Ellen Corby
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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
Filmography
Mansfield 66/67
2017
A Walton Easter
1997
as Grandma Walton
A Walton Wedding
1995
as Grandma Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
as Grandma Walton
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Esther Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
as Grandma Walton
All the Way Home
1981
as Great-Gandmaw
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
as Ma Floyd
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
as Gertrude
The Waltons
1972
as Esther Walton
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
as Esther Walton
Cannon
1971
as Teacher
A Tattered Web
1971
as Mrs. Simmons
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Abigail
The Partners
1971
The Odd Couple
1970
as Florence
Night Gallery
1970
as Miss Patience
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Mrs. Kaufman
Dan August
1970
as Agnes Oaks
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Mrs. Feathertree
Love, American Style
1969
as The Little Old Lady
Love, American Style
1969
as Granny Gambler
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Mrs. Hilberman
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Script Girl
A Fine Pair
1968
as Maddy Walker
Lancer
1968
The Outsider
1968
Adam-12
1968
as Camille Gearhardt
Adam-12
1968
as Mrs. Cunningham
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Ironside
1967
as Agnes Fairchild
The High Chaparral
1967
as Mrs. Dilts
Rango
1967
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Mrs. Walters
The Invaders
1967
as Aunt Sara
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Molly Cobb
Judd, for the Defense
1967
as Prison matron
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Hazel Squires
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Anna Miller
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
as Neva Tremaine
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Madame Bloor
Batman
1966
as Mrs. Green
Felony Squad
1966
CBS Playhouse
1966
The Family Jewels
1965
as Airline Passenger
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Stone
Get Smart
1965
as Agnes Davenport
Laredo
1965
The Big Valley
1965
as Emmie Pearson
Honey West
1965
as 'Nellie Peedy'
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mary Carmichael
The F.B.I.
1965
as Elizabeth Page
The F.B.I.
1965
as Aunt Florrie Buell
The F.B.I.
1965
as Hannah Beecher
The F.B.I.
1965
as Mrs. Anderson
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
as Martha O'Reilly
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Lily
The Strangler
1964
as Mrs. Kroll
Daniel Boone
1964
as Hilda Brock
The Addams Family
1964
as Mother Lurch
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Mother
The Baileys of Balboa
1964
as Miss Engeldorf
4 for Texas
1963
as Widow
The Caretakers
1963
as Irene
The Fugitive
1963
as Mrs. Barlow
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
The Fugitive
1963
as Mrs. Murdock
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Miss Purdy
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Charlotte
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Mrs. McKenzie
The Lucy Show
1962
as Miss Tanner
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Emma Poke
Saints and Sinners
1962
as Mrs. Healy
Going My Way
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Mrs. Clancy
The Lucy Show
1962
as Woman in Park
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as The Chief Nurse
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Soho Sal
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ainsley Hallie
Hazel
1961
as Miss Minnie
87th Precinct
1961
as Mrs. Brodek
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Hazel
1961
as Minerva Anderson
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
as Mrs. Peterson
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960
as Aunt Emily
Visit to a Small Planet
1960
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
Surfside 6
1960
as Addie Horton
Thriller
1960
as Mrs. Peele
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Maria
The Tall Man
1960
as Hannah Blossom
Lock-Up
1959
The Rebel
1959
as Carrie Blyden
Tightrope
1959
as Hazel Mason
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mrs. Walters
Bonanza
1959
as Lorna Doone Mayberry
Bonanza
1959
as Cora Milford
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Miss Douglas
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sister Julia
Vertigo
1958
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Macabre
1958
as Miss Kushins
As Young As We Are
1958
as Nettie McPherson
Peter Gunn
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Christine Moss
The Texan
1958
as Katy Clayton
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Martha Ward
The Rifleman
1958
as Mrs. Avery
The Rifleman
1958
as Mrs. Morgan
Bronco
1958
as Emma Hardin
Night Passage
1957
as Mrs. Feeney
All Mine to Give
1957
as Mrs. Raiden
The Seventh Sin
1957
as Sister Saint Joseph
God Is My Partner
1957
as Mrs. Dalton
Rockabilly Baby
1957
as Mrs. Wellington
Trackdown
1957
as Henrietta Porter
Perry Mason
