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