Birthday:
Jun 03, 1911
Place of Birth: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Place of Birth: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Ellen Corby
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pocketful of Miracles | Soho Sal | 1961 |
| Vertigo | Manager of McKittrick Hotel | 1958 |
| The Gnome-Mobile | Etta Pettibone (uncredited) | 1967 |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Ms. Davis (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Shane | Liz Torrey | 1953 |
| Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Lily | 1964 |
| The Night of the Grizzly | Hazel Squires | 1966 |
| Sabrina | Miss McCardie | 1954 |
| Night Passage | Mrs. Feeney | 1957 |
| The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1947 |
| On Moonlight Bay | Miss Mary Stevens | 1951 |
| Caged | Emma Barber | 1950 |
| Macabre | Miss Kushins | 1958 |
| Edge of Doom | Jeanette Moore | 1950 |
| The Strangler | Mrs. Kroll | 1964 |
| The Big Trees | Sister Blackburn | 1952 |
| Little Women | Sophie | 1949 |
| I Remember Mama | Aunt Trina | 1948 |
| Madame Bovary | Félicité | 1949 |
| The Gunfighter | Mrs. Devlin | 1950 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Orphanage matron (uncredited) | 1949 |
| 4 for Texas | Widow | 1963 |
| Illegal | Miss Hinkel | 1955 |
| All Mine to Give | Mrs. Raiden | 1957 |
| Susan Slept Here | Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) | 1954 |
| A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain | Esther Walton | 1982 |
| A Woman's Secret | Nurse who reads paper to Susan | 1949 |
| The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Esther Walton | 1971 |
| Harriet Craig | Lottie | 1950 |
| The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Amelia Gravesend | 1954 |
| About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Croffman | 1954 |
| The Broken Coin | Bit Part (uncredited) | 1936 |
| A Lion Is in the Streets | Singing Woman | 1953 |
| Goodbye, My Fancy | Miss Birdshaw | 1951 |
| The Seventh Sin | Sister Saint Joseph | 1957 |
| Stagecoach To Fury | Sarah Farrell | 1956 |
| Bedlam | Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Lover Come Back | Rita | 1946 |
| Fearless Fagan | Mrs. Ardley | 1952 |
| The Truth About Murder | Betty | 1946 |
| Saintly Sinners | Mrs. McKenzie | 1962 |
| The Mating Season | Annie | 1951 |
| The Legend of Lylah Clare | Script Girl | 1968 |
| Fighting Father Dunne | Colpeck's Secretary | 1948 |
| The Dark Past | Agnes (uncredited) | 1948 |
| As Young As We Are | Nettie McPherson | 1958 |
| A Wedding on Waltons Mountain | Grandma Walton | 1982 |
| Cannon | Teacher | 1971 |
| Cornered | Swiss Maid (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Family Jewels | Airline Passenger | 1965 |
| Speed Limited | Secretary | 1935 |
| Captain China | Miss Endicott | 1950 |
| The Caretakers | Irene | 1963 |
| God Is My Partner | Mrs. Dalton | 1957 |
| Sons of the Desert | Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Glass Bottom Boat | Anna Miller | 1966 |
| Living in a Big Way | Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) | 1947 |
| They Won't Believe Me | 1947 | |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | First Townswoman | 1953 |
| The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Neva Tremaine | 1966 |
| Rafter Romance | Telemarketer (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Untamed Heiress | Mrs. Flanny | 1954 |
| Sister Kenny | Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) | 1946 |
| All the Way Home | Great-Gandmaw | 1981 |
| The Judge Steps Out | Mother at Party (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Born to Kill | Maid (uncredited) | 1947 |
| The Long Night | Observer in Crowd (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Babes in Toyland | Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Barefoot Mailman | Miss Della (uncredited) | 1951 |
| The Spiral Staircase | Neighbour (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Forever Amber | Marge | 1947 |
| Strike It Rich | Annie Harkins | 1948 |
| The Locket | Ginny (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Here Comes the Groom | Mrs. McGonigle | 1951 |
| Tom, Dick and Harriet | Aunt Emily | 1960 |
| Angels in the Outfield | Sister Veronica | 1951 |
| A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Grandma Walton | 1993 |
| The Unfaithful | Courtroom Spectator | 1947 |
| The Sea Hornet | Mrs. Drinkwater | 1951 |
| Peggy | Mrs. Privet, the Librarian | 1950 |
| Rockabilly Baby | Mrs. Wellington | 1957 |
| Napoleon and Samantha | Gertrude | 1972 |
| Railroaded! | Mrs. Wills (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Rusty Saves a Life | Miss Simmons | 1949 |
| Monsoon | Katie | 1952 |
| Slightly Scarlet | Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) | 1956 |
| A Walton Easter | Grandma Walton | 1997 |
| From This Day Forward | Mother | 1946 |
| Beat the Band | Gertrude's Mother | 1947 |
| The Noose Hangs High | Hilda - Maid (uncredited) | 1948 |
| A Fine Pair | Maddy Walker | 1968 |
| A Tattered Web | Mrs. Simmons | 1971 |
| The Dark Corner | Maid (uncredited) | 1946 |
| The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Ma Floyd | 1974 |
| Visit to a Small Planet | Mrs. Mabel Mayberry | 1960 |
| The Vanquished | Mrs. Barbour | 1953 |
| The Fabulous Joe | Cathy, the Maid | 1947 |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | Abigail | 1971 |
| Crack-Up | Reynold's Maid (Uncredited) | 1946 |
| A Walton Wedding | Grandma Walton | 1995 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh | 1960 |
| Cheyenne | Hortense Durango | 1955 |
| Trackdown | Henrietta Porter | 1957 |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | |
| The F.B.I. | Mrs. Stone | 1965 |
| The Odd Couple | Florence | 1970 |
| Batman | Mrs. Green | 1966 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Mrs. Feathertree | 1968 |
| The Lucy Show | Miss Tanner | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Emma Poke | 1962 |
| I Love Lucy | Miss Hanna | 1951 |
