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Acting
Birthday:
June 3, 1911
Place of Birth:
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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Ellen 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | A Walton Easter | Grandma Walton |
| 1995 | A Walton Wedding | Grandma Walton |
| 1993 | A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Grandma Walton |
| 1982 | A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain | Esther Walton |
| 1982 | A Wedding on Waltons Mountain | Grandma Walton |
| 1981 | All the Way Home | Great-Gandmaw |
| 1974 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Ma Floyd |
| 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha | Gertrude |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Esther Walton |
| 1971 | Cannon | Teacher |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Mrs. Simmons |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Abigail |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Script Girl |
| 1968 | A Fine Pair | Maddy Walker |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | Etta Pettibone (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly | Hazel Squires |
| 1966 | The Glass Bottom Boat | Anna Miller |
| 1966 | The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Neva Tremaine |
| 1965 | The Family Jewels | Airline Passenger |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Lily |
| 1964 | The Strangler | Mrs. Kroll |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Widow |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Irene |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners | Mrs. McKenzie |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Soho Sal |
| 1960 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | Aunt Emily |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Mrs. Mabel Mayberry |
| 1958 | Vertigo | Manager of McKittrick Hotel |
| 1958 | Macabre | Miss Kushins |
| 1958 | As Young As We Are | Nettie McPherson |
| 1957 | Night Passage | Mrs. Feeney |
| 1957 | All Mine to Give | Mrs. Raiden |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin | Sister Saint Joseph |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Mrs. Dalton |
| 1957 | Rockabilly Baby | Mrs. Wellington |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Sarah Farrell |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet | Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Illegal | Miss Hinkel |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Miss McCardie |
| 1954 | Susan Slept Here | Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Amelia Gravesend |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Croffman |
| 1954 | Untamed Heiress | Mrs. Flanny |
| 1953 | Shane | Liz Torrey |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Singing Woman |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched | First Townswoman |
| 1953 | The Vanquished | Mrs. Barbour |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Sister Blackburn |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan | Mrs. Ardley |
| 1952 | Monsoon | Katie |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | Miss Mary Stevens |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Miss Birdshaw |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Annie |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Miss Della (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Mrs. McGonigle |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Sister Veronica |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet | Mrs. Drinkwater |
| 1950 | Caged | Emma Barber |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Jeanette Moore |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Mrs. Devlin |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig | Lottie |
| 1950 | Captain China | Miss Endicott |
| 1950 | Peggy | Mrs. Privet, the Librarian |
| 1949 | Little Women | Sophie |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Félicité |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Orphanage matron (uncredited) |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | Nurse who reads paper to Susan |
| 1949 | Rusty Saves a Life | Miss Simmons |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Aunt Trina |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Colpeck's Secretary |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Agnes (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Strike It Rich | Annie Harkins |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Hilda - Maid (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way | Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Mother at Party (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Maid (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Observer in Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Forever Amber | Marge |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful | Courtroom Spectator |
| 1947 | Railroaded! | Mrs. Wills (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Beat the Band | Gertrude's Mother |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Joe | Cathy, the Maid |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Ms. Davis (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Bedlam | Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Rita |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder | Betty |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase | Neighbour (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Locket | Ginny (uncredited) |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Mother |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Maid (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Reynold's Maid (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Cornered | Swiss Maid (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Speed Limited | Secretary |
| 1934 | Babes in Toyland | Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert | Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance | Telemarketer (uncredited) |
| Because I Love Him | Mrs. Logan |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Esther Walton |
| 1971 | The Partners | |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Florence |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Miss Patience |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Kaufman |
| 1970 | Dan August | Agnes Oaks |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | The Little Old Lady |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Hilberman |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Granny Gambler |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Mrs. Feathertree |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Camille Gearhardt |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Mrs. Cunningham |
| 1967 | Ironside | Agnes Fairchild |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Mrs. Dilts |
| 1967 | Rango | |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific | Mrs. Walters |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Aunt Sara |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Molly Cobb |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | |
| 1966 | Batman | Mrs. Green |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mrs. Stone |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Agnes Davenport |
| 1965 | Laredo | |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Emmie Pearson |
| 1965 | Honey West | 'Nellie Peedy' |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Elizabeth Page |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mary Carmichael |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Hannah Beecher |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Aunt Florrie Buell |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mrs. Anderson |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Martha O'Reilly |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Hilda Brock |
| 1964 | The Addams Family | Mother Lurch |
| 1964 | The Baileys of Balboa | |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Mother |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Mrs. Barlow |
| 1963 | The Farmer's Daughter | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Mrs. Murdock |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Miss Purdy |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Charlotte |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Miss Tanner |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Emma Poke |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Mrs. Healy |
| 1962 | Going My Way | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Mrs. Clancy |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Woman in Park |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | The Chief Nurse |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Ainsley Hallie |
| 1961 | Hazel | Miss Minnie |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Mrs. Brodek |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | Hazel | Minerva Anderson |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Addie Horton |
| 1960 | Thriller | Mrs. Peele |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Maria |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | Hannah Blossom |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Carrie Blyden |
| 1959 | Tightrope | Hazel Mason |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mrs. Walters |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Lorna Doone Mayberry |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Cora Milford |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | Miss Douglas |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Sister Julia |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Christine Moss |
| 1958 | The Texan | Katy Clayton |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Martha Ward |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Mrs. Morgan |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Mrs. Avery |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Henrietta Porter |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Old Lady Card Player |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Harriet Smith |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Ruth Purcell |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Emma Birch |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Miss Carter |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Elvira Moss |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Aunt Em |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Mrs. Amy Morgan |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Henrietta |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Hortense Durango |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Maggie Ryan |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Nancy Marlborough |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Mrs. Jane McGill |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Minerva Comstock |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Bedelia Buckley |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Marie McGurk |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Miss Samantha |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Emma |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show | Nurse |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Sally Benton |
| 1954 | The Whistler | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1954 | Lassie | Bess Wright |
| 1954 | Lassie | Amy Baker |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office |
| 1954 | Lassie | Pearlie Mae |
| 1954 | Hey Mulligan | Martha |
| 1954 | Lassie | Pearlie Mae Yochim |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Frankie, Joan's maid |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Jennie |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ma Jericho |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Gracie Jordan |
| 1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | Mrs. Logan |
| 1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | Clara |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Aunt Ellen |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Elsie |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Martha - Maid |
| 1952 | My Hero | Henrietta Sullivan |
| 1952 | Chevron Theatre | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mabel |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Miss Hanna |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Little Old Lady |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Nurse |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Norah |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Lavinia Penniman |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Aunt |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Harriet |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Martha |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |