Martha Scott

Scott has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next to the Fonda Theatre. She is the mother of actor Andrew Stevens. Her last production was a performance of Twelve Angry Men, which was performed at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. She starred in Irwin Allen's The Poseidon Adventure among other acting work. Scott co-producer of both versions. Stella Stevens ( born October 1, 1936 ) is an actress. The company produced such fare as First Monday in October, both on stage and in film.

It later became the Plumstead Theatre Company and moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1968 she joined Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan in forming a theatrical production company called The Plumstead Playhouse. 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. Her film debut in Our Town in 1940 saw her receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Scott eventually went to New York City, where she was cast as the original Emily in the Broadway production of Our Town. She got her start acting in shortened Shakespeare productions at the Century of Progress world's fair in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 - 1934. 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. Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003) was an American actress.