# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:01:58.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-scott"
name: "Martha Scott"
slug: "martha-scott"
description: "Martha Ellen Scott was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), and William Wyler's Ben-Hur (1959). Martha played the mother of Charlton Heston's character in both films. She originated the role of Emily Webb in Thornton Wilder's Our Town on Broadway in 1938, and later recreated the role in the 1940 film version, for which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress."
tagline: "American actress (1912–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha_Scott_1943.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1912-09-22"
deathDate: "2003-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.62457866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779549/"
    handle:    "nm0779549"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump