Ellen Corby
Known for Acting · 204 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 (102)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Perry Mason
1957
as Old Lady Card Player
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Lorna Doone Mayberry / Cora Milford
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Fugitive
1963
as Mrs. Barlow / Mrs. Murdock
Ironside
1967
as Agnes Fairchild
Dragnet
1951
Love, American Style
1969
as The Little Old Lady / Granny Gambler
The Rifleman
1958
as Mrs. Morgan / Mrs. Avery
Adam-12
1968
as Camille Gearhardt / Mrs. Cunningham
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Mrs. Feathertree
Batman
1966
as Mrs. Green
Wagon Train
1957
as Aunt Em
Lassie
1954
as Bess Wright / Amy Baker / Pearlie Mae / Pearlie Mae Yochim
The Waltons
1972
as Esther Walton
Get Smart
1965
as Agnes Davenport
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as The Chief Nurse
The Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Clancy
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Emma Poke
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Elsie / Martha - Maid
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Mrs. Jane McGill
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ainsley Hallie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Miss Purdy / Charlotte
Ben Casey
1961
Cheyenne
1955
as Hortense Durango
The Lucy Show
1962
as Miss Tanner / Woman in Park
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Stone / Elizabeth Page / Mary Carmichael / Hannah Beecher / Aunt Florrie Buell / Mrs. Anderson
I Love Lucy
1951
as Miss Hanna
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Little Old Lady
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Christine Moss
Daniel Boone
1964
as Hilda Brock
Matinee Theater
1955
The Big Valley
1965
as Emmie Pearson
The Odd Couple
1970
as Florence
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Mother
Night Gallery
1970
as Miss Patience
The Invaders
1967
as Aunt Sara
Thriller
1960
as Mrs. Peele
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Martha Ward
The High Chaparral
1967
as Mrs. Dilts
Peter Gunn
1958
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Aunt Ellen
Hazel
1961
as Miss Minnie / Minerva Anderson
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sister Julia
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Maggie Ryan / Marie McGurk / Miss Samantha / Emma
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mabel
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Addams Family
1964
as Mother Lurch
Surfside 6
1960
as Addie Horton
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Harriet Smith / Miss Carter
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Miss Douglas
The Texan
1958
as Katy Clayton
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Elvira Moss
The Rebel
1959
as Carrie Blyden
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Minerva Comstock
Trackdown
1957
as Henrietta Porter
The Millionaire
1955
as Nancy Marlborough / Bedelia Buckley
Lancer
1968
Movies (102)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Vertigo
1958
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Sabrina
1954
as Miss McCardie
Shane
1953
as Liz Torrey
Little Women
1949
as Sophie
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Sister Veronica
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Lily
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Soho Sal
Madame Bovary
1949
as Félicité
The Gunfighter
1950
as Mrs. Devlin
Caged
1950
as Emma Barber
Night Passage
1957
as Mrs. Feeney
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Anna Miller
Sister Kenny
1946
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Abigail
The Spiral Staircase
1946
as Neighbour (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Illegal
1955
as Miss Hinkel
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Script Girl
4 for Texas
1963
as Widow
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
as Gertrude
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
Forever Amber
1947
as Marge
The Dark Past
1948
as Agnes (uncredited)
The Long Night
1947
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Cornered
1945
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
The Family Jewels
1965
as Airline Passenger
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Hazel Squires
The Dark Corner
1946
as Maid (uncredited)
The Mating Season
1951
as Annie
Bedlam
1946
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Crack-Up
1946
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Born to Kill
1947
as Maid (uncredited)
Macabre
1958
as Miss Kushins
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
as Neva Tremaine
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Singing Woman
The Locket
1946
as Ginny (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
1951
as Miss Mary Stevens
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947
as Courtroom Spectator
Mansfield 66/67
2017
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
as Esther Walton
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Mrs. Croffman
The Vanquished
1953
as Mrs. Barbour
Fearless Fagan
1952
as Mrs. Ardley
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
as Grandma Walton
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Esther Walton
The Big Trees
1952
as Sister Blackburn
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Rafter Romance
1933
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
All the Way Home
1981
as Great-Gandmaw
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Grandma Walton
Railroaded!
1947
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Captain China
1950
as Miss Endicott
As Young As We Are
1958
as Nettie McPherson
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Ma Floyd
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
A Tattered Web
1971
as Mrs. Simmons
I Remember Mama
1948
as Aunt Trina
All Mine to Give
1957
as Mrs. Raiden
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Mrs. McGonigle
The Strangler
1964
as Mrs. Kroll
Harriet Craig
1950
as Lottie
Untamed Heiress
1954
as Mrs. Flanny
Peggy
1950
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Sarah Farrell
Cannon
1971
as Teacher
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Mrs. McKenzie
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Slightly Scarlet
1956
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Miss Birdshaw
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Miss Della (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
1946
as Mother
A Walton Easter
1997
as Grandma Walton
Monsoon
1952
as Katie
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
The Caretakers
1963
as Irene
Rockabilly Baby
1957
as Mrs. Wellington
The Seventh Sin
1957
as Sister Saint Joseph
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as First Townswoman
Edge of Doom
1950
as Jeanette Moore
Lover Come Back
1946
as Rita
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
A Fine Pair
1968
as Maddy Walker
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Grandma Walton
The Truth About Murder
1946
as Betty
The Broken Coin
1936
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954
as Amelia Gravesend
The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Cathy, the Maid
Beat the Band
1947
as Gertrude's Mother
Strike It Rich
1948
as Annie Harkins
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
as Miss Simmons
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
as Aunt Emily
God Is My Partner
1957
as Mrs. Dalton
Speed Limited
1935
as Secretary
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 204 credits spanning from 1933 to 2017, Ellen Corby has appeared in 102 films and 102 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
- Shane (1953) — as Liz Torrey
- Little Women (1949) — as Sophie
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