Ellen Corby

ActorWriter Jun 3 (died age 87) Racine, Wisconsin, USA 1933–1997 (64 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Vertigo

Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Film

It's a Wonderful Life

Ms. Davis (uncredited)

Film

Sabrina

Miss McCardie

Film

Shane

Liz Torrey

Film

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Lily

Film

Little Women

Sophie

Film

The Spiral Staircase

Neighbour (uncredited)

Film

Sons of the Desert

Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (203)

Movies (101)

A Walton Easter

1997

as Grandma Walton

6.5

A Walton Wedding

1995

as Grandma Walton

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

1993

as Grandma Walton

7.5

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

1982

as Esther Walton

5.3

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

as Grandma Walton

All the Way Home

as Great-Gandmaw

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

1974

as Ma Floyd

4.0

Napoleon and Samantha

as Gertrude

A Tattered Web

as Mrs. Simmons

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

as Abigail

6.6

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

as Esther Walton

Cannon

as Teacher

The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Script Girl

A Fine Pair

as Maddy Walker

The Gnome-Mobile

as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

6.2

The Glass Bottom Boat

1966

as Anna Miller

6.2

The Night of the Grizzly

1966

as Hazel Squires

5.8

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

as Neva Tremaine

The Family Jewels

as Airline Passenger

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as Lily

The Strangler

as Mrs. Kroll

4 for Texas

as Widow

The Caretakers

as Irene

Saintly Sinners

as Mrs. McKenzie

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

as Soho Sal

7.3

Visit to a Small Planet

1960

as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

5.1

Tom, Dick and Harriet

1960

as Aunt Emily

Vertigo

1958

as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Macabre

as Miss Kushins

As Young As We Are

as Nettie McPherson

Night Passage

as Mrs. Feeney

All Mine to Give

as Mrs. Raiden

The Seventh Sin

as Sister Saint Joseph

God Is My Partner

as Mrs. Dalton

Rockabilly Baby

as Mrs. Wellington

Stagecoach To Fury

as Sarah Farrell

Slightly Scarlet

as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

Illegal

as Miss Hinkel

Sabrina

as Miss McCardie

About Mrs. Leslie

as Mrs. Croffman

Susan Slept Here

as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

6.0

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

as Amelia Gravesend

Untamed Heiress

as Mrs. Flanny

Shane

as Liz Torrey

Woman They Almost Lynched

as First Townswoman

The Vanquished

as Mrs. Barbour

A Lion Is in the Streets

as Singing Woman

Fearless Fagan

as Mrs. Ardley

The Big Trees

as Sister Blackburn

Monsoon

as Katie

The Barefoot Mailman

as Miss Della (uncredited)

4.0

The Sea Hornet

1951

as Mrs. Drinkwater

5.0

Angels in the Outfield

as Sister Veronica

The Mating Season

as Annie

On Moonlight Bay

as Miss Mary Stevens

Here Comes the Groom

as Mrs. McGonigle

Goodbye, My Fancy

as Miss Birdshaw

Caged

as Emma Barber

The Gunfighter

as Mrs. Devlin

Peggy

as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

Harriet Craig

as Lottie

Edge of Doom

as Jeanette Moore

Captain China

as Miss Endicott

Little Women

as Sophie

Mighty Joe Young

as Orphanage matron (uncredited)

6.4

A Woman's Secret

1949

as Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Madame Bovary

as Félicité

Rusty Saves a Life

as Miss Simmons

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

as Colpeck's Secretary

I Remember Mama

as Aunt Trina

The Dark Past

as Agnes (uncredited)

5.9

The Noose Hangs High

1948

as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)

6.8

Strike It Rich

1948

as Annie Harkins

The Fabulous Joe

as Cathy, the Maid

Born to Kill

as Maid (uncredited)

Railroaded!

as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

6.6

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

6.9

The Unfaithful

1947

as Courtroom Spectator

Forever Amber

as Marge

Beat the Band

as Gertrude's Mother

The Long Night

as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)

5.6

They Won't Believe Me

1947

as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)

6.5

The Judge Steps Out

1947

as Mother at Party (uncredited)

7.0

Living in a Big Way

1947

as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)

5.0

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Ms. Davis (uncredited)

8.3

Bedlam

1946

as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

6.6

The Locket

1946

as Ginny (uncredited)

