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Martha Scott (1912–2003)

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Martha Scott entered films in the early 1940s, following an initial appearance in stock. Her first film appearance was Our Town, playing the same character as she played on the stage. She won an Academy Award nomination for her superb performance in the film. Martha Scott is remembered as a highly talented actress... See full bio »

Born:

Martha Ellen Scott
in Jamesport, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 90) in Van Nuys, California, USA
Left to Right: Martha Scott, Arlene Gray, Jeffery Lynn, Michael Chapin
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1990 Daughter of the Streets (TV movie)
Sarah
 
1989 Love and Betrayal (TV movie)
Ginger
 
1988 Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Virginia Camalier
 
1985-1987 Hotel (TV series)
Estelle / Roz Campbell
– Revelations (1987) … Roz Campbell
– Obsessions (1985) … Estelle
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Georgia Wilson
– The Days Dwindle Down (1987) … Georgia Wilson (also archive footage)
 
1986 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Laura Swan
– Love at Second Sight (1986) … Laura Swan
 
1986 Adam: His Song Continues (TV movie)
Gram Walsh
 
1985-1986 General Hospital (TV series)
Jennifer Talbot
 
1979-1985 Dallas (TV series)
Patricia Shepard
– Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1985) … Patricia Shepard
– En Passant (1985) … Patricia Shepard
– The Prize (1985) … Patricia Shepard
– Suffer the Little Children (1985) … Patricia Shepard
– Close Encounters (1985) … Patricia Shepard
See all 10 episodes »
 
1984 The Paper Chase (TV series)
Marion Grey
– Limits (1984) … Marion Grey
 
1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Jeanie LaSalle
– Limited Engagement (1983) … Jeanie LaSalle
 
1983 Adam (TV movie)
Gram Walsh
 
1983 Summer Girl (TV movie)
Martina Shelburne
 
1981 First Monday in October
Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
1980-1981 Secrets of Midland Heights (TV series)
Margaret Millington
– Facing Facts (1981) … Margaret Millington
– The Birthday Party (1981) … Margaret Millington
– The Race (1981) … Margaret Millington
– Letting Go (1981) … Margaret Millington
– Heritage of Sorrows (1981) … Margaret Millington
See all 10 episodes »
 
1980 Father Figure (TV movie)
Hilda Wollman
 
1980 Beulah Land (TV mini-series)
Penelope Pennington
 
1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Janet Latham
– Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day (1979) … Janet Latham
 
1979 Charleston (TV movie)
Mrs. Farrell-Aunt Louisa
 
1978 The Word (TV mini-series)
Sarah Randall
 
1977 The Turning Point
Adelaide
 
1972-1977 The Bob Newhart Show (TV series)
Mrs. Martha Hartley
– Bob's Change of Life (1977) … Mrs. Martha Hartley
– Making Up Is the Thing to Do (1976) … Mrs. Martha Hartley
– Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1976) … Mrs. Martha Hartley
– Fathers and Sons and Mothers (1975) … Mrs. Martha Hartley
– An American Family (1974) … Mrs. Martha Hartley
See all 7 episodes »
 
1976-1977 The Bionic Woman (TV series)
Helen Elgin
– Beyond the Call (1977) … Helen Elgin
– Deadly Ringer: Part 2 (1977) … Helen Elgin
– Jaime's Mother (1976) … Helen Elgin
– Bionic Beauty (1976) … Helen Elgin
– Welcome Home, Jaime: Part 2 (1976) … Helen Elgin
 
1974-1976 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
Helen Elgin
– Welcome Home, Jaime (1976) … Helen Elgin
– The Bionic Woman: Part 2 (1975) … Helen Elgin
– The Bionic Woman (1975) … Helen Elgin
– The Coward (1974) … Helen Elgin
 
1975 Medical Story (TV movie)
Miss McDonald
 
1975 The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (TV movie)
Mumsie
 
1975 Columbo (TV series)
Margaret Meadis
– Playback (1975) … Margaret Meadis
 
1975 The Abduction of Saint Anne (TV movie)
Mother Michael
 
1975 Lemonade (TV short)
Mabel
 
1974 Airport 1975
Sister Beatrice
 
1974 Police Woman (TV series)
Mrs. Wadsworth
– Warning: All Wives (1974) … Mrs. Wadsworth
 
1974 Murder in the First Person Singular (TV movie)
Mrs. Emerson
 
1974 Thursday's Game (TV movie)
Mrs. Reynolds
 
1974 Police Story (TV series)
Mary Ryan
– Fingerprint (1974) … Mary Ryan
 
1974 The Man from Independence
Mamma Truman
 
1974 Sorority Kill (TV movie)
 
1973 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Mildred
– The Sin of Susan Gentry (1973) … Mildred
 
1973 Charlotte's Web
Mrs. Arable (voice)
 
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Mrs. Loring
– The Other Martin Loring (1973) … Mrs. Loring
 
1973 Mod Squad (TV series)
Belle Fuller
– Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death (1973) … Belle Fuller
 
1973 The Devil's Daughter (TV movie)
Mrs. Stone
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Martha
– The Deadly Little Errand (1972) … Martha
 
