Cast & creator
Martha Scott
Best known for Columbo, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote
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.
39
film credits
45
television credits
84
1940–2003 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
Columbo
Margaret Meadis
1971
The Love Boat
Janet Latham
1977
Murder, She Wrote
Georgia Wilson
1984
Dallas
Mrs. Shepard
1978Dallas
Patricia Shepard
1978
Magnum, P.I.
Jeanie LaSalle
1980
The Six Million Dollar Man
Helen Elgin
1974
Robert Montgomery Presents
Ellen Scott
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Julia Brougham
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Marietta Jackson
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Madeleine
1950
Hotel
1982Hotel
Estelle
1982
Highway to Heaven
1984
The F.B.I.
Katharine Lamberth
1965
Route 66
1960
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Loring
1969
Police Woman
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Bob Newhart Show
Mrs. Martha Hartley
1972The Bob Newhart Show
Mrs. Eleanor Hartley
1972
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Kraft Television Theatre
Joanna
1947
The Bionic Woman
1976
Police Story
1973
The Mod Squad
Belle Fuller
1968
Suspense
1949
Lights Out
1949
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Grandmother
1969Lux Video Theatre
Esmerelda
1950
The Ten Commandments
Yochabel
1956
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Hostess
1959
Cimarron Strip
1967The Greatest Show on Earth
Claire Kyle
1963
Ben-Hur
Miriam
1959
Medical Story
Miss McDonald
1975
Secrets of Midland Heights
Martha Millington
1980
The Word
Sarah Randall
1978The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Delphi Bureau
Martha
1972
Beulah Land
Penelope Pennington
1980
Airport 1975
Sister Beatrice
1974Hollywood Preview
Self
1955
The Desperate Hours
Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
1955
Charlotte's Web
Mrs. Arable (voice)
1973
In Old Oklahoma
Catherine Elizabeth Allen
1943
Sayonara
Mrs. Webster
1957
The Turning Point
Adelaide
1977Married: The First Year
1979
Stage Door Canteen
Martha Scott
1943
Summer Girl
Martina Shelburne
1983
The Devil's Daughter
Mrs. Stone
1973
The Howards of Virginia
Jane Peyton-Howard
1940
They Dare Not Love
Marta Keller
1941
One Foot in Heaven
Hope Morris Spence
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Ella Bishop
1941
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Virginia Camalier
1988
When I Grow Up
Mother Reed
1951
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
Mumsie
1975
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
1995
Daughter of the Streets
Sarah
1990
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Mother Michael
1975
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
1989
Adam: His Song Continues
Gram Walsh
1986
Love and Betrayal
Ginger
1989
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
2003
Our Town
Emily Webb
1940
Murder in the First Person Singular
Mrs. Emerson
1974
The Bionic Woman
Helen Elgin
1975The Man from Independence
Mamma Truman
1974
Hi Diddle Diddle
Janie Prescott
1943Modern Romances
1954
So Well Remembered
Olivia
1947
Father Figure
Hilda Wollman
1980
Eighteen and Anxious
Lottie Graham
1957
Thursday's Game
Mrs. Reynolds
1974
Charleston
Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)
1979
Adam
Gram Walsh
1983
Sorority Kill
House Mother
1974
Strange Bargain
Georgia Wilson
1949
Lemonade
Mabel
1971