Portrait of Martha Scott

Martha Scott

Acting

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.

Born: September 22, 1912

Place of Birth: Jamesport, Missouri, USA

Filmography

2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

1989
1988
Doin' Time on Planet Earth

as Virginia Camalier

1986
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Georgia Wilson

1983
Adam

as Gram Walsh

1983
Summer Girl

as Martina Shelburne

1982
1982
Hotel

as Estelle

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Jeanie LaSalle

1980
Father Figure

as Hilda Wollman

1980
Beulah Land

as Penelope Pennington

1979
Charleston

as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)

1978
The Word

as Sarah Randall

1978
Dallas

as Mrs. Shepard

1978
Dallas

as Patricia Shepard

1977
1977
The Love Boat

as Janet Latham

1975
The Bionic Woman

as Helen Elgin

1975
1974
Airport 1975

as Sister Beatrice

1974
Thursday's Game

as Mrs. Reynolds

1974
Sorority Kill

as House Mother

1974
1973
Charlotte's Web

as Mrs. Arable (voice)

1973
1972
Delphi Bureau

as Martha

1971
Lemonade

as Mabel

1971
Columbo

as Margaret Meadis

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Mrs. Loring

1968
The Mod Squad

as Belle Fuller

1965
The F.B.I.

as Katharine Lamberth

1959
Ben-Hur

as Miriam

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self - Hostess

1957
Sayonara

as Mrs. Webster

1957
Eighteen and Anxious

as Lottie Graham

1956
1955
The Desperate Hours

as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

1951
When I Grow Up

as Mother Reed

1950
1950
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Marietta Jackson

1949
Strange Bargain

as Georgia Wilson

1947
1943
In Old Oklahoma

as Catherine Elizabeth Allen

1943
Hi Diddle Diddle

as Janie Prescott

1943
Stage Door Canteen

as Martha Scott

1941
One Foot in Heaven

as Hope Morris Spence

1941
They Dare Not Love

as Marta Keller

1941
1940
The Howards of Virginia

as Jane Peyton-Howard

1940
Our Town

as Emily Webb