1972 The Sandy Duncan Show (TV series)
Harriet
– Hooray for Harriet (1972) … Harriet
 
1971 Longstreet (TV series)
Louisa De Carie
– So, Who's Fred Hornbeck? (1971) … Louisa De Carie
 
1970 Paris 7000 (TV series)
Amy Westerly
– The Last Grand Tour (1970) … Amy Westerly
 
1970 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series)
Grandmother
– Guardian for Eddie (1970) … Grandmother
 
1969 Ironside (TV series)
Francine
– The Prophecy (1969) … Francine
 
1967 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Katharine Lamberth
– Overload (1967) … Katharine Lamberth
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Mrs. Kihlgren
– The Search (1967) … Mrs. Kihlgren
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Fran Stevens
– Color Him Red (1965) … Fran Stevens
 
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Claire Kyle
– No Middle Ground for Harry Kyle (1963) … Claire Kyle
 
1963 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Edith Arnold
– A Dark World (1963) … Edith Arnold
– The Saturday Evening of Time (1963)
 
1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Helen Adams
– Two Faces of Treason (1963) … Helen Adams
 
1961-1962 Route 66 (TV series)
Helen Watson / Ruth O'Brien
– Where Is Chick Lorimer, Where Has She Gone? (1962) … Ruth O'Brien
– Welcome to Amity (1961) … Helen Watson
 
1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Betty Stover
– Ghost Story (1962) … Betty Stover
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
Clara
– The Wooden Dish (1961) … Clara
 
1960 New Comedy Showcase (TV series)
Kit Tyler
– You're Only Young Twice (1960) … Kit Tyler
 
1959 Ben-Hur
Miriam
 
1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Grace Sullivan
– Rachel's Summer (1959) … Grace Sullivan
 
1959 Markham (TV series)
Marie Vaughn
– Grave and Present Danger (1959) … Marie Vaughn
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mrs. Austin
– A Trip to Paradise (1959) … Mrs. Austin
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Gardenia Bush (1958)
 
1957 Sayonara
Mrs. Webster
 
1957 Eighteen and Anxious
Lottie Graham
 
1956-1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– Backwoods Cinderella (1957)
– Footlight Frenzy (1956)
 
1950-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Ellen Scott / Marietta Jackson
– The Last Train to Kildevil (1957) … Marietta Jackson
– Give and Take (1957)
– The Baobab Tree (1956)
– The Bishop's Wife (1951)
– The Male Animal (1950) … Ellen Scott
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
Yochabel
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Rancher's Wife
– Prairie Night (1956) … Rancher's Wife
 
1955 The Desperate Hours
Ellie Hilliard
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
– Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson (1955) … Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson
 
1954 Modern Romances (TV series)
Host / Narrator (1954-58)
 
1954 Center Stage (TV series)
– The Desdemona Murder Case (1954)
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
– The Sister (1953)
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– Scent of the Roses (1953)
 
1953 Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1953)
 
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV series)
– Salt of the Earth (1953)
 
1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Way of Courage (1952)
 
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV series)
– Bewitched (1951)
– The Vessel of Wrath (1951)
 
1951 The Clock (TV series)
– Journey Across the River (1951)
 
1951 Lights Out (TV series)
Phyllis
– The Cat's Cradle (1951) … Phyllis
 
1951 When I Grow Up
Mother Reed (1890's)
 
1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Esmerelda
– The Choir Rehearsal (1951) … Esmerelda
 
1950 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
– The Cut Glass Bowl (1950)
 
1949 Strange Bargain
Georgia Wilson
 
1947 So Well Remembered
Olivia
 
1943 In Old Oklahoma
Catherine Elizabeth Allen
 
1943 Hi Diddle Diddle
Janie Prescott Phyffe
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Martha Scott
 
1941 One Foot in Heaven
Hope Morris Spence
 
1941 They Dare Not Love
Marta Keller
 
1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop
Ella Bishop
 
1940 The Howards of Virginia
Jane Peyton-Howard
 
1940 Our Town
Emily Webb
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1981 First Monday in October (producer)
 
1970 The Front Page (TV movie) (executive producer - for Plumstead Playhouse)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
2004 The First Time (video short)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Herself - Hostess
– An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1965) … Herself - Hostess
 
1964-1965 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 September 1965 (1965) … Herself
– Episode dated 20 November 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The 18th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 1 April 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1958 The 12th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #6.3 (1955) … Herself - Actress
 
1951 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.10 (1951) … Herself
– Episode #5.4 (1951) … Herself
 
1951 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.19 (1951) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1950 Penthouse Party (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1950) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2004 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1938). Stage Play: Our Town. Drama. Written by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Jed Harris. Henry Miller's Theatre (moved to The Morosco Theatre from 1 May 1938 to close): 4 Feb 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/336 performances). Cast: Arthur Allen, Max Beck, Emily Boileau, Barbara Brown, Barbara Burton... See more »

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She is survived by her son, Scott Alsopp, and two daughters, Mary Powell Harpel and Kathleen Powell. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo