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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
239
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-06-03 (113 years old)
Place of Birth
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Acting
1997
A Walton Easter as Grandma Walton1995
A Walton Wedding as Grandma Walton1993
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Grandma Walton1982
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain as Grandma Walton1982
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain as Esther Walton1981
All the Way Home as Great-Gandmaw1974
Dinah! as Self1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Ma Floyd1972
The Waltons as Esther Walton1972
Napoleon and Samantha as Gertrude1971
Cannon as Not available1971
A Tattered Web as Mrs. Simmons1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter as Abigail1971
The Partners as Not available1971
Cannon as Teacher1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Esther Walton1970
The Odd Couple as Florence1970
Nanny and the Professor as Mrs. Kaufman1970
Night Gallery as Miss Patience1970
Dan August as Agnes Oaks1969
Love, American Style as The Little Old Lady1969
Love, American Style as Granny Gambler1969
The Bill Cosby Show as Mrs. Hilberman1968
Hawaii Five-O as Mrs. Feathertree1968
Adam-12 as Camille Gearhardt1968
Adam-12 as Mrs. Cunningham1968
Lancer as Not available1968
The Outsider as Not available1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare as Script Girl1968
A Fine Pair as Maddy Walker1967
Ironside as Agnes Fairchild1967
The High Chaparral as Mrs. Dilts1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett as Molly Cobb1967
The Invaders as Aunt Sara1967
Rango as Not available1967
The Gnome-Mobile as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)1967
Mr. Terrific as Mrs. Walters1966
Batman as Mrs. Green1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Not available1966
Felony Squad as Not available1966
The Glass Bottom Boat as Anna Miller1966
The Night of the Grizzly as Hazel Squires1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken as Neva Tremaine1965
The F.B.I. as Mrs. Stone1965
The F.B.I. as Elizabeth Page1965
The F.B.I. as Mary Carmichael1965
The F.B.I. as Hannah Beecher1965
The F.B.I. as Aunt Florrie Buell1965
The F.B.I. as Mrs. Anderson1965
Get Smart as Agnes Davenport1965
The Big Valley as Emmie Pearson1965
Laredo as Not available1965
Honey West as 'Nellie Peedy'1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Martha O'Reilly1965
The Family Jewels as Airline Passenger1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Mother1964
The Addams Family as Mother Lurch1964
Daniel Boone as Hilda Brock1964
The Strangler as Mrs. Kroll1964
The Baileys of Balboa as Not available1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Lily1963
The Fugitive as Mrs. Barlow1963
The Fugitive as Mrs. Murdock1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Miss Purdy1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Charlotte1963
The Farmer's Daughter as Not available1963
Vacation Playhouse as Not available1963
The Caretakers as Irene1963
4 for Texas as Widow1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self1962
The Beverly Hillbillies as Emma Poke1962
The Lucy Show as Miss Tanner1962
The Lucy Show as Woman in Park1962
The Virginian as Mrs. Clancy1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Chief Nurse1962
Going My Way as Not available1962
Saints and Sinners as Mrs. Healy1962
Saintly Sinners as Mrs. McKenzie1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self1961
Dr. Kildare as Ainsley Hallie1961
Ben Casey as Not available1961
Hazel as Miss Minnie1961
Hazel as Minerva Anderson1961
87th Precinct as Mrs. Brodek1961
Pocketful of Miracles as Soho Sal1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh1960
The Tall Man as Hannah Blossom1960
Thriller as Mrs. Peele1960
Surfside 6 as Addie Horton1960
The Chevy Mystery Show as Maria1960
Tom, Dick and Harriet as Aunt Emily1960
Visit to a Small Planet as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry1959
Bonanza as Lorna Doone Mayberry1959
Bonanza as Cora Milford1959
Dennis the Menace as Miss Douglas1959
Adventures in Paradise as Sister Julia1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Mrs. Walters1959
Lock-Up as Not available1959
The Rebel as Carrie Blyden1959
Tightrope as Hazel Mason1958
The Rifleman as Mrs. Morgan1958
The Rifleman as Mrs. Avery1958
The Donna Reed Show as Christine Moss1958
77 Sunset Strip as Martha Ward1958
Bronco as Not available1958
Peter Gunn as Not available1958
The Texan as Katy Clayton1958
Vertigo as Manager of McKittrick Hotel1958
Macabre as Miss Kushins1958
As Young As We Are as Nettie McPherson1957
Perry Mason as Old Lady Card Player1957
Wagon Train as Aunt Em1957
The Restless Gun as Ruth Purcell1957
The Restless Gun as Emma Birch1957
The Restless Gun as Mrs. Amy Morgan1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Harriet Smith1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Miss Carter1957
Trackdown as Henrietta Porter1957
Trackdown as Henrietta1957
Alcoa Theatre as Elvira Moss1957
Night Passage as Mrs. Feeney1957
God Is My Partner as Mrs. Dalton1957
All Mine to Give as Mrs. Raiden1957
Rockabilly Baby as Mrs. Wellington1957
The Seventh Sin as Sister Saint Joseph1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Not available1956
Slightly Scarlet as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)1956
Stagecoach To Fury as Sarah Farrell1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Mrs. Jane McGill1955
Matinee Theater as Not available1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Maggie Ryan1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Marie McGurk1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Miss Samantha1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Emma1955
Cheyenne as Hortense Durango1955
The Millionaire as Nancy Marlborough1955
The Millionaire as Bedelia Buckley1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Minerva Comstock1955
The Bob Cummings Show as Nurse1955
Illegal as Miss Hinkel1954
Lassie as Bess Wright1954
Lassie as Amy Baker1954
Lassie as Pearlie Mae1954
Lassie as Pearlie Mae Yochim1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office1954
Studio 57 as Not available1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Sally Benton1954
Sabrina as Miss McCardie1954
The Whistler as Not available1954
Hey Mulligan as Martha1954
Susan Slept Here as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)1954
About Mrs. Leslie as Mrs. Croffman1954
Untamed Heiress as Mrs. Flanny1954
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters as Amelia Gravesend1953
The Man Behind the Badge as Not available1953
Letter to Loretta as Jennie1953
Shane as Liz Torrey1953
General Electric Theater as Frankie, Joan's maid1953
General Electric Theater as Ma Jericho1953
General Electric Theater as Gracie Jordan1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre as Mrs. Logan1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre as Clara1953
A Lion Is in the Streets as Singing Woman1953
Woman They Almost Lynched as First Townswoman1953
The Vanquished as Mrs. Barbour1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Aunt Ellen1952
Four Star Playhouse as Elsie1952
Four Star Playhouse as Martha - Maid1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Mabel1952
My Hero as Henrietta Sullivan1952
Chevron Theatre as Not available1952
The Big Trees as Sister Blackburn1952
Fearless Fagan as Mrs. Ardley1952
Monsoon as Katie1951
I Love Lucy as Miss Hanna1951
The Red Skelton Show as Little Old Lady1951
Dragnet as Not available1951
Angels in the Outfield as Sister Veronica1951
On Moonlight Bay as Miss Mary Stevens1951
Here Comes the Groom as Mrs. McGonigle1951
The Sea Hornet as Mrs. Drinkwater1951
The Barefoot Mailman as Miss Della (uncredited)1951
Goodbye, My Fancy as Miss Birdshaw1951
The Mating Season as Annie1950
Lux Video Theatre as Not available1950
Lux Video Theatre as Nurse1950
Lux Video Theatre as Norah1950
Lux Video Theatre as Lavinia Penniman1950
Lux Video Theatre as Aunt1950
Lux Video Theatre as Harriet1950
Lux Video Theatre as Martha1950
Caged as Emma Barber1950
Edge of Doom as Jeanette Moore1950
Harriet Craig as Lottie1950
Captain China as Miss Endicott1950
The Gunfighter as Mrs. Devlin1950
Peggy as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian1949
Little Women as Sophie1949
Mighty Joe Young as Orphanage matron (uncredited)1949
Madame Bovary as Félicité1949
A Woman's Secret as Nurse who reads paper to Susan1949
Rusty Saves a Life as Miss Simmons1948
The Noose Hangs High as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)1948
The Dark Past as Agnes (uncredited)1948
I Remember Mama as Aunt Trina1948
Fighting Father Dunne as Colpeck's Secretary1948
Strike It Rich as Annie Harkins1947
The Long Night as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)1947
They Won't Believe Me as Not available1947
Forever Amber as Marge1947
Born to Kill as Maid (uncredited)1947
The Unfaithful as Courtroom Spectator1947
Living in a Big Way as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)1947
Beat the Band as Gertrude's Mother1947
The Judge Steps Out as Mother at Party (uncredited)1947
The Fabulous Joe as Cathy, the Maid1947
Railroaded! as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)1946
It's a Wonderful Life as Ms. Davis (uncredited)1946
The Spiral Staircase as Neighbour (uncredited)1946
Bedlam as Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)1946
Crack-Up as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)1946
From This Day Forward as Mother1946
The Dark Corner as Maid (uncredited)1946
The Locket as Ginny (uncredited)1946
Lover Come Back as Rita1946
Sister Kenny as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)1946
The Truth About Murder as Betty1945
Cornered as Swiss Maid (uncredited)1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee1936
The Broken Coin as Bit Part (uncredited)1935
Speed Limited as Secretary1934
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)1933
Rafter Romance as Telemarketer (uncredited)Crew
1972
The Waltons Story1947
Hoppy's Holiday Story1941
Twilight on the Trail Screenplay1936
The Broken Coin Story