1957
as Old Lady Card Player
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Harriet Smith
The Restless Gun
1957
as Ruth Purcell
The Restless Gun
1957
as Emma Birch
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Miss Carter
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Elvira Moss
The Restless Gun
1957
as Mrs. Amy Morgan
Wagon Train
1957
as Aunt Em
Trackdown
1957
as Henrietta
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Sarah Farrell
Slightly Scarlet
1956
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Illegal
1955
as Miss Hinkel
Cheyenne
1955
as Hortense Durango
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Maggie Ryan
The Millionaire
1955
as Nancy Marlborough
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Mrs. Jane McGill
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Minerva Comstock
The Millionaire
1955
as Bedelia Buckley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Marie McGurk
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Miss Samantha
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Emma
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Nurse
Sabrina
1954
as Miss McCardie
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954
as Amelia Gravesend
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Mrs. Croffman
Untamed Heiress
1954
as Mrs. Flanny
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
as Sally Benton
The Whistler
1954
Studio 57
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
Lassie
1954
as Pearlie Mae
Lassie
1954
as Pearlie Mae Yochim
Lassie
1954
as Bess Wright
Lassie
1954
as Amy Baker
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Martha
Shane
1953
as Liz Torrey
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Singing Woman
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as First Townswoman
The Vanquished
1953
as Mrs. Barbour
General Electric Theater
1953
as Frankie, Joan's maid
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Jennie
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ma Jericho
General Electric Theater
1953
as Gracie Jordan
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
as Mrs. Logan
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
as Clara
You Are There
1953
The Big Trees
1952
as Sister Blackburn
Fearless Fagan
1952
as Mrs. Ardley
Monsoon
1952
as Katie
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Aunt Ellen
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Elsie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Martha - Maid
My Hero
1952
as Henrietta Sullivan
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mabel
Chevron Theatre
1952
On Moonlight Bay
1951
as Miss Mary Stevens
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Miss Birdshaw
The Mating Season
1951
as Annie
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Miss Della (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Mrs. McGonigle
Angels in the Outfield
1951
as Sister Veronica
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Mrs. Drinkwater
I Love Lucy
1951
as Miss Hanna
Dragnet
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Little Old Lady
Dragnet
1951
as Thelma Keene
Caged
1950
as Emma Barber
Edge of Doom
1950
as Jeanette Moore
The Gunfighter
1950
as Mrs. Devlin
Harriet Craig
1950
as Lottie
Captain China
1950
as Miss Endicott
Peggy
1950
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Nurse
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Norah
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Aunt
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lavinia Penniman
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Martha
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Harriet
Little Women
1949
as Sophie
Madame Bovary
1949
as Félicité
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
as Miss Simmons
I Remember Mama
1948
as Aunt Trina
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Dark Past
1948
as Agnes (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
1948
as Annie Harkins
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Born to Kill
1947
as Maid (uncredited)
The Long Night
1947
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Forever Amber
1947
as Marge
The Unfaithful
1947
as Courtroom Spectator
Railroaded!
1947
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Beat the Band
1947
as Gertrude's Mother
The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Cathy, the Maid
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Bedlam
1946
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
1946
as Rita
The Truth About Murder
1946
as Betty
Sister Kenny
1946
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase
1946
as Neighbour (uncredited)
The Locket
1946
as Ginny (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
1946
as Mother
The Dark Corner
1946
as Maid (uncredited)
Crack-Up
1946
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Cornered
1945
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Broken Coin
1936
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Speed Limited
1935
as Secretary
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Rafter Romance
1933
as Telemarketer (uncredited)