Martha Scott

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1912-09-22 (91 years old)

Deathday

2003-05-28

Place of Birth

Jamesport, Missouri, USA

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.

Acting

1959

Ben-Hur

as Miriam

1940

Our Town

as Emily Webb

1956

1974

Airport 1975

as Sister Beatrice

1957

Sayonara

as Mrs. Webster

1943

In Old Oklahoma

as Catherine Elizabeth Allen

1949

Strange Bargain

as Georgia Wilson

1973

Charlotte's Web

as Mrs. Arable (voice)

1977

1955

The Desperate Hours

as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

1940

The Howards of Virginia

as Jane Peyton-Howard

1943

Hi Diddle Diddle

as Janie Prescott

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Hope Morris Spence

1983

Adam

as Gram Walsh

1974

1973

1941

1941

They Dare Not Love

as Marta Keller

1974

Thursday's Game

as Mrs. Reynolds

1988

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

as Virginia Camalier

1947

1979

Charleston

as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)

1989

1980

Father Figure

as Hilda Wollman

1983

Summer Girl

as Martina Shelburne

1971

Lemonade

as Mabel

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Martha Scott

1986

1957

Eighteen and Anxious

as Lottie Graham

1951

When I Grow Up

as Mother Reed

1975

1974

Sorority Kill

as House Mother

1975

The Bionic Woman

as Helen Elgin

2003

The Making of The Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

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