Martha Scott

Scott has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next to the Fonda Theatre. Her first husband was Anthony Soglio, with whom she was married from 1955 to 1957. Her last production was a performance of Twelve Angry Men, which was performed at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. It became then known that from 1961 to her death she had been married to Ike Jones, an African-American actor. Scott co-producer of both versions. Inger Stevens committed suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. The company produced such fare as First Monday in October, both on stage and in film. Several roles in major films followed, but she had the greatest success with her leading role in the TV series The Farmer's Daughter, and also with roles in TV episodes of series like The Twilight Zone, Bonanza and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

It later became the Plumstead Theatre Company and moved to Los Angeles, California. Later she made commercials, smaller plays and TV appearances, until she finally got her big chance in the movie Man on Fire, with Bing Crosby. In 1968 she joined Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan in forming a theatrical production company called The Plumstead Playhouse. At the same time she took lessons at the Actor's Studio. 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, Airport 1975 and The Turning Point. In both The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, she played Charlton Heston's mother. Inger then moved with her father to the United States. At 16 she left home and started to work in New York as a showgirl in cheap performances. Her film debut in Our Town in 1940 saw her receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her parents divorced while living in Sweden.

Scott eventually went to New York City, where she was cast as the original Emily in the Broadway production of Our Town. She was an insecure and often ill woman. She got her start acting in shortened Shakespeare productions at the Century of Progress world's fair in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 - 1934. Stevens, whose real name was Inger Stensland, was to become a famous star, but her life was too short. 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 was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 18, 1934 and died in Los Angeles, California, on April 30, 1970. Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003) was an American actress. Inger Stevens was an American movie and TV actress.

Man on Fire (1957). Cry Terror (1958). The Buccaneer (1958). World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959).

The New Interns (1964). A Guide For the Married Man (1967). A Time For Killing (1967). Firecreek (1968).

Madigan (1968). Hang 'em High (1968). 5 Card Stud (1968). House of Cards (1968).

Dream of Kings (1969).