Martha Scott, Ben-Hur, 1958. For Miriam in the MGMighty $5m epic re-make, director William Wyler (of the original’s 1924 crew) selected the veteran Ney - and later replaced her with Scott. Despite her being only ten years older than her screen son, Charlton Ben-Heston. She’d also been the mother of his Moses in The Ten Commandments, 1955.
