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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2003The Making of The Ten Commandments — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Charlton Heston: For All Seasons — Self
• 1989William Holden: The Golden Boy — Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self - Hostess
• Hollywood Preview — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self