6.3

Sister Kenny

1946

as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

6.8

The Spiral Staircase

1946

as Neighbour (uncredited)

The Dark Corner

as Maid (uncredited)

Lover Come Back

as Rita

Crack-Up

as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

5.6

From This Day Forward

1946

as Mother

5.2

The Truth About Murder

1946

as Betty

4.0

Cornered

1945

as Swiss Maid (uncredited)

6.1

The Broken Coin

1936

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Speed Limited

1935

as Secretary

Babes in Toyland

1934

as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

6.3

Sons of the Desert

1933

as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

7.1

Rafter Romance

1933

as Telemarketer (uncredited)

6.5

Because I Love Him

as Mrs. Logan

Television (102)

Dinah!

as Self

The Waltons

as Esther Walton

Cannon

The Partners

Night Gallery

as Miss Patience

The Odd Couple

as Florence

Nanny and the Professor

as Mrs. Kaufman

Dan August

as Agnes Oaks

Love, American Style

as The Little Old Lady

The Bill Cosby Show

as Mrs. Hilberman

Adam-12

as Mrs. Cunningham

Hawaii Five-O

as Mrs. Feathertree

Lancer

The Outsider

Ironside

as Agnes Fairchild

The Invaders

as Aunt Sara

The High Chaparral

as Mrs. Dilts

The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Molly Cobb

Mr. Terrific

as Mrs. Walters

Rango

Batman

as Mrs. Green

Felony Squad

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

as Madame Bloor

The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Stone

The Big Valley

as Emmie Pearson

Get Smart

as Agnes Davenport

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as Martha O'Reilly

Laredo

Honey West

as 'Nellie Peedy'

Daniel Boone

as Hilda Brock

The Addams Family

as Mother Lurch

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as Mother

The Baileys of Balboa

The Fugitive

as Mrs. Barlow

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Charlotte

5.7

The Farmer's Daughter

Vacation Playhouse

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as The Chief Nurse

7.8

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Emma Poke

The Virginian

as Mrs. Clancy

The Lucy Show

as Woman in Park

Going My Way

Saints and Sinners

as Mrs. Healy

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Ainsley Hallie

Hazel

as Miss Minnie

Ben Casey

87th Precinct

as Mrs. Brodek

The Asphalt Jungle

as Mrs. Peterson

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh

Thriller

as Mrs. Peele

The Tall Man

as Hannah Blossom

Surfside 6

as Addie Horton

The Chevy Mystery Show

1960

as Maria

6.3

Bonanza

1959

as Lorna Doone Mayberry

7.5

Dennis the Menace

1959

as Miss Douglas

6.5

Adventures in Paradise

as Sister Julia

The Rebel

as Carrie Blyden

Lock-Up

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Mrs. Walters

Tightrope

as Hazel Mason

The Rifleman

as Mrs. Avery

77 Sunset Strip

as Martha Ward

Bronco

The Texan

as Katy Clayton

The Donna Reed Show

as Christine Moss

Peter Gunn

Perry Mason

as Old Lady Card Player

Wagon Train

as Aunt Em

Trackdown

as Henrietta

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Harriet Smith

Alcoa Theatre

as Elvira Moss

The Restless Gun

as Emma Birch

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Cheyenne

as Hortense Durango

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Maggie Ryan

7.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Mrs. Jane McGill

The Millionaire

as Nancy Marlborough

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Minerva Comstock

5.4

The Bob Cummings Show

as Nurse

Lassie

as Pearlie Mae

Studio 57

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office

7.8

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as Sally Benton

The Whistler

Hey Mulligan

as Martha

The Man Behind the Badge

1953

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953

as Frankie, Joan's maid

6.4

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Jennie

6.5

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953

as Mrs. Logan

Four Star Playhouse

1952

as Elsie

6.7

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952

as Aunt Ellen

5.9

The Ford Television Theatre

as Mabel

Chevron Theatre

My Hero

as Henrietta Sullivan

The Red Skelton Show

as Little Old Lady

I Love Lucy

as Miss Hanna

Dragnet

Lux Video Theatre

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Hoppy's Holiday

1947

Story

3.0

Twilight on the Trail

1941

Screenplay

4.0

The Broken Coin

1936

Story

Television (1)

The Waltons

1972

Story

7.2