Martha Scott Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Martha Scott Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Martha Ellen Scott (September , â€" May , ) was an American actress.

She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten

Commandments (), and William Wyler's Ben-Hur (), playing the mother of

Charlton Heston's character in both films. She originated the role of

Emily Webb in Thornton Wilder's Our Town on Broadway in and later

recreated the role in the film version for which she was nominated

for the Academy Award for Best Actress.Scott was born in Jamesport,

Missouri, the daughter of Letha (née McKinley) and Walter Alva Scott,

an engineer and garage owner. Her mother was a second cousin of U.S.

President William McKinley. The Scott family remained in Jamesport

until Martha was thirteen years old when they moved to Kansas City,

Missouri and eventually to Detroit, Michigan. Scott became interested

in acting in high school, an interest she furthered by attending the

University of Michigan, earning a teaching certificate and a Bachelor

of Arts degree in drama in .Scott received a career boost right out of

college when she appeared with the Globe Theatre Troupe in a series of

Shakespeare productions at the Century of Progress world's fair in

Chicago in . Following that she moved to New York City, where she

found steady work both in stock stage productions and in radio dramas.

In she made her Broadway debut in the original staging of Thornton

Wilder's play Our Town as Emily Webb, the tragic young woman who dies

in childbirth.Two years later Scott reprised the role of Emily in her

film debut when Our Town was made into a movie. Her critically

acclaimed performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best

Actress.
Martha Scott Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


Share this

Share/Bookmark

SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER

Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.



Related Post

Newer Post Older Post Home