Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

1911-06-03 Racine, Wisconsin, USA Female 204 Known Credits

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-06-03

Place of Birth

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Known Credits

204

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Ellen Hansen, Ellen Hansen Corby

Photos

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Ms. Davis (uncredited)

Vertigo

1958

Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Shane

1953

Liz Torrey

Little Women

1949

Sophie

Sabrina

1954

Miss McCardie

Angels in the Outfield

1951

Sister Veronica

The Night of the Grizzly

1966

Hazel Squires

The Glass Bottom Boat

1966

Anna Miller

Caged

1950

Emma Barber

Night Passage

1957

Mrs. Feeney

Madame Bovary

1949

Félicité

Babes in Toyland

1934

Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

4 for Texas

1963

Widow

The Gunfighter

1950

Mrs. Devlin

Mighty Joe Young

1949

Orphanage matron (uncredited)

Illegal

1955

Miss Hinkel

The Spiral Staircase

1946

Neighbour (uncredited)

Macabre

1958

Miss Kushins

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966

Neva Tremaine

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

1946

Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

The Gnome-Mobile

1967

Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

Forever Amber

1947

Marge

The Unfaithful

1947

Courtroom Spectator

The Locket

1946

Ginny (uncredited)

The Dark Corner

1946

Maid (uncredited)

On Moonlight Bay

1951

Miss Mary Stevens

Rafter Romance

1933

Telemarketer (uncredited)

Sons of the Desert

1933

Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

The Dark Past

1948

Agnes (uncredited)

Crack-Up

1946

Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

Bedlam

1946

Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

Cannon

1971

Teacher

A Woman's Secret

1949

Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Harriet Craig

1950

Lottie

Born to Kill

1947

Maid (uncredited)

The Family Jewels

1965

Airline Passenger

Railroaded!

1947

Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

The Big Trees

1952

Sister Blackburn

I Remember Mama

1948

Aunt Trina

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953

Singing Woman

Visit to a Small Planet

1960

Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

Peggy

1950

Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

Cornered

1945

Swiss Maid (uncredited)

The Vanquished

1953

Mrs. Barbour

The Strangler

1964

Mrs. Kroll

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

Colpeck's Secretary

The Long Night

1947

Observer in Crowd (uncredited)

All Mine to Give

1957

Mrs. Raiden

The Sea Hornet

1951

Mrs. Drinkwater

Susan Slept Here

1954

Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

Slightly Scarlet

1956

Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

They Won't Believe Me

1947

Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)

About Mrs. Leslie

1954

Mrs. Croffman

Rockabilly Baby

1957

Mrs. Wellington

Edge of Doom

1950

Jeanette Moore

A Tattered Web

1971

Mrs. Simmons

The Noose Hangs High

1948

Hilda - Maid (uncredited)

Monsoon

1952

Katie

Captain China

1950

Miss Endicott

A Walton Easter

1997

Grandma Walton

All the Way Home

1981

Great-Gandmaw

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951

Miss Birdshaw

A Fine Pair

1968

Maddy Walker

A Walton Wedding

1995

Grandma Walton

The Judge Steps Out

1947

Mother at Party (uncredited)

The Barefoot Mailman

1951

Miss Della (uncredited)

Stagecoach To Fury

1956

Sarah Farrell

Living in a Big Way

1947

Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)

The Caretakers

1963

Irene

Untamed Heiress

1954

Mrs. Flanny

Here Comes the Groom

1951

Mrs. McGonigle

Fearless Fagan

1952

Mrs. Ardley

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

First Townswoman

The Seventh Sin

1957

Sister Saint Joseph

The Fabulous Joe

1947

Cathy, the Maid

Rusty Saves a Life

1949

Miss Simmons

As Young As We Are

1958

Nettie McPherson

Saintly Sinners

1962

Mrs. McKenzie

Strike It Rich

1948

Annie Harkins

Speed Limited

1935

Secretary

God Is My Partner

1957

Mrs. Dalton

Tom, Dick and Harriet

1960

Aunt Emily

Beat the Band

1947

Gertrude's Mother

The Broken Coin

1936

Bit Part (uncredited)

TV Credits

Perry Mason

1957

Old Lady Card Player (1 episodes)

Bonanza

1959

Lorna Doone Mayberry (1 episodes)

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Self (1 episodes)

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh (1 episodes)

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Self - Nominee (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Mrs. Barlow (1 episodes)

Ironside

1967

Agnes Fairchild (1 episodes)

Dragnet

1951

(2 episodes)

Batman

1966

Mrs. Green (1 episodes)

Wagon Train

1957

Aunt Em (2 episodes)

Love, American Style

1969

The Little Old Lady (1 episodes)

Adam-12

1968

Camille Gearhardt (1 episodes)

Lassie

1954

Bess Wright (1 episodes)

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Mrs. Feathertree (1 episodes)

The Rifleman

1958

Mrs. Morgan (1 episodes)

Get Smart

1965

Agnes Davenport (1 episodes)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

The Chief Nurse (1 episodes)

The Waltons

1972

Esther Walton (143 episodes)

The Virginian

1962

Mrs. Clancy (1 episodes)

Dr. Kildare

1961

Ainsley Hallie (1 episodes)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

Emma Poke (1 episodes)

Cheyenne

1955

Hortense Durango (1 episodes)

Ben Casey

1961

(1 episodes)

Four Star Playhouse

1952

Elsie (1 episodes)

The F.B.I.

1965

Mrs. Stone (1 episodes)

Daniel Boone

1964

Hilda Brock (1 episodes)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Miss Purdy (1 episodes)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Mrs. Jane McGill (1 episodes)

The Big Valley

1965

Emmie Pearson (1 episodes)

I Love Lucy

1951

Miss Hanna (1 episodes)

Matinee Theater

1955

(2 episodes)

The Lucy Show

1962

Miss Tanner (1 episodes)

The Odd Couple

1970

Florence (1 episodes)

Night Gallery

1970

Miss Patience (1 episodes)

The Donna Reed Show

1958

Christine Moss (1 episodes)

The Red Skelton Show

1951

Little Old Lady (1 episodes)

Thriller

1960

Mrs. Peele (1 episodes)

The Invaders

1967

Aunt Sara (1 episodes)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964

Mother (2 episodes)

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Martha Ward (1 episodes)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952

Aunt Ellen (1 episodes)

Peter Gunn

1958

(1 episodes)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Maggie Ryan (1 episodes)

The High Chaparral

1967

Mrs. Dilts (1 episodes)

The Texan

1958

Katy Clayton (1 episodes)

Hazel

1961

Miss Minnie (1 episodes)

Adventures in Paradise

1959

Sister Julia (1 episodes)

Dinah!

1974

Self (8 episodes)

The Addams Family

1964

Mother Lurch (1 episodes)

Surfside 6

1960

Addie Horton (1 episodes)

Lancer

1968

(1 episodes)

Laredo

1965

(1 episodes)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

Harriet Smith (1 episodes)

Studio 57

1954

(2 episodes)

Dennis the Menace

1959

Miss Douglas (1 episodes)

Felony Squad

1966

(1 episodes)

Trackdown

1957

Henrietta Porter (23 episodes)

The Rebel

1959

Carrie Blyden (1 episodes)

The Millionaire

1955

Nancy Marlborough (1 episodes)

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Minerva Comstock (1 episodes)

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

Mabel (1 episodes)

Bronco

1958

Emma Hardin (1 episodes)

The Tall Man

1960

Hannah Blossom (1 episodes)

Alcoa Theatre

1957

Elvira Moss (1 episodes)

Honey West

1965

'Nellie Peedy' (1 episodes)

Lock-Up

1959

(2 episodes)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

Molly Cobb (1 episodes)

Tightrope

1959

Hazel Mason (1 episodes)

Lux Video Theatre

1950

(1 episodes)

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

Mrs. Walters (1 episodes)

87th Precinct

1961

Mrs. Brodek (1 episodes)

The Bill Cosby Show

1969

Mrs. Hilberman (1 episodes)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

Madame Bloor (1 episodes)

CBS Playhouse

1966

(1 episodes)

The Outsider

1968

(1 episodes)

Nanny and the Professor

1970

Mrs. Kaufman (1 episodes)

The Chevy Mystery Show

1960

Maria (1 episodes)

The Restless Gun

1957

Ruth Purcell (1 episodes)

Vacation Playhouse

1963

(1 episodes)

Chevron Theatre

1952

(1 episodes)

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

1954

Sally Benton (1 episodes)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office (1 episodes)

The Farmer's Daughter

1963

(1 episodes)

The Whistler

1954

(1 episodes)

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

Nurse (1 episodes)

Going My Way

1962

(1 episodes)

Dan August

1970

Agnes Oaks (1 episodes)

Letter to Loretta

1953

Jennie (1 episodes)

Saints and Sinners

1962

Mrs. Healy (1 episodes)

Mr. Terrific

1967

Mrs. Walters (1 episodes)

The Man Behind the Badge

1953

(1 episodes)

The Partners

1971

(1 episodes)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1965

Martha O'Reilly (2 episodes)

Rango

1967

(1 episodes)

The Asphalt Jungle

1961

Mrs. Peterson (1 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Frankie, Joan's maid (1 episodes)

Hey Mulligan

1954

Martha (1 episodes)

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

Mrs. Logan (1 episodes)

The Baileys of Balboa

1964

(1 episodes)

My Hero

1952

Henrietta Sullivan (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

TV Production Credits

The Waltons

Story

1972