Ellen Corby

Personal Info

Birthday

June 3, 1911

Day of Death

1999-04-14

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Ellen Hansen

Ellen Hansen Corby

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

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

The Andy Griffith Show

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Batman

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Rifleman

The Waltons

Filmography

1997
A Walton Easter
as Grandma Walton
1995
A Walton Wedding
as Grandma Walton
1993
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Grandma Walton
1982
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
as Esther Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
as Grandma Walton
1981
All the Way Home
as Great-Gandmaw
1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Ma Floyd
1972
Napoleon and Samantha
as Gertrude
1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Esther Walton
A Tattered Web
as Mrs. Simmons
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Abigail
Cannon
as Teacher
1968
A Fine Pair
as Maddy Walker
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Script Girl
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
1966
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Anna Miller
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hazel Squires
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Neva Tremaine
1965
The Family Jewels
as Airline Passenger
1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Lily
The Strangler
as Mrs. Kroll
1963
4 for Texas
as Widow
The Caretakers
as Irene
1962
Saintly Sinners
as Mrs. McKenzie
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
as Soho Sal
1960
Visit to a Small Planet
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Aunt Emily
1958
Macabre
as Miss Kushins
As Young As We Are
as Nettie McPherson
Vertigo
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
1957
All Mine to Give
as Mrs. Raiden
Rockabilly Baby
as Mrs. Wellington
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
God Is My Partner
as Mrs. Dalton
The Seventh Sin
as Sister Saint Joseph
1956
Stagecoach To Fury
as Sarah Farrell
Slightly Scarlet
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
1955
Illegal
as Miss Hinkel
1954
Sabrina
as Miss McCardie
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Croffman
Susan Slept Here
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as Amelia Gravesend
Untamed Heiress
as Mrs. Flanny
1953
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Singing Woman
The Vanquished
as Mrs. Barbour
Shane
as Liz Torrey
Woman They Almost Lynched
as First Townswoman
1952
Monsoon
as Katie
Fearless Fagan
as Mrs. Ardley
The Big Trees
as Sister Blackburn
1951
The Barefoot Mailman
as Miss Della (uncredited)
The Sea Hornet
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Veronica
Here Comes the Groom
as Mrs. McGonigle
On Moonlight Bay
as Miss Mary Stevens
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss Birdshaw
The Mating Season
as Annie
1950
Harriet Craig
as Lottie
Edge of Doom
as Jeanette Moore
Peggy
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
Caged
as Emma Barber
Captain China
as Miss Endicott
1949
Madame Bovary
as Félicité
Mighty Joe Young
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Little Women
as Sophie
Rusty Saves a Life
as Miss Simmons
A Woman's Secret
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
1948
The Dark Past
as Agnes (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
as Annie Harkins
Fighting Father Dunne
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Noose Hangs High
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
I Remember Mama
as Aunt Trina
1947
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Forever Amber
as Marge
Railroaded!
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Fabulous Joe
as Cathy, the Maid
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
Living in a Big Way
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
The Long Night
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Born to Kill
as Maid (uncredited)
Beat the Band
as Gertrude's Mother
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
The Locket
as Ginny (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Crack-Up
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Lover Come Back
as Rita
Bedlam
as Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
as Maid (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder
as Betty
From This Day Forward
as Mother
The Spiral Staircase
as Neighbour (uncredited)
1945
Cornered
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
1936
The Broken Coin
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1935
Speed Limited
as Secretary
1934
Babes in Toyland
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
1933
Sons of the Desert
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Rafter Romance
as Telemarketer (uncredited)