Ellen Corby
Acting • Born 1911-06-03 – Died 1999-04-14
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
235 credits
Pocketful of Miracles
Movie • 1961
Soho Sal
Vertigo
Movie • 1958
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
The Gnome-Mobile
Movie • 1967
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Shane
Movie • 1953
Liz Torrey
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Movie • 1964
Lily
The Night of the Grizzly
Movie • 1966
Hazel Squires
Sabrina
Movie • 1954
Miss McCardie
Night Passage
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Feeney
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie • 1947
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
Movie • 1951
Miss Mary Stevens
Caged
Movie • 1950
Emma Barber
Macabre
Movie • 1958
Miss Kushins
Edge of Doom
Movie • 1950
Jeanette Moore
The Strangler
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Kroll
The Big Trees
Movie • 1952
Sister Blackburn
Little Women
Movie • 1949
Sophie
I Remember Mama
Movie • 1948
Aunt Trina
Madame Bovary
Movie • 1949
Félicité
The Gunfighter
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Devlin
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1949
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
4 for Texas
Movie • 1963
Widow
Illegal
Movie • 1955
Miss Hinkel
All Mine to Give
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Raiden
Susan Slept Here
Movie • 1954
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Movie • 1982
Esther Walton
A Woman's Secret
Movie • 1949
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Movie • 1971
Esther Walton
Harriet Craig
Movie • 1950
Lottie
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Movie • 1954
Amelia Gravesend
About Mrs. Leslie
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Croffman
The Broken Coin
Movie • 1936
Bit Part (uncredited)
A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie • 1953
Singing Woman
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie • 1951
Miss Birdshaw
The Seventh Sin
Movie • 1957
Sister Saint Joseph
Stagecoach To Fury
Movie • 1956
Sarah Farrell
Bedlam
Movie • 1946
Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1946
Rita
Fearless Fagan
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Ardley
The Truth About Murder
Movie • 1946
Betty
Saintly Sinners
Movie • 1962
Mrs. McKenzie
The Mating Season
Movie • 1951
Annie
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie • 1968
Script Girl
Fighting Father Dunne
Movie • 1948
Colpeck's Secretary
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
Agnes (uncredited)
As Young As We Are
Movie • 1958
Nettie McPherson
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Movie • 1982
Grandma Walton
Cannon
Movie • 1971
Teacher
Cornered
Movie • 1945
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
The Family Jewels
Movie • 1965
Airline Passenger
Speed Limited
Movie • 1935
Secretary
Captain China
Movie • 1950
Miss Endicott
The Caretakers
Movie • 1963
Irene
God Is My Partner
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Dalton
Sons of the Desert
Movie • 1933
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie • 1966
Anna Miller
Living in a Big Way
Movie • 1947
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
Movie • 1947
Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
Woman They Almost Lynched
Movie • 1953
First Townswoman
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie • 1966
Neva Tremaine
Rafter Romance
Movie • 1933
Telemarketer (uncredited)
Untamed Heiress
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Flanny
Sister Kenny
Movie • 1946
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
All the Way Home
Movie • 1981
Great-Gandmaw
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Mother at Party (uncredited)
Born to Kill
Movie • 1947
Maid (uncredited)
The Long Night
Movie • 1947
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
Movie • 1934
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie • 1951
Miss Della (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase
Movie • 1946
Neighbour (uncredited)
Forever Amber
Movie • 1947
Marge
Strike It Rich
Movie • 1948
Annie Harkins
The Locket
Movie • 1946
Ginny (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
Movie • 1951
Mrs. McGonigle
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Movie • 1960
Aunt Emily
Angels in the Outfield
Movie • 1951
Sister Veronica
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie • 1993
Grandma Walton
The Unfaithful
Movie • 1947
Courtroom Spectator
The Sea Hornet
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Drinkwater
Peggy
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Rockabilly Baby
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Wellington
Napoleon and Samantha
Movie • 1972
Gertrude
Railroaded!
