Martha Scott

Personal Info

Birthday

September 22, 1912

Day of Death

2003-05-28

(90 years old)

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.

Known For

Columbo

Dallas

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Six Million Dollar Man

Magnum, P.I.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Filmography

2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
1990
Daughter of the Streets
as Sarah
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
Love and Betrayal
as Ginger
1988
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Virginia Camalier
1986
Adam: His Song Continues
as Gram Walsh
1983
Adam
as Gram Walsh
Summer Girl
as Martina Shelburne
1980
Father Figure
as Hilda Wollman
1979
Charleston
as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)
1977
The Turning Point
as Adelaide
1975
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
as Mumsie
The Bionic Woman
as Helen Elgin
The Abduction of Saint Anne
as Mother Michael
1974
Airport 1975
as Sister Beatrice
Murder in the First Person Singular
as Mrs. Emerson
Thursday's Game
as Mrs. Reynolds
The Man from Independence
as Mamma Truman
Sorority Kill
as House Mother
1973
Charlotte's Web
as Mrs. Arable (voice)
The Devil's Daughter
as Mrs. Stone
1971
Lemonade
as Mabel
1959
Ben-Hur
as Miriam
1957
Sayonara
as Mrs. Webster
Eighteen and Anxious
as Lottie Graham
1956
The Ten Commandments
as Yochabel
1955
The Desperate Hours
as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
1951
When I Grow Up
as Mother Reed
1949
Strange Bargain
as Georgia Wilson
1947
So Well Remembered
as Olivia
1943
In Old Oklahoma
as Catherine Elizabeth Allen
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Janie Prescott
Stage Door Canteen
as Martha Scott
1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Hope Morris Spence
They Dare Not Love
as Marta Keller
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Ella Bishop
1940
The Howards of Virginia
as Jane Peyton-Howard
Our Town
as Emily Webb