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Actor Born: September 22, 1912 in Jamesport, MO Death: May 28, 2003 in Van Nuys, CA Biography:Direct from the University of Michigan, actress "Martha Scott" made her first professional appearance with the Globe Theatre troupe, performing abridged versions of Shakespeare at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. Scott then worked extensively in stock and on radio before making her celebrated Broadway bow as Emily Webb in the original 1938 production of "Thornton Wilder"'s Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town. She repeated the role of Emily in the 1940 film version, earning an Oscar nomination despite the fact that the film's tacked-on happy ending rendered Scott's famous "back from the dead" monologue pointless. Scott's subsequent film assignments, notably "Cheers for Miss Bishop" (1941) and "One Foot in Heaven" (1941), found her portraying characters far older than herself with total credibility. Having previously played both the wife and the sister of "Charlton Heston" (nine years her junior) on stage... Full Biography
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