Martha Scott

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1912-09-22

Jamesport, Missouri, USA

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.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {82}

Miriam

1959-11-18 7.9

Ben-Hur

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into s ...
Genre :History, Drama, Adventure

Emily Webb

1940-05-24 5.7

Our Town

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Yochabel

1956-10-05 7.767

The Ten Commandments

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liber ...
Genre :Drama, History

Sister Beatrice

1974-10-18 5.751

Airport 1975

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a re ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Action

Mrs. Webster

1957-12-25 6.7

Sayonara

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers becom ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Catherine Elizabeth Allen

1943-12-06 6.238

In Old Oklahoma

Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen. ...
Genre :Western

Georgia Wilson

1949-11-05 5.7

Strange Bargain

Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Mrs. Arable (voice)

1973-03-01 6.838

Charlotte's Web

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure ...
Genre :Family, Music, Animation

Adelaide

1977-11-14 6.5

The Turning Point

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

1955-10-05 7

The Desperate Hours

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Jane Peyton-Howard

1940-09-19 6.5

The Howards of Virginia

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Janie Prescott

1943-08-02 6.4

Hi Diddle Diddle

When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while pla ...
Genre :Comedy

Hope Morris Spence

1941-11-01 6.725

One Foot in Heaven

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another. ...
Genre :Drama

Gram Walsh

1983-10-10 7.4

Adam

Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country ...
Genre :Drama

Mamma Truman

1974-03-11 0

The Man from Independence

The Story of Harry S. Truman as he begins his political career in 1929. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Mrs. Stone

1973-01-09 6.5

The Devil's Daughter

A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon. ...
Genre :Horror, TV Movie

Ella Bishop

1941-02-21 5.579

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one o ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Marta Keller

1941-05-16 6

They Dare Not Love

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis ...
Genre :War, Drama

Mrs. Reynolds

1974-04-14 5.8

Thursday's Game

Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Virginia Camalier

1988-09-16 3.682

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wa ...
Genre :Comedy

Olivia

1947-07-09 5.036

So Well Remembered

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)

1979-01-15 0

Charleston

Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to hang onto her aristocratic family's mansion following the Civil War. ...
Genre :Drama, War, TV Movie

Ginger

1989-04-16 0

Love and Betrayal

Caroline Landry's husband has a sudden mid-life crisis and their idealistic 20-year marriage breaks apart when he leaves her for a younger woman. With the help of her friends and children, Caroline le ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Self

1989-12-13 0

William Holden: The Golden Boy

It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1995-03-20 5

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

The life and times of actor and NRA activist Charlton Heston. ...
Genre :Documentary

Hilda Wollman

1980-10-26 5

Father Figure

Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Martina Shelburne

1983-04-11 5.8

Summer Girl

When seductive young Cinni comes to babysit for a troubled couple, she's after more than extra spending money. Starting with the kids and working around to the husband, evil Cinni plots to take over a ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, TV Movie

Mumsie

1975-03-27 7

The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond

The curse of the legendary blue Hope Diamond on all its owners is dramatized from the gem's discovery in 17th Century India until its donation to the Smithsonian Institute. ...
Genre :Mystery

Mabel

1971-09-16 0

Lemonade

A perceptive and funny study about the fantasies, inhibitions and dreams of two frustrated and lonely middle-class matrons who set up competing lemonade stands along a jammed highway. This short play ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Martha Scott

1943-06-24 6.1

Stage Door Canteen

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance, War

Gram Walsh

1986-09-29 7.3

Adam: His Song Continues

Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children. ...
Genre :TV Movie

Lottie Graham

1957-11-15 6

Eighteen and Anxious

A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life. ...
Genre :Drama

Mother Reed

1951-04-19 6.5

When I Grow Up

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discover ...
Genre :Drama

Sarah

1990-02-26 5.2

Daughter of the Streets

A divorcée struggling to make ends meet, but still utilizing her spare time for social causes neglects her daughter in this fact-based story. At 18, the daughter starts drifting into bad company and e ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Mother Michael

1975-01-21 6

The Abduction of Saint Anne

A cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop team up to investigate the reported miraculous powers of a 17-year-old girl being held captive in the home of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Mrs. Emerson

1974-06-10 7.5

Murder in the First Person Singular

A murder plot by a terminally ill English teacher, to capitalize on the double indemnity clause in his life insurance, hires one of his students to do the deed. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie, Mystery, Crime

