Martha Scott

Scott has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next to the Fonda Theatre. Her brother, a producer of Kannada films, Amarnath, also died in the accident. Her last production was a performance of Twelve Angry Men, which was performed at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. She was on her way to Andhra Pradesh to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the elections. Scott co-producer of both versions. Soundarya died on April 17, 2004 when the four-seater plane Cessna 180 caught fire immediately after take off. The company produced such fare as First Monday in October, both on stage and in film. Soundarya married her maternal uncle in April, 2003.

It later became the Plumstead Theatre Company and moved to Los Angeles, California. The film won Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography and was featured in five international film festivals. In 1968 she joined Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan in forming a theatrical production company called The Plumstead Playhouse. She also produced and acted in a Kannada film Dweepa, with Girish Kasaravalli as director. 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. She also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Her film debut in Our Town in 1940 saw her receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She moved onto Telugu films where she achieved popularity and success.

Scott eventually went to New York City, where she was cast as the original Emily in the Broadway production of Our Town. She discontinued her studies after the film became successful. She got her start acting in shortened Shakespeare productions at the Century of Progress world's fair in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 - 1934. She was offered a role in the film Gandharva (1992) by her father's friend, while she was studying in her first year of MBBS. 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. Soumya acted in her first film while she was at high school. Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003) was an American actress. Her father Satyanarayana was a producer and director in Kannada films.

She was born Soumya in Bangalore. She acted in more than 100 films. She had a successful career of 12 years as heroine in films until her death in a plane crash near Bangalore. Soundarya (July 17, 1971 - April 17, 2004) was a film actress in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films.

Suryavansham (1999). Hindi