Ellen Corby
Known for Acting · 205 credits
- Born
- 1911-06-03
- Died
- 1999-04-14
- Place of birth
- Racine, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as
- Ellen Hansen · Ellen Hansen Corby
Biography
Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She is best remembered for playing the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama (1948).
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Known For
TV Shows (103)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Perry Mason
1957
as Old Lady Card Player
The Fugitive
1963
as Mrs. Barlow / Mrs. Murdock
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Rifleman
1958
as Mrs. Avery / Mrs. Morgan
Bonanza
1959
as Lorna Doone Mayberry / Cora Milford
Lassie
1954
as Pearlie Mae / Pearlie Mae Yochim / Bess Wright / Amy Baker
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
Wagon Train
1957
as Aunt Em
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Mrs. Feathertree
The Waltons
1972
as Esther Walton
Ironside
1967
as Agnes Fairchild
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Christine Moss
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Miss Purdy / Charlotte
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Little Old Lady
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as The Chief Nurse
Adam-12
1968
as Camille Gearhardt / Mrs. Cunningham
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Emma Poke
Get Smart
1965
as Agnes Davenport
The Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Clancy
Batman
1966
as Mrs. Green
Dragnet
1951
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Aunt Ellen
Love, American Style
1969
as The Little Old Lady / Granny Gambler
Peter Gunn
1958
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ainsley Hallie
I Love Lucy
1951
as Miss Hanna
Matinee Theater
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Mrs. Jane McGill
The Lucy Show
1962
as Miss Tanner / Woman in Park
Cheyenne
1955
as Hortense Durango
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Elsie / Martha - Maid
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Stone / Mary Carmichael / Elizabeth Page / Aunt Florrie Buell / Hannah Beecher / Mrs. Anderson
Daniel Boone
1964
as Hilda Brock
Thriller
1960
as Mrs. Peele
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Harriet Smith / Miss Carter
The Big Valley
1965
as Emmie Pearson
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Miss Douglas
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Mother
Night Gallery
1970
as Miss Patience
The High Chaparral
1967
as Mrs. Dilts
Ben Casey
1961
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Invaders
1967
as Aunt Sara
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Martha Ward
The Tall Man
1960
as Hannah Blossom
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Maggie Ryan / Marie McGurk / Miss Samantha / Emma
The Odd Couple
1970
as Florence
The Rebel
1959
as Carrie Blyden
Hazel
1961
as Miss Minnie / Minerva Anderson
The Millionaire
1955
as Nancy Marlborough / Bedelia Buckley
The Addams Family
1964
as Mother Lurch
The Texan
1958
as Katy Clayton
Surfside 6
1960
as Addie Horton
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sister Julia
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Nurse / Norah / Aunt / Lavinia Penniman / Martha / Harriet
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Nurse
Felony Squad
1966
Lock-Up
1959
Movies (102)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Vertigo
1958
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Sabrina
1954
as Miss McCardie
Little Women
1949
as Sophie
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Sister Veronica
Shane
1953
as Liz Torrey
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Soho Sal
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
as Gertrude
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
as Neva Tremaine
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Abigail
The Gunfighter
1950
as Mrs. Devlin
Mansfield 66/67
2017
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Script Girl
4 for Texas
1963
as Widow
Night Passage
1957
as Mrs. Feeney
Sister Kenny
1946
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
as Miss Simmons
Bedlam
1946
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Lily
I Remember Mama
1948
as Aunt Trina
Illegal
1955
as Miss Hinkel
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Locket
1946
as Ginny (uncredited)
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Hazel Squires
Madame Bovary
1949
as Félicité
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Anna Miller
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
The Unfaithful
1947
as Courtroom Spectator
Forever Amber
1947
as Marge
Born to Kill
1947
as Maid (uncredited)
A Fine Pair
1968
as Maddy Walker
The Big Trees
1952
as Sister Blackburn
Caged
1950
as Emma Barber
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Singing Woman
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1946
as Maid (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase
1946
as Neighbour (uncredited)
The Mating Season
1951
as Annie
The Family Jewels
1965
as Airline Passenger
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A Walton Easter
1997
as Grandma Walton
All Mine to Give
1957
as Mrs. Raiden
The Vanquished
1953
as Mrs. Barbour
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Miss Birdshaw
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Mrs. Croffman
Slightly Scarlet
1956
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
1946
as Mother
The Dark Past
1948
as Agnes (uncredited)
The Seventh Sin
1957
as Sister Saint Joseph
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954
as Amelia Gravesend
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Long Night
1947
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
as Esther Walton
Rockabilly Baby
1957
as Mrs. Wellington
God Is My Partner
1957
as Mrs. Dalton
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Mrs. McGonigle
A Tattered Web
1971
as Mrs. Simmons
Fearless Fagan
1952
as Mrs. Ardley
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Grandma Walton
Rafter Romance
1933
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
Cornered
1945
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Harriet Craig
1950
as Lottie
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Edge of Doom
1950
as Jeanette Moore
Peggy
1950
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Miss Della (uncredited)
All the Way Home
1981
as Great-Gandmaw
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
as Grandma Walton
Monsoon
1952
as Katie
The Caretakers
1963
as Irene
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Ma Floyd
The Strangler
1964
as Mrs. Kroll
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Sarah Farrell
On Moonlight Bay
1951
as Miss Mary Stevens
Crack-Up
1946
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Mrs. McKenzie
Railroaded!
1947
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Macabre
1958
as Miss Kushins
Lover Come Back
1946
as Rita
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as First Townswoman
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
as Aunt Emily
Captain China
1950
as Miss Endicott
Untamed Heiress
1954
as Mrs. Flanny
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
The Truth About Murder
1946
as Betty
Beat the Band
1947
as Gertrude's Mother
As Young As We Are
1958
as Nettie McPherson
The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Cathy, the Maid
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Grandma Walton
Cannon
1971
as Teacher
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Esther Walton
Speed Limited
1935
as Secretary
Strike It Rich
1948
as Annie Harkins
The Broken Coin
1936
as Bit Part (uncredited)
About Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She is best remembered for playing the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama (1948). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 205 credits spanning from 1933 to 2017, Ellen Corby has appeared in 102 films and 103 TV shows.
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- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
- Vertigo (1958) — as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
- Sabrina (1954) — as Miss McCardie
- Little Women (1949) — as Sophie
- Angels in the Outfield (1951) — as Sister Veronica
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