Ellen Corby
Known for acting · Born 3 June 1911 · Died 14 April 1999 · aged 87 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA
210 credits
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
The Waltons
1972
Vertigo
1958
Caged
1950
Trackdown
1957
Macabre
1958
Sons of the Desert
1933
The Gunfighter
1950
The Strangler
1964
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954
Saintly Sinners
1962
Acting (206)
2017Mansfield 66/67Film
1997A Walton EasterGrandma WaltonFilm
1995A Walton WeddingGrandma WaltonFilm
1993A Walton Thanksgiving ReunionGrandma WaltonFilm
1982A Day for Thanks on Waltons MountainEsther WaltonFilm
1982A Wedding on Waltons MountainGrandma WaltonFilm
1981All the Way HomeGreat-GandmawFilm
1980The Waltons: A Decade of the WaltonsFilm
1974Dinah!Self · 8 episodesSeries
1974The Story of Pretty Boy FloydMa FloydFilm
1972The WaltonsEsther Walton · 143 episodesSeries
1972Napoleon and SamanthaGertrudeFilm
1971Support Your Local GunfighterAbigailFilm
1971The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryEsther WaltonFilm
1971A Tattered WebMrs. SimmonsFilm
1971CannonTeacherFilm
1971The PartnersSeries
1970Night GalleryMiss PatienceSeries
1970The Odd CoupleFlorenceSeries
1970Nanny and the ProfessorMrs. KaufmanSeries
1970Dan AugustAgnes OaksSeries
1969Hawaii Five-OMrs. FeathertreeSeries
1969Love, American StyleThe Little Old Lady, Granny GamblerSeries
1969The Bill Cosby ShowMrs. HilbermanSeries
1968Adam-12Camille Gearhardt, Mrs. CunninghamSeries
1968The Legend of Lylah ClareScript GirlFilm
1968A Fine PairMaddy WalkerFilm
1968LancerSeries
1968The OutsiderSeries
1967The Gnome-MobileEtta Pettibone (uncredited)Film
1967IronsideAgnes FairchildSeries
1967The InvadersAunt SaraSeries
1967The High ChaparralMrs. DiltsSeries
1967The Guns of Will SonnettMolly CobbSeries
1967Mr. TerrificMrs. WaltersSeries
1967Judd, for the DefensePrison matronSeries
1967RangoSeries
1966BatmanMrs. GreenSeries
1966The Ghost and Mr. ChickenNeva TremaineFilm
1966The Glass Bottom BoatAnna MillerFilm
1966The Night of the GrizzlyHazel SquiresFilm
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Madame BloorSeries
1966Felony SquadSeries
1966CBS PlayhouseSeries
1965Get SmartAgnes DavenportSeries
1965The Family JewelsAirline PassengerFilm
1965The Big ValleyEmmie PearsonSeries
1965The F.B.I.Mrs. Stone, Mary Carmichael, Elizabeth Page, Aunt Florrie Buell, Hannah Beecher, Mrs. AndersonSeries
1965Honey West'Nellie Peedy'Series
1965LaredoSeries
1965Please Don't Eat the DaisiesMartha O'Reilly · 2 episodesSeries
1964The Addams FamilyMother LurchSeries
1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteLilyFilm
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Mother · 2 episodesSeries
1964Daniel BooneHilda BrockSeries
1964The StranglerMrs. KrollFilm
1964The Baileys of BalboaMiss EngeldorfSeries
1963The FugitiveMrs. Barlow, Mrs. MurdockSeries
19634 for TexasWidowFilm
1963The CaretakersIreneFilm
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreMiss Purdy, CharlotteSeries
1963The Farmer's DaughterSeries
1963Vacation PlayhouseSeries
1962The Beverly HillbilliesEmma PokeSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourThe Chief NurseSeries
1962The Lucy ShowMiss Tanner, Woman in ParkSeries
1962The VirginianMrs. ClancySeries
1962Going My WaySeries
1962Saintly SinnersMrs. McKenzieFilm
1962Saints and SinnersMrs. HealySeries
1961Pocketful of MiraclesSoho SalFilm
1961HazelMiss Minnie, Minerva AndersonSeries
1961Dr. KildareAinsley HallieSeries
1961Ben CaseySeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
196187th PrecinctMrs. BrodekSeries
1961The Asphalt JungleMrs. PetersonSeries
1960The Andy Griffith ShowMyrt 'Hubcaps' LeshSeries
1960Visit to a Small PlanetMrs. Mabel MayberryFilm
1960ThrillerMrs. PeeleSeries
1960The Tall ManHannah BlossomSeries
1960The Chevy Mystery ShowMariaSeries
1960Surfside 6Addie HortonSeries
1960Tom, Dick and HarrietAunt EmilyFilm
1959BonanzaLorna Doone Mayberry, Cora MilfordSeries
1959Dennis the MenaceMiss DouglasSeries
1959The RebelCarrie BlydenSeries
1959Lock-Up · 2 episodesSeries
1959Adventures in ParadiseSister JuliaSeries
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonMrs. WaltersSeries
1959TightropeHazel MasonSeries
1958VertigoManager of McKittrick HotelFilm
1958The RiflemanMrs. Avery, Mrs. MorganSeries
1958MacabreMiss KushinsFilm
1958Peter GunnSeries
195877 Sunset StripMartha WardSeries
1958The Donna Reed ShowChristine MossSeries
1958BroncoEmma HardinSeries
1958The TexanKaty ClaytonSeries
1958As Young As We AreNettie McPhersonFilm
1957Perry MasonOld Lady Card PlayerSeries
1957Night PassageMrs. FeeneyFilm
1957Wagon TrainAunt Em · 2 episodesSeries
1957All Mine to GiveMrs. RaidenFilm
1957The Seventh SinSister Saint JosephFilm
1957TrackdownHenrietta Porter · 23 episodesSeries
