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Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003)
was an United States|American actress.  Born in
Jamesport, Missouri, she became interested in
acting in high school, and earned a degree from
the University of Michigan before pursuing her
acting dream.  She got her start acting in
shortened William Shakespeare|Shakespeare
productions at the Century of Progress world's
fair in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 - 1934.  Scott
eventually went to New York City, where she was
cast as the original Emily in the Broadway
production of Our Town.

Her film debut in Our Town in 1940 saw her
receiving an Academy Award nomination for Academy
Award for Best Actress|Best Actress.

She never again achieved such acclaim, although
she appeared in such films as The Howards of
Virginia, The Desperate Hours, The Ten
Commandments, Sayonara, Ben-Hur (1959
film)|Ben-Hur, Airport 1975 and The Turning Point.
 In both The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, she
played Charlton Heston's mother.

In 1968 she joined Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan in
forming a theatrical production company called The
Plumstead Playhouse.  It later became the
Plumstead Theatre Company and moved to Los
Angeles, California.  The company produced such
fare as First Monday in October, both on stage and
in film.  Scott co-producer of both versions.  Her
last production was a performance of Twelve Angry
Men, which was performed at the Henry Fonda
Theatre in Hollywood.  

Scott has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
next to the Fonda Theatre.