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
1975
The Love Boat
1979
Dallas
1979
Murder, She Wrote
1987
Magnum, P.I.
1983
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Hotel
1987
The F.B.I.
1967
Highway to Heaven
1986
Route 66
1961
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1973

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
84
2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
1990
Daughter of the Streets
as Sarah
1989
Love and Betrayal
as Ginger
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
1988
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Virginia Camalier
1987
Murder, She Wrote
as Georgia Wilson
1987
Hotel
1986
Adam: His Song Continues
as Gram Walsh
1986
Highway to Heaven
1985
Dallas
as Patricia Shepard
1985
Hotel
as Estelle
1983
Adam
as Gram Walsh
1983
Summer Girl
as Martina Shelburne
1983
Magnum, P.I.
as Jeanie LaSalle
1980
Father Figure
as Hilda Wollman
1980
Beulah Land
as Penelope Pennington
1980
Secrets of Midland Heights
as Martha Millington
1979
Charleston
as Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)
1979
The Love Boat
as Janet Latham
1979
Dallas
as Mrs. Shepard
1979
Married: The First Year
1978
The Word
as Sarah Randall
1977
The Turning Point
as Adelaide
1976
The Bionic Woman
1975
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
as Mumsie
1975
The Abduction of Saint Anne
as Mother Michael
1975
The Bionic Woman
as Helen Elgin
1975
Columbo
as Margaret Meadis
1975
Medical Story
as Miss McDonald
1974
Airport 1975
as Sister Beatrice
1974
The Man from Independence
as Mamma Truman
1974
Thursday's Game
as Mrs. Reynolds
1974
Murder in the First Person Singular
as Mrs. Emerson
1974
Sorority Kill
as House Mother
1974
The Bob Newhart Show
as Mrs. Martha Hartley
1974
Police Woman
1974
Police Story
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Helen Elgin
1973
Charlotte's Web
as Mrs. Arable (voice)
1973
The Devil's Daughter
as Mrs. Stone
1973
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Mrs. Loring
1973
The Mod Squad
as Belle Fuller
1972
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
Delphi Bureau
as Martha
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
as Mrs. Eleanor Hartley
1971
Lemonade
as Mabel
1970
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Grandmother
1967
The F.B.I.
as Katharine Lamberth
1967
Cimarron Strip
1965
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Hostess
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Claire Kyle
1961
Route 66
1959
Ben-Hur
as Miriam
1957
Sayonara
as Mrs. Webster
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
as Lottie Graham
1957
Robert Montgomery Presents
1957
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Marietta Jackson
1956
The Ten Commandments
as Yochabel
1956
Kraft Television Theatre
as Joanna
1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Madeleine
1955
The Desperate Hours
as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1955
Hollywood Preview
as Self
1954
Modern Romances
1953
Suspense
1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1951
When I Grow Up
as Mother Reed
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Esmerelda
1951
Your Show of Shows
1951
Lights Out
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Julia Brougham
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ellen Scott
1949
Strange Bargain
as Georgia Wilson
1947
So Well Remembered
as Olivia
1943
In Old Oklahoma
as Catherine Elizabeth Allen
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Janie Prescott
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Martha Scott
1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Hope Morris Spence
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Ella Bishop
1941
They Dare Not Love
as Marta Keller
1940
Our Town
as Emily Webb
1940
The Howards of Virginia
as Jane Peyton-Howard