| Surfside 6 | Addie Horton | 1960 |
| Dragnet | 1951 | |
| Perry Mason | Old Lady Card Player | 1957 |
| Night Gallery | Miss Patience | 1970 |
| General Electric Theater | Frankie, Joan's maid | 1953 |
| Get Smart | Agnes Davenport | 1965 |
| Saints and Sinners | Mrs. Healy | 1962 |
| Ironside | Agnes Fairchild | 1967 |
| The Waltons | Esther Walton | 1972 |
| Laredo | 1965 | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Maggie Ryan | 1955 |
| Going My Way | 1962 | |
| Felony Squad | 1966 | |
| Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Kaufman | 1970 |
| Daniel Boone | Hilda Brock | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | Mrs. Barlow | 1963 |
| The Millionaire | Nancy Marlborough | 1955 |
| The High Chaparral | Mrs. Dilts | 1967 |
| The Partners | 1971 | |
| The Virginian | Mrs. Clancy | 1962 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1963 | |
| Lancer | 1968 | |
| Thriller | Mrs. Peele | 1960 |
| Peter Gunn | 1958 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1950 | |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Mrs. Jane McGill | 1955 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Harriet Smith | 1957 |
| The Fugitive | Mrs. Murdock | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Miss Purdy | 1963 |
| The Big Valley | Emmie Pearson | 1965 |
| Bronco | 1958 | |
| The Donna Reed Show | Christine Moss | 1958 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Nurse | 1950 |
| Matinee Theater | 1955 | |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Sally Benton | 1954 |
| The Restless Gun | Ruth Purcell | 1957 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | |
| Lock-Up | 1959 | |
| The Rebel | Carrie Blyden | 1959 |
| Ben Casey | 1961 | |
| The Addams Family | Mother Lurch | 1964 |
| The Baileys of Balboa | 1964 | |
| The Whistler | 1954 | |
| Honey West | 'Nellie Peedy' | 1965 |
| Rango | 1967 | |
| Vacation Playhouse | 1963 | |
| Tightrope | Hazel Mason | 1959 |
| Dr. Kildare | Ainsley Hallie | 1961 |
| The Man Behind the Badge | 1953 | |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mrs. Walters | 1959 |
| Letter to Loretta | Jennie | 1953 |
| The Outsider | 1968 | |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Aunt Ellen | 1952 |
| The Restless Gun | Emma Birch | 1957 |
| The Texan | Katy Clayton | 1958 |
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | Minerva Comstock | 1955 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Martha Ward | 1958 |
| Mr. Terrific | Mrs. Walters | 1967 |
| Hazel | Miss Minnie | 1961 |
| The Lucy Show | Woman in Park | 1962 |
| Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Mother | 1964 |
| 87th Precinct | Mrs. Brodek | 1961 |
| The F.B.I. | Mary Carmichael | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Elizabeth Page | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Aunt Florrie Buell | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Hannah Beecher | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Mrs. Anderson | 1965 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Miss Carter | 1957 |
| Adam-12 | Camille Gearhardt | 1968 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Norah | 1950 |
| Adam-12 | Mrs. Cunningham | 1968 |
| The Millionaire | Bedelia Buckley | 1955 |
| General Electric Theater | Ma Jericho | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Gracie Jordan | 1953 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Aunt | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Lavinia Penniman | 1950 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Elsie | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Martha - Maid | 1952 |
| Bonanza | Lorna Doone Mayberry | 1959 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Cannon | 1971 | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Charlotte | 1963 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Marie McGurk | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Miss Samantha | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Emma | 1955 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Martha O'Reilly | 1965 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
| The Invaders | Aunt Sara | 1967 |
| Bonanza | Cora Milford | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Miss Douglas | 1959 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Molly Cobb | 1967 |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | Maria | 1960 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Elvira Moss | 1957 |
| Dan August | Agnes Oaks | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | The Little Old Lady | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Granny Gambler | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Hilberman | 1969 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
| Hazel | Minerva Anderson | 1961 |
| The Tall Man | Hannah Blossom | 1960 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Sister Julia | 1959 |
| The Rifleman | Mrs. Avery | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Mrs. Morgan | 1958 |
| The Restless Gun | Mrs. Amy Morgan | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Aunt Em | 1957 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Nurse | 1955 |
| Studio 57 | 1954 | |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office | 1954 |
| Lassie | Pearlie Mae | 1954 |
| Lassie | Pearlie Mae Yochim | 1954 |
| Lassie | Bess Wright | 1954 |
| Lassie | Amy Baker | 1954 |
| Hey Mulligan | Martha | 1954 |
| My Hero | Henrietta Sullivan | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Mabel | 1952 |
| Chevron Theatre | 1952 | |
| The Red Skelton Show | Little Old Lady | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Martha | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Harriet | 1950 |
| Revlon Mirror Theatre | Mrs. Logan | 1953 |
| Revlon Mirror Theatre | Clara | 1953 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | The Chief Nurse | 1962 |
| Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944 |