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
Movie • 1949
Miss Simmons
Monsoon
Movie • 1952
Katie
Slightly Scarlet
Movie • 1956
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
A Walton Easter
Movie • 1997
Grandma Walton
From This Day Forward
Movie • 1946
Mother
Beat the Band
Movie • 1947
Gertrude's Mother
The Noose Hangs High
Movie • 1948
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
A Fine Pair
Movie • 1968
Maddy Walker
A Tattered Web
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Simmons
The Dark Corner
Movie • 1946
Maid (uncredited)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Movie • 1974
Ma Floyd
Visit to a Small Planet
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
The Vanquished
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Barbour
The Fabulous Joe
Movie • 1947
Cathy, the Maid
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie • 1971
Abigail
Crack-Up
Movie • 1946
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
A Walton Wedding
Movie • 1995
Grandma Walton
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Hortense Durango
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Henrietta Porter
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Madame Bloor
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Mrs. Stone
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Florence
Batman
TV • 1966
Mrs. Green
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Mrs. Feathertree
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Miss Tanner
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Emma Poke
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Miss Hanna
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Addie Horton
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Old Lady Card Player
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Miss Patience
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Frankie, Joan's maid
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Agnes Davenport
Saints and Sinners
TV • 1962
Mrs. Healy
Ironside
TV • 1967
Agnes Fairchild
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Esther Walton
Laredo
TV • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Maggie Ryan
Going My Way
TV • 1962
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Nanny and the Professor
TV • 1970
Mrs. Kaufman
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Hilda Brock
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Mrs. Barlow
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Nancy Marlborough
The Partners
TV • 1971
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Mrs. Dilts
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mrs. Clancy
The Farmer's Daughter
TV • 1963
Lancer
TV • 1968
Thriller
TV • 1960
Mrs. Peele
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Mrs. Jane McGill
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Harriet Smith
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Mrs. Murdock
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Miss Purdy
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Emmie Pearson
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Christine Moss
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Nurse
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV • 1954
Sally Benton
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Ruth Purcell
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Carrie Blyden
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Mother Lurch
The Baileys of Balboa
TV • 1964
The Whistler
TV • 1954
Honey West
TV • 1965
'Nellie Peedy'
Rango
TV • 1967
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Tightrope
TV • 1959
Hazel Mason
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Ainsley Hallie
The Man Behind the Badge
TV • 1953
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Mrs. Walters
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Jennie
The Outsider
TV • 1968
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV • 1952
Aunt Ellen
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Emma Birch
The Texan
TV • 1958
Katy Clayton
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Minerva Comstock
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Martha Ward
Mr. Terrific
TV • 1967
Mrs. Walters
Hazel
TV • 1961
Miss Minnie
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Woman in Park
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Mrs. Brodek
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Mother
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Mary Carmichael
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Elizabeth Page
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Aunt Florrie Buell
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Hannah Beecher
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Mrs. Anderson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Miss Carter
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Camille Gearhardt
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Norah
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Mrs. Cunningham
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Bedelia Buckley
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Ma Jericho
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Gracie Jordan
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Aunt
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Lavinia Penniman
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Elsie
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Martha - Maid
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Lorna Doone Mayberry
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Charlotte
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Marie McGurk
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Miss Samantha
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Emma
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
TV • 1965
Martha O'Reilly
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Aunt Sara
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Cora Milford
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Miss Douglas
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV • 1967
Molly Cobb
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Maria
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Elvira Moss
Dan August
TV • 1970
Agnes Oaks
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
The Little Old Lady
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Granny Gambler
The Bill Cosby Show
TV • 1969
Mrs. Hilberman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Hazel
TV • 1961
Minerva Anderson
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Sister Julia
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Hannah Blossom
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Mrs. Avery
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Mrs. Morgan
The Bob Cummings Show
TV • 1955
Nurse
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Mrs. Amy Morgan
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Aunt Em
Lassie
TV • 1954
Amy Baker
Hey Mulligan
TV • 1954
Martha
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
Lassie
TV • 1954
Pearlie Mae
Lassie
TV • 1954
Bess Wright
Lassie
TV • 1954
Pearlie Mae Yochim
Studio 57
TV • 1954
My Hero
TV • 1952
Henrietta Sullivan
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Martha
Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Little Old Lady
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Mabel
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Harriet
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV • 1953
Mrs. Logan
Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV • 1953
Clara
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
The Chief Nurse
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Henrietta
The Asphalt Jungle
TV • 1961
Mrs. Peterson