Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American stage and screen actress. She first gained wide attention by originating the role of Emily Webb in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town and subsequently got an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress reprising the role in Sam Wood’s film version. In the lengthy career that followed, she played prominent roles in the films The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), and The Turning Point (1977).
Scott was married twice, to Carlton W. Alsop and to composer Mel Powell. She had one child with Alsop and two with Powell. She died of natural causes at the age of 90.
Works with Martha Scott:
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Film
- 1940 Our Town: Emily Webb
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia: Jane Peyton-Howard
- 1941 Cheers For Miss Bishop: Ella Bishop
- 1941 They Dare Not Love: Marta Keller
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven: Hope Morris Spence
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen: Martha Scott
- 1943 Hi Diddle Diddle: Janie Prescott Phyffe
- 1943 In Old Oklahoma: Catherine Elizabeth Allen
- 1947 So Well Remembered: Olivia
- 1949 Strange Bargain: Georgia Wilson
- Reprised role in 1 episode of Murder, She Wrote (1987)
- 1951 When I Grow Up: Mother Reed (1890s)
- 1955 The Desperate Hours: Ellie Hilliard
- 1956 The Ten Commandments (1956): Yochabel
- 1957 Eighteen And Anxious: Lottie Graham
- 1957 Sayonara: Mrs. Webster
- 1959 Ben-Hur (1959): Miriam
- 1970 Lemonade: Mabel (Made-for-TV Movie)
- 1973 The Devils Daughter: Mrs. Stone (TV Movie)
- 1973 Charlotte's Web: Mrs. Phyllis Arable
- 1974 Sorority Kill: House Mother (TV Movie)
- 1974 The Man From Independence: Mamma Truman (TV Movie)
- 1974 Thursdays Game: Mrs. Reynolds (TV Movie)
- 1975 Airport 1975: Sister Beatrice
- 1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne: Mother Michael (TV Movie)
- 1975 The Legendary Curse Of The Hope Diamond: Mumsie (TV Movie)
- 1975 Medical Story: Miss McDonald (TV Movie)
- 1977 The Turning Point (1977): Adelaide
- 1979 Charleston: Mrs. Farrell – Aunt Louisa (TV Movie)
- 1980 Father Figure: Hilda Wollman (TV Movie)
- 1981 First Monday In October: Cameo Appearance (Uncredited Role)
- 1983 Summer Girl: Martina Shelburne (TV Movie)
- 1983 Adam: Gram Walsh (TV Movie)
- Reprised role in Adam His Song Continues (1986)
- 1988 Doin Time On Planet Earth: Virginia Camalier
- 1989 Love And Betrayal: Ginger (TV Movie)
- 1990 Daughter Of The Streets: Sarah (TV Movie)
Television
- 1950-57 Robert Montgomery Presents: Ellen Scott/Julia Brougham/Marietta Jackson (5 episodes)
- 1951 Lux Video Theatre: Esmerelda (1 episode)
- 1951 Lights Out: Phyllis (1 episode)
- 1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre: Martha Jones (2 episodes)
- 1955 TV Readers Digest: Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson (1 episode)
- 1956 Kraft Theatre: Rancher’s Wife (1 episode)
- 1956-57 Goodyear Playhouse: Kate Douglas (1 episode)
- 1957 Modern Romances: Narrator (1 episode)
- 1959 Playhouse 90: Mrs. Austin (1 episode)
- 1959 Markham: Marie Vaughn (1 episode)
- 1959 The United States Steel Hour: Grace Sullivan (1 episode)
- 1960 New Comedy Showcase: Kit Tyler (1 episode)
- 1961 Play Of The Week: Clara (1 episode)
- 1961-62 Route 66: Helen Watson/Ruth O’Brien (2 episodes)
- 1962 Follow The Sun: Betty Stover (1 episode)
- 1963 The Du P Ont Show Of The Week: Helen Adams (1 episode)
- 1963 The Doctors And The Nurses: Edith Arnold (1 episode)
- 1963 The Greatest Show On Earth: Claire Kyle (1 episode)
- 1965 Slatterys People: Fran Stevens (1 episode)
- 1967 Cimmaron Strip: Mrs. Kihlgren (1 episode)
- 1967 The F.B.I.: Katherine Lamberth (1 episode)
- 1969 Ironside (1967): Francine Miller
- 1970 The Courtship of Eddie's Father: Grandmother (1 episode)
- 1970 Paris 7000: Amy Westerly (1 episode)
- 1971 Longstreet: Louisa De Carie (1 episode)
- 1972 The Sandy Duncan Show: Harriet (1 episode)
- 1972 The Delphi Bureau: Martha (1 episode)
- 1972-77 The Bob Newhart Show: Mrs. Eleanor Hartley/Mrs. Martha Hartley (7 episodes)
- 1973 The Mod Squad: Bette Fuller (1 episode)
- 1973 Marcus Welby, M.D.: Mrs. Loring (1 episode)
- 1974 Police Story: Mary Ryan (1 episode)
- 1974 The Wide World Of Mystery: Mrs. Emerson (1 episode)
- 1974 Police Woman: Mrs. Wadsworth (1 episode)
- 1974-75 The Six Million Dollar Man: Helen Elgin (3 episodes)
- Reprised role on 6 episodes of The Bionic Woman (1976-77)
- 1975 Columbo: Margaret Meadis (1 episode)
- 1978 The Word: Sarah Randall
- 1979 Married The First Year: Elizabeth Gorey (2 episodes)
- 1979 The Love Boat: Janet Latham (1 episode)
- 1979-85 Dallas: Mrs. Patricia Shepard (10 episodes)
- 1980 Beulah Land: Penelope Pennington
- 1980-81 Secrets Of Midland Heights: Margaret Millington
- 1983 Magnum, P.I.: Jeanie LaSalle (1 episode)
- 1984 The Paper Chase: Marion Grey (1 episode)
- 1985-86 General Hospital: Jennifer Talbot (10 episodes)
- 1985-87 Hotel: Estelle/Roz Campbell (2 episodes)
- 1986 Highway to Heaven: Lauren Swann (2 episodes)
