Martha Scott

Birthplace: Jamesport, Missouri, USA
Birthday: September 22, 1914

An attractive, accomplished actress, Martha Scott began her professional career appearing in Shakespearean productions at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. After further honing her craft in stock and on radio, she made her mark as Emily in the 1938 original Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning "Our Town". Scott earned a 1940 Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her film debut recreating the stage role. For much of her early feature career, the Missouri native generally playing characters much older…more

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Credits

Actor

Secrets of Midland Heights
Margaret Millington
Daughter of the Streets
Sarah
Summer Girl
Martina Shelburne
My Wife Next Door
Suzy s mother
Adam
Gram Walsh

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Career Milestones

1993
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1990
Had last acting role in "Daughter of the Streets", an ABC TV-movie
1988
Final feature, "Doin' Time on Planet Earth"
1987
Was featured alongside former co-stars Jeffrey Lynn and Harry Morgan in an episode of the CBS drama series "Murder, She Wrote"; the actors recreated their roles from 1949's "Strange Bargain"
1985
Reprised her role as Patricia Shepard on "Dallas"