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Martha Scott

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American actress (1912-2003)

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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.

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Frank Craven, Martha Scott and John Craven in the original Broadway production of Our Town (1938)Frank Craven, Martha Scott and John Craven in the original Broadway production of Our Town (1938)Scott as Moses' mother, Yochabel, in The Ten Commandments (1956)Scott as Moses' mother, Yochabel, in The Ten Commandments (1956)Scott with second husband Mel Powell in 1947Scott with second husband Mel Powell in 1947Gravesite of Martha Scott and husband Mel Powell in Jamesport, MissouriGravesite of Martha Scott and husband Mel Powell in Jamesport, Missouri

Filmography 39

The Ten Commandments1956 · ★ 7.8
Ben-Hur1959 · ★ 7.9
Airport 19751974 · ★ 5.8
Charlotte's Web1973 · ★ 6.9
The Desperate Hours1955 · ★ 7.0
Sayonara1957 · ★ 6.7
The Turning Point1977 · ★ 6.6
In Old Oklahoma1943
Our Town1940
Stage Door Canteen1943
One Foot in Heaven1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop1941
The Devil's Daughter1973
Hi Diddle Diddle1943
Adam1983
The Howards of Virginia1940
Strange Bargain1949
So Well Remembered1947
Doin' Time on Planet Earth1988
Adam: His Song Continues1986
Thursday's Game1974
Daughter of the Streets1990
Summer Girl1983
When I Grow Up1951
Murder in the First Person Singular1974
Sorority Kill1974
The Abduction of Saint Anne1975
Father Figure1980
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons1995
They Dare Not Love1941
Eighteen and Anxious1957
The Bionic Woman1975
Charleston1979
The Making of The Ten Commandments2003
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond1975
Lemonade1971
Love and Betrayal1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy1989
The Man from Independence1974

84 credits on file

Television 24

Columbo1971
Murder, She Wrote1984
Dallas1978
The Love Boat1977
Magnum, P.I.1980
The Six Million Dollar Man1974
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
Highway to Heaven1984
Hotel1982
The F.B.I.1965
Police Woman1974
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Bionic Woman1976
Route 661960
Marcus Welby, M.D.1969
The Bob Newhart Show1972
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
The Mod Squad1968
Lights Out1949
Suspense1949
Police Story1973
The Courtship of Eddie's Father1969
Kraft Television Theatre1947
Cimarron Strip1967

Awards 1

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 1

Connected to Martha 6

Erika EleniakAlso in Daughter of the Streets (1990)Sterling HollowayAlso in Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)Yvonne CraigAlso in Eighteen and Anxious (1957)Anthony ZerbeAlso in The Turning Point (1977)Alan LaddAlso in The Howards of Virginia (1940)Richard LawsonAlso in Charleston (1979)

About this person

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.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2003 · aged 90
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