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Born: September 22, 1912

On stage she appeared in such productions as Our Town (a role she later played in the 1940 film version).  She also appeared in other such films, The Ten Commandments and Strange Bargain just to name a few. 

On television she was a very busy character actress appearing on several shows including "Robert Montgomery Presents", "Your Show of Shows", "Lux Video Theatre", "The Ed Sullivan Show", "Suspense", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "Playhouse 90", "The United States Steel Hour", "The F.B.I.", "Ironside", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "The Bob Newhart Show" (as Bob's mother), "The Mod Squad", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Police Story", "Police Woman", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Woman", "General Hospital", "Dallas" (as J.R.Ewing's mother-in-law), "The Love Boat", "Hotel" and "Murder, She Wrote" (reprising the role she played in the 1949 film Strange Bargain).

During the 1990's she appeared in a few made for television movies...

Obviously the year 2012 marks her 100th year of birth.  She passed away on this day in 2003...

In Memoriam Remembers:
Martha Scott

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