Martha Scott

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.

Known For

Columbo

Murder, She Wrote

Dallas

Dallas

The Love Boat

Magnum, P.I.

The Six Million Dollar Man

Robert Montgomery Presents

All Movies (39)

• The Making of The Ten Commandments2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Charlton Heston: For All Seasons1995 · as Self
• Daughter of the Streets1990 · as Sarah
• William Holden: The Golden Boy1989 · as Self
• Love and Betrayal1989 · as Ginger
• Doin' Time on Planet Earth1988 · as Virginia Camalier
• Adam: His Song Continues1986 · as Gram Walsh
• Adam1983 · as Gram Walsh
• Summer Girl1983 · as Martina Shelburne
• Father Figure1980 · as Hilda Wollman
• Charleston1979 · as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)
• The Turning Point1977 · as Adelaide
• The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond1975 · as Mumsie
• The Bionic Woman1975 · as Helen Elgin
• The Abduction of Saint Anne1975 · as Mother Michael
• Airport 19751974 · as Sister Beatrice
• Murder in the First Person Singular1974 · as Mrs. Emerson
• Thursday's Game1974 · as Mrs. Reynolds
• The Man from Independence1974 · as Mamma Truman
• Sorority Kill1974 · as House Mother
• Charlotte's Web1973 · as Mrs. Arable (voice)
• The Devil's Daughter1973 · as Mrs. Stone
• Lemonade1971 · as Mabel
• Ben-Hur1959 · as Miriam
• Sayonara1957 · as Mrs. Webster
• Eighteen and Anxious1957 · as Lottie Graham
• The Ten Commandments1956 · as Yochabel
• The Desperate Hours1955 · as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
• When I Grow Up1951 · as Mother Reed
• Strange Bargain1949 · as Georgia Wilson
• So Well Remembered1947 · as Olivia
• In Old Oklahoma1943 · as Catherine Elizabeth Allen
• Hi Diddle Diddle1943 · as Janie Prescott
• Stage Door Canteen1943 · as Martha Scott
• One Foot in Heaven1941 · as Hope Morris Spence
• They Dare Not Love1941 · as Marta Keller
• Cheers for Miss Bishop1941 · as Ella Bishop
• The Howards of Virginia1940 · as Jane Peyton-Howard
• Our Town1940 · as Emily Webb

All TV Shows (45)

• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Georgia Wilson
• Highway to Heaven1984
• Hotel1982
• Hotel1982 · as Estelle
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Jeanie LaSalle
• Secrets of Midland Heights1980 · as Martha Millington
• Beulah Land1980 · as Penelope Pennington
• Married: The First Year1979
• The Word1978 · as Sarah Randall
• Dallas1978 · as Mrs. Shepard
• Dallas1978 · as Patricia Shepard
• The Love Boat1977 · as Janet Latham
• The Bionic Woman1976
• Medical Story1975
• Police Woman1974
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Helen Elgin
• Police Story1973
• Delphi Bureau1972 · as Martha
• The Sandy Duncan Show1972
• The Bob Newhart Show1972 · as Mrs. Martha Hartley
• The Bob Newhart Show1972 · as Mrs. Eleanor Hartley
• Columbo1971 · as Margaret Meadis
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Mrs. Loring
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father1969 · as Grandmother
• The Mod Squad1968 · as Belle Fuller
• Cimarron Strip1967
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Katharine Lamberth
• The Greatest Show on Earth1963 · as Claire Kyle
• Route 661960
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self - Hostess
• Hollywood Preview1955 · as Self
• Modern Romances1954
• Revlon Mirror Theatre1953
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Esmerelda
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• Your Show of Shows1950
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Ellen Scott
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Julia Brougham
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Marietta Jackson
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Madeleine
• Lights Out1949
• Suspense1949
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Joanna