- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Racine, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- April 14, 1999
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
movieMansfield 66/67
2017
movieA Walton Easter
1997 · Grandma Walton
movieA Walton Wedding
1995 · Grandma Walton
movieA Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Grandma Walton
movieA Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982 · Esther Walton
movieA Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982 · Grandma Walton
movieAll the Way Home
1981 · Great-Gandmaw
movieThe Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieThe Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974 · Ma Floyd
tvThe Waltons
1972 · Esther Walton, Story
movieNapoleon and Samantha
1972 · Gertrude
movieThe Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 · Esther Walton
movieA Tattered Web
1971 · Mrs. Simmons
The Partners
1971
movieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Abigail
movieCannon
1971 · Teacher
tvNight Gallery
1970 · Miss Patience
tvThe Odd Couple
1970 · Florence
tvDan August
1970 · Agnes Oaks
tvNanny and the Professor
1970 · Mrs. Kaufman
tvLove, American Style
1969 · The Little Old Lady, Granny Gambler
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Mrs. Hilberman
movieA Fine Pair
1968 · Maddy Walker
tvLancer
1968
tvAdam-12
1968 · Camille Gearhardt, Mrs. Cunningham
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Mrs. Feathertree
tvThe Outsider
1968
movieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Script Girl
tvThe High Chaparral
1967 · Mrs. Dilts
tvThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · Molly Cobb
movieThe Gnome-Mobile
1967 · Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
tvIronside
1967 · Agnes Fairchild
tvRango
1967
tvThe Invaders
1967 · Aunt Sara
tvMr. Terrific
1967 · Mrs. Walters
CBS Playhouse
1966
tvThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Madame Bloor
tvFelony Squad
1966
movieThe Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · Anna Miller
movieThe Night of the Grizzly
1966 · Hazel Squires
movieThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · Neva Tremaine
tvBatman
1966 · Mrs. Green
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Mrs. Stone, Elizabeth Page, Mary Carmichael, Hannah Beecher, Aunt Florrie Buell, Mrs. Anderson
tvGet Smart
1965 · Agnes Davenport
tvHoney West
1965 · 'Nellie Peedy'
tvLaredo
1965
tvThe Big Valley
1965 · Emmie Pearson
tvPlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1965 · Martha O'Reilly
movieThe Family Jewels
1965 · Airline Passenger
movieHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Lily
tvGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Mother
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Hilda Brock
tvThe Baileys of Balboa
1964
tvThe Addams Family
1964 · Mother Lurch
movieThe Strangler
1964 · Mrs. Kroll
movie4 for Texas
1963 · Widow
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Miss Purdy, Charlotte
tvThe Farmer's Daughter
1963
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Murdock
movieThe Caretakers
1963 · Irene
Vacation Playhouse
1963
tvGoing My Way
1962
tvThe Lucy Show
1962 · Miss Tanner, Woman in Park
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Emma Poke
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · The Chief Nurse
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Mrs. Clancy
tvSaints and Sinners
1962 · Mrs. Healy
movieSaintly Sinners
1962 · Mrs. McKenzie
moviePocketful of Miracles
1961 · Soho Sal
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvBen Casey
1961
tvHazel
1961 · Miss Minnie, Minerva Anderson
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Ainsley Hallie
tv87th Precinct
1961 · Mrs. Brodek
tvThe Asphalt Jungle
1961 · Mrs. Peterson
tvSurfside 6
1960 · Addie Horton
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
tvThriller
1960 · Mrs. Peele
tvThe Tall Man
1960 · Hannah Blossom
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Maria
movieVisit to a Small Planet
1960 · Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
movieTom, Dick and Harriet
1960 · Aunt Emily
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Sister Julia
tvThe Rebel
1959 · Carrie Blyden
tvDennis the Menace
1959 · Miss Douglas
tvLock-Up
1959
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Mrs. Walters
tvBonanza
1959 · Lorna Doone Mayberry, Cora Milford
tvTightrope
1959 · Hazel Mason
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Martha Ward
movieMacabre
1958 · Miss Kushins
tvThe Rifleman
1958 · Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Avery
tvThe Texan
1958 · Katy Clayton
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958 · Christine Moss
tvBronco
1958 · Emma Hardin
tvPeter Gunn
1958
As Young As We Are
1958 · Nettie McPherson
movieVertigo
1958 · Manager of McKittrick Hotel
movieAll Mine to Give
1957 · Mrs. Raiden
movieRockabilly Baby
1957 · Mrs. Wellington
tvTrackdown
1957 · Henrietta Porter
tvAlcoa Theatre
1957 · Elvira Moss
tvThe Restless Gun
1957 · Ruth Purcell, Emma Birch, Mrs. Amy Morgan
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Old Lady Card Player
tvWagon Train
1957 · Aunt Em
movieNight Passage
