Ellen Corby
Acting
Born: June 3, 1911 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Died: April 14, 1999 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Vertigo
1958
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Sabrina
1954
Shane
1953
Batman
1966
Bonanza
1959
The Addams Family
1964
Get Smart
1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
The Spiral Staircase
1946
Sons of the Desert
1933
I Love Lucy
1951
Photos (1)
Movies (100)
It's a Wonderful Life
Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Vertigo
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Sabrina
Miss McCardie
Shane
Liz Torrey
Night Passage
Mrs. Feeney
Little Women
Sophie
The Dark Corner
Maid (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase
Neighbour (uncredited)
Illegal
Miss Hinkel
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Madame Bovary
Félicité
All Mine to Give
Mrs. Raiden
Slightly Scarlet
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Abigail
A Woman's Secret
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Mighty Joe Young
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
I Remember Mama
Aunt Trina
Sons of the Desert
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
Mrs. McGonigle
Angels in the Outfield
Sister Veronica
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Esther Walton
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Neva Tremaine
The Gnome-Mobile
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Lily
The Gunfighter
Mrs. Devlin
The Truth About Murder
Betty
On Moonlight Bay
Miss Mary Stevens
The Glass Bottom Boat
Anna Miller
The Night of the Grizzly
Hazel Squires
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Script Girl
4 for Texas
Widow
Pocketful of Miracles
Soho Sal
They Won't Believe Me
Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
A Fine Pair
Maddy Walker
The Locket
Ginny (uncredited)
Macabre
Miss Kushins
Born to Kill
Maid (uncredited)
Bedlam
Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Croffman
Caged
Emma Barber
The Sea Hornet
Mrs. Drinkwater
Forever Amber
Marge
Stagecoach To Fury
Sarah Farrell
The Big Trees
Sister Blackburn
The Long Night
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
Mother
The Dark Past
Agnes (uncredited)
God Is My Partner
Mrs. Dalton
The Judge Steps Out
Mother at Party (uncredited)
The Family Jewels
Airline Passenger
Woman They Almost Lynched
First Townswoman
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Ma Floyd
Edge of Doom
Jeanette Moore
Visit to a Small Planet
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Sister Kenny
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
Annie Harkins
Crack-Up
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Aunt Emily
A Lion Is in the Streets
Singing Woman
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Grandma Walton
Peggy
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Living in a Big Way
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
Fearless Fagan
Mrs. Ardley
Napoleon and Samantha
Gertrude
The Seventh Sin
Sister Saint Joseph
Mansfield 66/67
2017
The Mating Season
Annie
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Amelia Gravesend
A Walton Easter
Grandma Walton
Goodbye, My Fancy
Miss Birdshaw
All the Way Home
Great-Gandmaw
The Strangler
Mrs. Kroll
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
The Unfaithful
Courtroom Spectator
Rafter Romance
Telemarketer (uncredited)
The Vanquished
Mrs. Barbour
The Barefoot Mailman
Miss Della (uncredited)
Cornered
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
A Tattered Web
Mrs. Simmons
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Grandma Walton
Cannon
Teacher
The Caretakers
Irene
Rockabilly Baby
Mrs. Wellington
Monsoon
Katie
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Esther Walton
A Walton Wedding
Grandma Walton
Railroaded!
Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
Miss Simmons
Fighting Father Dunne
Colpeck's Secretary
Captain China
Miss Endicott
Harriet Craig
Lottie
Saintly Sinners
Mrs. McKenzie
Lover Come Back
Rita
The Fabulous Joe
Cathy, the Maid
Speed Limited
Secretary
Untamed Heiress
Mrs. Flanny
Beat the Band
Gertrude's Mother
TV Shows (128)
Perry Mason
Old Lady Card Player · 1 eps
Bonanza
Lorna Doone Mayberry · 1 eps
Bonanza
Cora Milford · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh · 1 eps
Ironside
Agnes Fairchild · 1 eps
Get Smart
Agnes Davenport · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Mrs. Barlow · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Mrs. Murdock · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Aunt Em · 2 eps
The Virginian
Mrs. Clancy · 1 eps
Love, American Style
The Little Old Lady · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Granny Gambler · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Mrs. Feathertree · 1 eps
Adam-12
Camille Gearhardt · 1 eps
Adam-12
Mrs. Cunningham · 1 eps
The Waltons
Esther Walton · 143 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Chief Nurse · 1 eps
Lassie
Bess Wright · 1 eps
Lassie
Amy Baker · 1 eps
Lassie
Pearlie Mae · 1 eps
Lassie
Pearlie Mae Yochim · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
2 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Emma Poke · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Mrs. Morgan · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Mrs. Avery · 1 eps
Batman
Mrs. Green · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Little Old Lady · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Stone · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Elizabeth Page · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mary Carmichael · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Hannah Beecher · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Aunt Florrie Buell · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Anderson · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Ainsley Hallie · 1 eps
Dragnet
1 eps
Dragnet
Thelma Keene · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Emmie Pearson · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Hortense Durango · 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
Christine Moss · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Miss Hanna · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mrs. Jane McGill · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Miss Tanner · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Woman in Park · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Elsie · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Martha - Maid · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Hilda Brock · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Mother · 2 eps
The Invaders
Aunt Sara · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Mrs. Dilts · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Miss Patience · 1 eps
The Odd Couple
Florence · 1 eps
The Addams Family
Mother Lurch · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Martha Ward · 1 eps
Thriller
Mrs. Peele · 1 eps
Peter Gunn
1 eps
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Aunt Ellen · 1 eps
Hazel
Miss Minnie · 1 eps
Hazel
Minerva Anderson · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Maggie Ryan · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Marie McGurk · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Miss Samantha · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Emma · 1 eps
Dennis the Menace
Miss Douglas · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Mabel · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Sister Julia · 1 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
Surfside 6
Addie Horton · 1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
Mrs. Kaufman · 1 eps
The Rebel
Carrie Blyden · 1 eps
The Texan
Katy Clayton · 1 eps
Trackdown
Henrietta Porter · 23 eps
Trackdown
Henrietta · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Minerva Comstock · 1 eps
Lancer
1 eps
The Farmer's Daughter
1 eps
Bronco
Emma Hardin · 1 eps
Studio 57
2 eps
Laredo
1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
Prison matron · 1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Harriet Smith · 1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Miss Carter · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Nancy Marlborough · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Bedelia Buckley · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Molly Cobb · 1 eps
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 eps
The Bob Cummings Show
Nurse · 1 eps
The Tall Man
Hannah Blossom · 1 eps
Lock-Up
2 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mrs. Walters · 1 eps
Honey West
'Nellie Peedy' · 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
Elvira Moss · 1 eps
87th Precinct
Mrs. Brodek · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Nurse · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Norah · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Lavinia Penniman · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Aunt · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Harriet · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Martha · 1 eps
Tightrope
Hazel Mason · 1 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Hilberman · 1 eps
You Are There
1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Bloor · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office · 1 eps
The Outsider
1 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Sally Benton · 1 eps
Going My Way
1 eps
Dan August
Agnes Oaks · 1 eps
The Restless Gun
Ruth Purcell · 1 eps
The Restless Gun
Emma Birch · 1 eps
The Restless Gun
Mrs. Amy Morgan · 1 eps
The Chevy Mystery Show
Maria · 1 eps
Mr. Terrific
Mrs. Walters · 1 eps
The Whistler
1 eps
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Martha O'Reilly · 2 eps
The Man Behind the Badge
1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Jennie · 1 eps
Saints and Sinners
Mrs. Healy · 1 eps
Rango
1 eps
The Baileys of Balboa
Miss Engeldorf · 1 eps
My Hero
Henrietta Sullivan · 1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
Mrs. Peterson · 1 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Mrs. Logan · 1 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Clara · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Frankie, Joan's maid · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Ma Jericho · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Gracie Jordan · 1 eps
