Elizabeth Morton — The Great Moment Character Profile

About Elizabeth Morton

William Morton's aging widow who serves as the framing narrator. She guides Eben Frost through memories of their courtship, married life, and William's scientific struggles and triumphs regarding the discovery of ether anesthesia.

Character Facts

Played by

Betty Field

Appears in

The Great Moment (1944)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Great Moment

• William Thomas Green Morton (Joel McCrea)
• Professor John C. Warren (Harry Carey)
• Dr. Horace Wells (Louis Jean Heydt)
• Eben Frost (William Demarest)
• Dr. Charles T. Jackson (Julius Tannen)
• Betty Morton (Donivee Lee)
• Vice-President of Medical Society (Edwin Maxwell)
• Dr. Heywood (Franklin Pangborn)
• Homer Quimby (Grady Sutton)
• President Franklin Pierce (Porter Hall)
• The Priest (J. Farrell MacDonald)
• Onlooker (uncredited) (Hank Bell)