Martha Wentworth

Personal Info

Birthday

June 2, 1889

Day of Death

1974-03-08

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Verna Martha Wentworth

Martha Wentworth

Biography

Verna Martha Wentworth (June 2, 1889 - March 8, 1974) was an American actress. Originally a radio actress, she became a film actress in the 1940s, starring in several Red Ryder Western films. She went on to do voice work for Walt Disney Studios in One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Sword in the Stone, her final credited film appearance.

Known For

Perry Mason

Four Star Playhouse

Lassie

Dragnet

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

The Sword in the Stone

Public Defender

Filmography

2003
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.4
as Jenny Wren
1982
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Madam Mim (voice) (archive footage)
1977
Disney's Greatest Villains
as Madam Mim (voice) (archive footage)
1963
The Sword in the Stone
as Madam Mim / Old Lady Squirrel (voice)
1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Nanny / Queenie / Lucy (voice)
1959
The Beatniks
as Nadine
Go, Johnny, Go!
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
The Velvet Alley
as Mrs. Cowznoski
1958
Days of Wine and Roses
as Mrs. Nolan
1957
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Mrs. Merchant
1956
Rock Around the Clock
as Miss Dunlap (uncredited)
The Killer Is Loose
as Apartment House Manager's Wife (uncredited)
1955
Artists and Models
as Fat Lady (uncredited)
Blackboard Jungle
as Mrs. Brophy (uncredited)
Jupiter's Darling
as Widow Titus
1954
She Couldn't Say No
as Mrs. Holbert
Hazard House
as Mrs. Hazard (voice)
1953
One Girl's Confession
as Old Lady
1952
O. Henry's Full House
as Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
You for Me
as Lucille's Mother (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
as Mrs. Hammerty
1951
Love Nest
as Mrs. Thompson (Uncredited)
1950
His Bitter Half
as Mrs. Daffy Duck (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Marshal of Cripple Creek
as Duchess Wentworth
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
as The Duchess
Oregon Trail Scouts
as Duchess
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
as The Duchess
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Duchess Wentworth
1946
Stagecoach to Denver
as The Duchess (Red's Aunt)
Santa Fe Uprising
as The Duchess
The Stranger
as Sara
1945
Adventure
as Woman (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
1944
Strange Affair
as Proprietress (Uncredited)
1943
Clancy Street Boys
as Mrs. Molly McGinnis
1942
Jungle Book
as White Hood (uncredited)
The Hungry Wolf
as Lili's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Fraidy Cat
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1941
The Field Mouse
as Herman's Mother (voice)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Landlady (uncredited)
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Mrs. Brady
1940
Papa Gets the Bird
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Wildcat Bus
as Mrs. Waters (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
as Tart on Bridge at the End (uncredited)
A Rainy Day with the Bear Family
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1939
The Bookworm
as Witch (voice) (uncredited)
Mama's New Hat
as Mama (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Old Smokey
as Mama (voice) (uncredited)
The Captain's Pup
as Mama (voice) (uncredited)
Blue Monday
as Mama (voice) (uncredited)
Cleaning House
as Mama (voice) (uncredited)
1937
Streamlined Greta Green
as Junior's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Pigs Is Pigs
as Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
He Was Her Man
as Widow Mouse (voice)
1936
The CooCoo Nut Grove
as Mae West
Little Cheeser
as Little Cheeser's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Don't Look Now
as Lady Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Toy Town Hall
as Danny's Mother (voice)
At Your Service Madame
as Mrs. Hamhock (voice) (uncredited)
Toby Tortoise Returns
as Jenny Wren (voice) (uncredited)
I Love to Singa
as Mother (voice)
Prison Shadows
as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Bottles
as Witch Hazel (voice)
1935
Who Killed Cock Robin?
as Jenny Wren (voice) (uncredited)
I Haven't Got a Hat
as Miss Cud (voice) (uncredited)