
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.

The Ten Commandments
1956 · as Yochabel

Ben-Hur
1959 · as Miriam

Airport 1975
1974 · as Sister Beatrice

Charlotte's Web
1973 · as Mrs. Arable (voice)

The Desperate Hours
1955 · as Eleanor 'Ellie' Hilliard

Thursday's Game
1974 · as Mrs. Reynolds

Sayonara
1957 · as Mrs. Webster

In Old Oklahoma
1943 · as Catherine Elizabeth Allen

The Turning Point
1977 · as Adelaide

Summer Girl
1983 · as Martina Shelburne

The Howards of Virginia
1940 · as Jane Peyton-Howard

Stage Door Canteen
1943 · as Martha Scott

Our Town
1940 · as Emily Webb

Love and Betrayal
1989 · as Ginger

They Dare Not Love
1941 · as Marta Keller

The Devil's Daughter
1973 · as Mrs. Stone

One Foot in Heaven
1941 · as Hope Morris Spence

When I Grow Up
1951 · as Mother Reed