1957Alcoa TheatreElvira MossSeries
1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveHarriet Smith, Miss CarterSeries
1957The Restless GunRuth Purcell, Emma Birch, Mrs. Amy MorganSeries
1957Rockabilly BabyMrs. WellingtonFilm
1957God Is My PartnerMrs. DaltonFilm
1956Slightly ScarletMartha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)Film
1956The Adventures of Jim BowieSeries
1956Stagecoach To FurySarah FarrellFilm
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMaggie Ryan, Marie McGurk, Miss Samantha, EmmaSeries
1955IllegalMiss HinkelFilm
1955CheyenneHortense DurangoSeries
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpMrs. Jane McGillSeries
1955The 20th Century Fox HourMinerva ComstockSeries
1955The Bob Cummings ShowNurseSeries
1955Matinee Theater · 2 episodesSeries
1955The MillionaireNancy Marlborough, Bedelia BuckleySeries
1954SabrinaMiss McCardieFilm
1954LassiePearlie Mae, Pearlie Mae Yochim, Bess Wright, Amy BakerSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyWoman at Burton Ridge Land OfficeSeries
1954Susan Slept HereCoffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)Film
1954The Adventures of Rin Tin TinSally BentonSeries
1954The Bowery Boys Meet the MonstersAmelia GravesendFilm
1954About Mrs. LeslieMrs. CroffmanFilm
1954Hey MulliganMarthaSeries
1954Untamed HeiressMrs. FlannyFilm
1954Studio 57 · 2 episodesSeries
1954The WhistlerSeries
1953ShaneLiz TorreyFilm
1953Woman They Almost LynchedFirst TownswomanFilm
1953A Lion Is in the StreetsSinging WomanFilm
1953The VanquishedMrs. BarbourFilm
1953Letter to LorettaJennieSeries
1953General Electric TheaterFrankie, Joan's maid, Ma Jericho, Gracie JordanSeries
1953The Man Behind the BadgeSeries
1953You Are ThereSeries
1953Revlon Mirror TheatreMrs. Logan, ClaraSeries
1952The Big TreesSister BlackburnFilm
1952The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietAunt EllenSeries
1952Four Star PlayhouseElsie, Martha - MaidSeries
1952Fearless FaganMrs. ArdleyFilm
1952The Ford Television TheatreMabelSeries
1952MonsoonKatieFilm
1952My HeroHenrietta SullivanSeries
1952Chevron TheatreSeries
1951I Love LucyMiss HannaSeries
1951Dragnet, Thelma KeeneSeries
1951On Moonlight BayMiss Mary StevensFilm
1951Angels in the OutfieldSister VeronicaFilm
1951The Mating SeasonAnnieFilm
1951The Red Skelton ShowLittle Old LadySeries
1951Here Comes the GroomMrs. McGonigleFilm
1951Goodbye, My FancyMiss BirdshawFilm
1951The Sea HornetMrs. DrinkwaterFilm
1951The Barefoot MailmanMiss Della (uncredited)Film
1950The GunfighterMrs. DevlinFilm
1950CagedEmma BarberFilm
1950Harriet CraigLottieFilm
1950Edge of DoomJeanette MooreFilm
1950Lux Video Theatre, Nurse, Norah, Aunt, Lavinia Penniman, Martha, HarrietSeries
1950Captain ChinaMiss EndicottFilm
1950PeggyMrs. Privet, the LibrarianFilm
1949Little WomenSophieFilm
1949Mighty Joe YoungOrphanage matron (uncredited)Film
1949Madame BovaryFélicitéFilm
1949A Woman's SecretNurse who reads paper to SusanFilm
1949Rusty Saves a LifeMiss SimmonsFilm
1948I Remember MamaAunt TrinaFilm
1948The Dark PastAgnes (uncredited)Film
1948The Noose Hangs HighHilda - Maid (uncredited)Film
1948Fighting Father DunneColpeck's SecretaryFilm
1948Strike It RichAnnie HarkinsFilm
1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)Film
1947Born to KillMaid (uncredited)Film
1947They Won't Believe MeScreaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)Film
1947The Long NightObserver in Crowd (uncredited)Film
1947Forever AmberMargeFilm
1947Railroaded!Mrs. Wills (uncredited)Film
1947The UnfaithfulCourtroom SpectatorFilm
1947The Fabulous JoeCathy, the MaidFilm
1947Living in a Big WayBroken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)Film
1947The Judge Steps OutMother at Party (uncredited)Film
1947Beat the BandGertrude's MotherFilm
1946It's a Wonderful LifeMs. Davis (uncredited)Film
1946The Spiral StaircaseNeighbour (uncredited)Film
1946BedlamBetty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)Film
1946The Dark CornerMaid (uncredited)Film
1946The LocketGinny (uncredited)Film
1946Crack-UpReynold's Maid (Uncredited)Film
1946Sister KennyHospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)Film
1946From This Day ForwardMotherFilm
1946The Truth About MurderBettyFilm
1946Lover Come BackRitaFilm
1945CorneredSwiss Maid (uncredited)Film
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
1936The Broken CoinBit Part (uncredited)Film
1935Speed LimitedSecretaryFilm
1934Babes in ToylandTownswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)Film
1933Sons of the DesertPartygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)Film
1933Rafter RomanceTelemarketer (uncredited)Film
Writing (4)
1972The WaltonsStorySeries
1947Hoppy's HolidayStoryFilm
1941Twilight on the TrailScreenplayFilm
1936The Broken CoinStoryFilm