteen

as Martha Scott

Hi Diddle Diddle

as Janie Prescott

One Foot in Heaven

as Hope Morris Spence

6.6

They Dare Not Love

1941

as Marta Keller

6.0

Cheers for Miss Bishop

as Ella Bishop

Our Town

as Emily Webb

The Howards of Virginia

1940

as Jane Peyton-Howard

6.5

Television (37)

Murder, She Wrote

as Georgia Wilson

Highway to Heaven

Hotel

as Estelle

Magnum, P.I.

as Jeanie LaSalle

Beulah Land

as Penelope Pennington

7.0

Secrets of Midland Heights

1980

5.5

Married: The First Year

Dallas

as Mrs. Shepard

The Word

as Sarah Randall

The Love Boat

as Janet Latham

The Bionic Woman

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Helen Elgin

Police Woman

Police Story

The Bob Newhart Show

The Sandy Duncan Show

1972

Delphi Bureau

1972

as Martha

Columbo

as Margaret Meadis

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Mrs. Loring

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Grandmother

The Mod Squad

as Belle Fuller

Cimarron Strip

The F.B.I.

as Katharine Lamberth

5.4

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Claire Kyle

Route 66

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self - Hostess

Hollywood Preview

as Self

Modern Romances

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

as Ellen Scott

5.6

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Your Show of Shows

Lux Video Theatre

as Esmerelda

Suspense

Lights Out

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

as Joanna

7.5