Ellen Corby
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-06-03
Day of Death
1999-04-14 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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
Acting
Because I Love Him
as Mrs. Logan
(1997)
A Walton Easter
as Grandma Walton
(1995)
A Walton Wedding
as Grandma Walton
(1993)
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Grandma Walton
(1982)
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
as Grandma Walton
(1982)
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
as Esther 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
(1971)
Cannon
as Teacher
(1971)
A Tattered Web
as Mrs. Simmons
(1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Abigail
(1968)
A Fine Pair
as Maddy Walker
(1968)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Script Girl
(1967)
The Gnome-Mobile
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
(1966)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Neva Tremaine
(1966)
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Anna Miller
(1966)
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hazel Squires
(1965)
The Family Jewels
as Airline Passenger
(1964)
The Strangler
as Mrs. Kroll
(1964)
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Widow
(1963)
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
(1960)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Aunt Emily
(1958)
Vertigo
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
(1958)
Macabre
as Miss Kushins
(1958)
As Young As We Are
as Nettie McPherson
(1957)
All Mine to Give
as Mrs. Raiden
(1957)
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
(1957)
The Seventh Sin
as Sister Saint Joseph
(1957)
God Is My Partner
as Mrs. Dalton
(1957)
Rockabilly Baby
as Mrs. Wellington
(1956)
Slightly Scarlet
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
(1956)
Stagecoach To Fury
as Sarah Farrell
(1955)
Illegal
as Miss Hinkel
(1954)
Sabrina
as Miss McCardie
(1954)
Untamed Heiress
as Mrs. Flanny
(1954)
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Croffman
(1954)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as Amelia Gravesend
(1954)
Susan Slept Here
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
(1953)
Shane
as Liz Torrey
(1953)
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Singing Woman
(1953)
The Vanquished
as Mrs. Barbour
(1953)
Woman They Almost Lynched
as First Townswoman
(1952)
The Big Trees
as Sister Blackburn
(1952)
Monsoon
as Katie
(1952)
Fearless Fagan
as Mrs. Ardley
(1951)
On Moonlight Bay
as Miss Mary Stevens
(1951)
Here Comes the Groom
as Mrs. McGonigle
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Miss Della (uncredited)
(1951)
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Veronica
(1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss Birdshaw
(1951)
The Mating Season
as Annie
(1951)
The Sea Hornet
as Mrs. Drinkwater
(1950)
Harriet Craig
as Lottie
(1950)
Caged
as Emma Barber
(1950)
Captain China
as Miss Endicott
(1950)
Edge of Doom
as Jeanette Moore
(1950)
Peggy
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
(1950)
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
(1949)
Little Women
as Sophie
(1949)
Madame Bovary
as Félicité
(1949)
A Woman's Secret
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
(1949)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Miss Simmons
(1948)
The Noose Hangs High
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Colpeck's Secretary
(1948)
Strike It Rich
as Annie Harkins
(1948)
I Remember Mama
as Aunt Trina
(1948)
The Dark Past
as Agnes (uncredited)
(1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1947)
Forever Amber
as Marge
(1947)
Born to Kill
as Maid (uncredited)
(1947)
(1947)
The Fabulous Joe
as Cathy, the Maid
(1947)
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
(1947)
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
(1947)
Beat the Band
as Gertrude's Mother
(1947)
Railroaded!
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
(1947)
The Long Night
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
(1947)
Living in a Big Way
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
(1946)
The Spiral Staircase
as Neighbour (uncredited)
(1946)
The Truth About Murder
as Betty
(1946)
Bedlam
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Maid (uncredited)
(1946)
From This Day Forward
as Mother
(1946)
Lover Come Back
as Rita
(1946)
The Locket
as Ginny (uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
(1946)
Crack-Up
as Reynold's Maid (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)
(1933)
Rafter Romance
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
Crew
(1947)
Hoppy's Holiday
Story
(1941)
Twilight on the Trail
Screenplay
(1936)
The Broken Coin
Story