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), playing 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 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Georgia Wilson
- Episode 3x21: The Days Dwindle Down (Apr 19, 1987)
Hotel (1982)
Guest starring as Estelle
- Episode 2x24: Obsessions (Jun 26, 1985)
Guest starring as Roz Campbell
- Episode 5x07: Revelations (Nov 21, 1987)
Dallas (1978)
Guest starring as Patricia Shepard
(10 episodes)
- Episode 9x13: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen (Dec 13, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 9x12: En Passant (Dec 6, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 9x11: The Prize (Nov 29, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 9x10: Suffer the Little Children (Nov 22, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 9x09: Close Encounters (Nov 15, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 9x07: The Wind of Change (Nov 1, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 9x06: Mothers (Oct 25, 1985) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 3x05: The Kristin Affair (Oct 19, 1979)
- Episode 3x03: The Silent Killer (Oct 5, 1979)
- Episode 2x15: For Love or Money (Jan 14, 1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Janet Latham
- Episode 3x06: Gopher's Greatest Hits / The Vacation / One Rose a Day (Oct 13, 1979)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Guest starring as Mrs. Martha Hartley
(7 episodes)
- Episode 6x01: Bob's Change of Life (Sep 24, 1977)
- Episode 5x13: Making Up is the Thing to Do (Dec 25, 1976)
- Episode 5x12: Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Dec 11, 1976)
- Episode 4x12: Fathers and Sons and Mothers (Nov 29, 1975)
- Episode 3x11: An American Family (Nov 23, 1974)
- Episode 2x21: A Love Story (Feb 9, 1974)
- Episode 1x04: Mom, I L-L-Love You (Oct 7, 1972)
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971)
Guest starring as Mildred
- Episode 3x08: The Sin of Susan Gentry (Nov 17, 1973)
Columbo (1968)
Guest starring as Margaret Meadis
- Episode 1975-03-02: Playback (Mar 2, 1975) [Special Guest Star]
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Guest starring as TBD
- Episode 7x34: The Baobab Tree (Apr 23, 1956)