Martha Scott

Martha Scott

Nascimento : 1912-09-22, Jamesport, Missouri, USA

Morte : 2003-05-28

História

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.

Perfil

Martha Scott

Filmes

Daughter of the Streets
Sarah
A divorcée struggling to make ends meet, but still utilizing her spare time for social causes neglects her daughter in this fact-based story. At 18, the daughter starts drifting into bad company and eventually becomes a prostitute. To try to get her back in a proper life, her mother abducts her off the street and forcibly brings her home.
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Virginia Camalier
Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control...
Adam: His Song Continues
Gram Walsh
Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Adam
Gram Walsh
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
Summer Girl
Martina Shelburne
When seductive young Cinni comes to babysit for a troubled couple, she's after more than extra spending money. Starting with the kids and working around to the husband, evil Cinni plots to take over a young mother's life--ruthlessly dealing with anyone who gets in her way.
Father Figure
Hilda Wollman
Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored.
Charleston
Mrs. Farrell (Aunt Louisa)
Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to hang onto her aristocratic family's mansion following the Civil War.
Momento de Decisão
Adelaide
Quando sua filha se junta a uma companhia de balé, uma ex-dançarina é forçada a confrontar sua decisão há muito tempo de desistir do palco para ter uma família.
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
Mumsie
The curse of the legendary blue Hope Diamond on all its owners is dramatized from the gem's discovery in 17th Century India until its donation to the Smithsonian Institute.
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Mother Michael
A cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop team up to investigate the reported miraculous powers of a 17-year-old girl being held captive in the home of her father, an ailing syndicate kingpin.
Aeroporto 75
Sister Beatrice
Um pequeno avião particular se choca com um 747 e acaba matando ou incapacitando a tripulação. Uma aeromoça, seguindo instruções de rádio, assume o comando da aeronave. É então elaborado um plano quase suicida em que, através de um buraco na cabine de comando, um piloto é enviado para resgatar o avião.
Murder in the First Person Singular
Mrs. Emerson
A murder plot by a terminally ill English teacher, to capitalize on the double indemnity clause in his life insurance, hires one of his students to do the deed.
Thursday's Game
Mrs. Reynolds
Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights.
Sorority Kill
A psychotic killer holds six people captive in a sorority house, each of them realizing that their captor's mind is like a defective time bomb and could go off at any moment.
A Menina e o Porquinho
Mrs. Arable
Charlotte, é uma pequena aranha que tenta salvar a vida do porquinho Wilbur, tecendo cinco palavras milagrosas em sua teia, e ensinando a ele e a outros animais lições sobre a amizade, confiança e o amor. Ao mesmo tempo, acompanhamos a entrada da garota Fern, de 10 anos, na adolescência.
The Devil's Daughter
Mrs. Stone
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.
Lemonade
Mabel
A perceptive and funny study about the fantasies, inhibitions and dreams of two frustrated and lonely middle-class matrons who set up competing lemonade stands along a jammed highway. This short play incorporates comedy and tragedy, a touch of the bizarre, and ultimately, a sincere compassion in both women.
Ben-Hur
Miriam
Na Judéia invadida pelos conquistadores romanos, o príncipe Ben-Hur tenta conduzir seu povo rumo à liberdade. Mas isso gera um conflito de interesses com o seu amigo de infância, Messala, agora um severo comandante dos exércitos de Roma. Preso, o príncipe é enviado para trabalhar como escravo, longe de suas terras, família e sua amada Esther (Haya Harareet). O pacífico Ben-Hur transforma-se em um guerreiro forte e corajoso, disposto a enfrentar seus inimigos e restabelecer a paz.
Sayonara
Mrs. Webster
O major da Força Aérea Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) é transferido para uma base aérea japonesa e é confrontado com o preconceito racial americano contra o povo japonês. A questão é agravada porque vários soldados se envolvem romanticamente com mulheres japonesas, desafiando a política militar dos EUA. Normalmente um oficial seguidor das regras, Gruver deve tomar uma posição quando um amigo, o soldado Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), se apaixona pela japonesa Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) e se casa com ela. Gruver então arrisca sua posição sendo o padrinho na cerimônia de casamento.
Eighteen and Anxious
Lottie Graham
A naive teenager gets pregnant and is forced to face the realities of life.
Os Dez Mandamentos
Yochabel
A épica vida de Moisés, desde recém-nascido, quando foi colocado nas águas em um cesto e acabou sendo adotado por uma princesa egípcia, até quando descobre sua real condição e decide liderar seu povo que, escravizado pelos egípcios, anseia pela liberdade.
Horas de Desespero
Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard
Três condenados escapam e aterrorizam um lar do suburbio. Depois de escapar da prisão, Glenn Griffin, seu irmão Hal e um terceiro detento Sam Kobish escolhem aleatoriamente uma casa em um subúrbio de Indianápolis onde se esconder. A casa pertence à família Hilliard, Dan e Ellie que moram lá com sua filha de 19 anos Cindy e seu filho Ralph. Eles planejam ficar apenas até a meia-noite, enquanto Griffin está esperando por sua namorada, que vai encontrá-los com algum dinheiro que ele escondeu. Quando ela não chega, a estadia deles se estende por vários dias. Dan Hilliard joga seu jogo sabendo que se ele fizer qualquer tentativa de contatar a polícia, sua família pode ser pega no fogo cruzado.
When I Grow Up
Mother Reed
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.
Strange Bargain
Georgia Wilson
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.
So Well Remembered
Olivia
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
Quando a Mulher Se Atreve
Catherine Elizabeth Allen
O cowboy Dan Somers e o magnata do petróleo Jim Hunk Gardner disputam os direitos de arrendamento de petróleo em terra indígena, bem como o amor de uma professora.
Hi Diddle Diddle
Janie Prescott
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
Noivas do Tio Sam
Martha Scott
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
One Foot in Heaven
Hope Morris Spence
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
They Dare Not Love
Marta Keller
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Ella Bishop
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of missed chances and wrong choices. As she reaches old age, she reflects back and realizes she allowed the years to go by without achieving what she believes to be her true fulfillment. However, her years have not been without glory, and her moment of triumph arrives when her numerous now-famous students from over the years, return to honor their beloved Miss Bishop.
A Flama da Liberdade
Jane Peyton-Howard
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Our Town
Emily Webb
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.