House Mother

1974-03-05 0

Sorority Kill

A psychotic killer holds six people captive in a sorority house, each of them realizing that their captor's mind is like a defective time bomb and could go off at any moment. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Helen Elgin

1975-03-16 2

The Bionic Woman

Sky-diving accident leaves tennis pro Jaimie Somers crippled and near death. Her bionic buddy, Steve Austin, gets his friends to rebuild her and make her better than she was before. Two episodes of Th ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Drama

Self (archive footage)

2003-09-23 8

The Making of The Ten Commandments

Go behind the scenes of the beloved biblical epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses and directed by legendary filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, who also introduces this documentary. Vi ...
Genre :Documentary

Georgia Wilson

1984-09-30 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Jeanie LaSalle

1980-12-11 7.3

Magnum, P.I.

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's th ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Margaret Meadis

1971-09-15 8.084

Columbo

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdl ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Self

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, includin ...
Genre :Comedy

Katharine Lamberth

1965-09-19 5.391

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Janet Latham

1977-09-24 6.277

The Love Boat

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1976-01-14 6.947

The Bionic Woman

After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

1960-10-07 6.3

Route 66

After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a su ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure, Mystery

1972-09-16 7.5

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a ps ...
Genre :Comedy

1984-09-19 7.4

Highway to Heaven

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people. ...
Genre :Family, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Mrs. Loring

1969-09-23 6.5

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside man ...
Genre :Drama

1982-08-21 6.8

Hotel

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the ser ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Mrs. Shepard

1978-04-02 6.828

Dallas

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cli ...
Genre :Soap, Drama, Family

Self

1948-06-20 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1955-09-14 6

Hollywood Preview

Genre :Drama, Talk

Patricia Shepard

1978-04-02 6.828

Dallas

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cli ...
Genre :Soap, Drama, Family

1972-09-17 0

The Sandy Duncan Show

Genre :Comedy

1974-09-13 6.2

Police Woman

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

1967-09-07 5.5

Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Crown, the series was produced by the creators of Gu ...
Genre :Western

1973-03-20 6.9

Police Story

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of polic ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Esmerelda

1950-10-02 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1950-02-25 6.3

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other fe ...
Genre :Comedy

Ellen Scott

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama

1949-01-06 4.9

Suspense

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar All ...
Genre :Drama

1979-02-28 5

Married: The First Year

Genre :

1954-10-04 0

Modern Romances

Genre :

1949-07-19 5.8

Lights Out

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Reality

1980-12-06 5.5

Secrets of Midland Heights

Secrets of Midland Heights is a short-lived American nighttime soap opera which ran on CBS from December 6, 1980 to January 24, 1981 for eight episodes. Produced after the enormous success of Dallas, ...
Genre :Soap

Helen Elgin

1974-01-18 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cy ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Grandmother

1969-09-17 6

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on the book written by Mark Toby. It tells the story of a widower, Tom Corbet ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, Kids

Julia Brougham

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama

Marietta Jackson

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama

Sarah Randall

1978-11-12 4

The Word

A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus Christ. A public relations executive is hired to publicize this document as a new version of the Bible, b ...
Genre :Drama

Penelope Pennington

1980-10-07 7

Beulah Land

A young Southern belle becomes the mistress of a magnificent plantation. ...
Genre :Drama

Belle Fuller

1968-09-24 6.2

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy L ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Estelle

1982-08-21 6.8

Hotel

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the ser ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

1953-06-23 0

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Also known as 'Mirror Theater', this was an American anthology drama television series. ...
Genre :

Claire Kyle

1963-09-17 5

The Greatest Show on Earth

Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town. ...
Genre :Drama

Joanna

1947-05-07 7.5

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theater is an American, well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas. ...
Genre :Drama

Self - Hostess

1959-01-12 7.3

The Bell Telephone Hour

“The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that showcased the best in Broadway, Classical, Concert, Jazz and Popular music each we ...
Genre :

Martha

1972-10-05 0

Delphi Bureau

The Delphi Bureau is an American dramatic television series aired in the United States by ABC as one of three elements of The Men, a wheel series shown as part of its 1972-73 schedule. The Delphi Bur ...
Genre :Drama

Madeleine

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama