Martha Scott

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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Known For

Columbo

1971 • as Margaret Meadis

The Love Boat

1977 • as Janet Latham

Dallas

1978 • as Mrs. Shepard

Dallas

1978 • as Patricia Shepard

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 • as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950 • as Ellen Scott

Filmography

2003

The Making of The Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 9/23/2003

1995

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/20/1995

1990

Daughter of the Streets

as Sarah

Movie - Released: 2/26/1990

1989

Love and Betrayal

as Ginger

Movie - Released: 4/16/1989

William Holden: The Golden Boy

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/13/1989

1988

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

as Virginia Camalier

Movie - Released: 9/16/1988

1986

Adam: His Song Continues

as Gram Walsh

Movie - Released: 9/29/1986

1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Georgia Wilson

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Highway to Heaven

TV - Released: 9/19/1984

1983

Adam

as Gram Walsh

Movie - Released: 10/10/1983

Summer Girl

as Martina Shelburne

Movie - Released: 4/11/1983

1982

Hotel

TV - Released: 8/21/1982

Hotel

as Estelle

TV - Released: 8/21/1982

1980

Father Figure

as Hilda Wollman

Movie - Released: 10/26/1980

Magnum, P.I.

as Jeanie LaSalle

TV - Released: 12/11/1980

Secrets of Midland Heights

TV - Released: 12/6/1980

Beulah Land

as Penelope Pennington

TV - Released: 10/7/1980

1979

Charleston

as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)

Movie - Released: 1/15/1979

Married: The First Year

TV - Released: 2/28/1979

1978

Dallas

as Mrs. Shepard

TV - Released: 4/2/1978

Dallas

as Patricia Shepard

TV - Released: 4/2/1978

The Word

as Sarah Randall

TV - Released: 11/12/1978

1977

The Turning Point

as Adelaide

Movie - Released: 11/14/1977

The Love Boat

as Janet Latham

TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1976

The Bionic Woman

TV - Released: 1/14/1976

1975

The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond

as Mumsie

Movie - Released: 3/27/1975

The Abduction of Saint Anne

as Mother Michael

Movie - Released: 1/21/1975

The Bionic Woman

as Helen Elgin

Movie - Released: 3/16/1975

1974

Airport 1975

as Sister Beatrice

Movie - Released: 10/18/1974

Movie

The Man from Independence

as Mamma Truman

Movie - Released: 3/11/1974

Thursday's Game

as Mrs. Reynolds

Movie - Released: 4/14/1974

Murder in the First Person Singular

as Mrs. Emerson

Movie - Released: 6/10/1974

Sorority Kill

as House Mother

Movie - Released: 3/5/1974

Police Woman

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Helen Elgin

TV - Released: 1/18/1974

1973

Charlotte's Web

as Mrs. Arable (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/1/1973

The Devil's Daughter

as Mrs. Stone

Movie - Released: 1/9/1973

Police Story

TV - Released: 3/20/1973

1972

The Bob Newhart Show

TV - Released: 9/16/1972

The Sandy Duncan Show

TV - Released: 9/17/1972

1971

Lemonade

as Mabel

Movie - Released: 9/16/1971

Columbo

as Margaret Meadis

TV - Released: 9/15/1971

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Mrs. Loring

TV - Released: 9/23/1969

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Grandmother

TV - Released: 9/17/1969

1968

The Mod Squad

as Belle Fuller

TV - Released: 9/24/1968

1967

Cimarron Strip

TV - Released: 9/7/1967

1965

The F.B.I.

as Katharine Lamberth

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1963

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Claire Kyle

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

1960

Route 66

TV - Released: 10/7/1960

1959

Ben-Hur

as Miriam

Movie - Released: 11/18/1959

1957

Sayonara

as Mrs. Webster

Movie - Released: 12/25/1957

Eighteen and Anxious

as Lottie Graham

Movie - Released: 11/15/1957

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Yochabel

Movie - Released: 10/5/1956

1955

The Desperate Hours

as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

Movie - Released: 10/5/1955

Hollywood Preview

as Self

TV - Released: 9/14/1955

1954

Modern Romances

TV - Released: 10/4/1954

1953

Revlon Mirror Theatre

TV - Released: 6/23/1953

1951

When I Grow Up

as Mother Reed

Movie - Released: 4/19/1951

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

TV - Released: 9/10/1950

Lux Video Theatre

as Esmerelda

TV - Released: 10/2/1950

Your Show of Shows

TV - Released: 2/25/1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Ellen Scott

TV - Released: 1/30/1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Julia Brougham

TV - Released: 1/30/1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV - Released: 1/30/1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Marietta Jackson

TV - Released: 1/30/1950

1949

Strange Bargain

as Georgia Wilson

Movie - Released: 11/5/1949

Suspense

TV - Released: 1/6/1949

Lights Out

TV - Released: 7/19/1949

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

So Well Remembered

as Olivia

Movie - Released: 7/9/1947

1943

In Old Oklahoma

as Catherine Elizabeth Allen

Movie - Released: 12/6/1943

Hi Diddle Diddle

as Janie Prescott

Movie - Released: 8/2/1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Martha Scott

Movie - Released: 6/24/1943

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Hope Morris Spence

Movie - Released: 11/1/1941

Cheers for Miss Bishop

as Ella Bishop

Movie - Released: 2/21/1941

They Dare Not Love

as Marta Keller

Movie - Released: 5/16/1941

1940

Our Town

as Emily Webb

Movie - Released: 5/24/1940

The Howards of Virginia

as Jane Peyton-Howard

Movie - Released: 9/19/1940