1957 · Mrs. Feeney
movieGod Is My Partner
1957 · Mrs. Dalton
tvRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Harriet Smith, Miss Carter
movieThe Seventh Sin
1957 · Sister Saint Joseph
movieStagecoach To Fury
1956 · Sarah Farrell
tvThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
movieSlightly Scarlet
1956 · Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieIllegal
1955 · Miss Hinkel
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Minerva Comstock
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Maggie Ryan, Marie McGurk, Miss Samantha, Emma
tvCheyenne
1955 · Hortense Durango
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Mrs. Jane McGill
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Nancy Marlborough, Bedelia Buckley
tvThe Bob Cummings Show
1955 · Nurse
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
tvThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 · Sally Benton
tvStudio 57
1954
tvLassie
1954 · Bess Wright, Amy Baker, Pearlie Mae, Pearlie Mae Yochim
movieSabrina
1954 · Miss McCardie
Hey Mulligan
1954 · Martha
movieAbout Mrs. Leslie
1954 · Mrs. Croffman
movieSusan Slept Here
1954 · Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
tvThe Whistler
1954
movieThe Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954 · Amelia Gravesend
movieUntamed Heiress
1954 · Mrs. Flanny
tvThe Man Behind the Badge
1953
movieA Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · Singing Woman
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Jennie
tvRevlon Mirror Theatre
1953 · Mrs. Logan, Clara
movieThe Vanquished
1953 · Mrs. Barbour
movieShane
1953 · Liz Torrey
movieWoman They Almost Lynched
1953 · First Townswoman
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Frankie, Joan's maid, Ma Jericho, Gracie Jordan
tvYou Are There
1953
My Hero
1952 · Henrietta Sullivan
movieMonsoon
1952 · Katie
tvThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · Aunt Ellen
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Mabel
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Elsie, Martha - Maid
movieFearless Fagan
1952 · Mrs. Ardley
movieThe Big Trees
1952 · Sister Blackburn
Chevron Theatre
1952
tvDragnet
1951
movieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Miss Della (uncredited)
movieThe Sea Hornet
1951 · Mrs. Drinkwater
movieAngels in the Outfield
1951 · Sister Veronica
tvI Love Lucy
1951 · Miss Hanna
tvThe Red Skelton Show
1951 · Little Old Lady
movieHere Comes the Groom
1951 · Mrs. McGonigle
movieOn Moonlight Bay
1951 · Miss Mary Stevens
movieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Miss Birdshaw
movieThe Mating Season
1951 · Annie
movieHarriet Craig
1950 · Lottie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · , Nurse, Norah, Lavinia Penniman, Aunt, Harriet, Martha
movieEdge of Doom
1950 · Jeanette Moore
moviePeggy
1950 · Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
movieThe Gunfighter
1950 · Mrs. Devlin
movieCaged
1950 · Emma Barber
movieCaptain China
1950 · Miss Endicott
movieMadame Bovary
1949 · Félicité
movieMighty Joe Young
1949 · Orphanage matron (uncredited)
movieLittle Women
1949 · Sophie
movieRusty Saves a Life
1949 · Miss Simmons
movieA Woman's Secret
1949 · Nurse who reads paper to Susan
movieThe Dark Past
1948 · Agnes (uncredited)
movieStrike It Rich
1948 · Annie Harkins
movieFighting Father Dunne
1948 · Colpeck's Secretary
movieThe Noose Hangs High
1948 · Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
movieI Remember Mama
1948 · Aunt Trina
movieThe Judge Steps Out
1947 · Mother at Party (uncredited)
movieForever Amber
1947 · Marge
movieRailroaded!
1947 · Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
movieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
movieThe Fabulous Joe
1947 · Cathy, the Maid
movieHoppy's Holiday
1947 · Story
movieThey Won't Believe Me
1947 · Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
movieThe Unfaithful
1947 · Courtroom Spectator
movieLiving in a Big Way
1947 · Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
movieThe Long Night
1947 · Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
movieBorn to Kill
1947 · Maid (uncredited)
movieBeat the Band
1947 · Gertrude's Mother
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Ms. Davis (uncredited)
movieThe Locket
1946 · Ginny (uncredited)
movieSister Kenny
1946 · Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
movieCrack-Up
1946 · Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
movieLover Come Back
1946 · Rita
movieBedlam
1946 · Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
movieThe Dark Corner
1946 · Maid (uncredited)
movieThe Truth About Murder
1946 · Betty
movieFrom This Day Forward
1946 · Mother
movieThe Spiral Staircase
1946 · Neighbour (uncredited)
movieCornered
1945 · Swiss Maid (uncredited)
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
movieTwilight on the Trail
1941 · Screenplay
The Broken Coin
1936 · Bit Part (uncredited), Story
movieSpeed Limited
1935 · Secretary
movieBabes in Toyland
1934 · Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
movieSons of the Desert
1933 · Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
movieRafter Romance
1933 · Telemarketer (uncredited)