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
Little Women
Sophie
Slightly Scarlet
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Lily
Angels in the Outfield
Sister Veronica
The Gunfighter
Mrs. Devlin
Pocketful of Miracles
Soho Sal
Babes in Toyland
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
The Night of the Grizzly
Hazel Squires
Madame Bovary
Félicité
The Gnome-Mobile
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Neva Tremaine
They Won't Believe Me
Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Script Girl
Caged
Emma Barber
The Long Night
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
4 for Texas
Widow
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
Anna Miller
Sister Kenny
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Abigail
Forever Amber
Marge
The Dark Past
Agnes (uncredited)
Night Passage
Mrs. Feeney
Napoleon and Samantha
Gertrude
The Family Jewels
Airline Passenger
I Remember Mama
Aunt Trina
Born to Kill
Maid (uncredited)
The Seventh Sin
Sister Saint Joseph
The Vanquished
Mrs. Barbour
Bedlam
Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase
Neighbour (uncredited)
The Locket
Ginny (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Maid (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Railroaded!
Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
Courtroom Spectator
Fearless Fagan
Mrs. Ardley
Macabre
Miss Kushins
The Big Trees
Sister Blackburn
Woman They Almost Lynched
First Townswoman
The Strangler
Mrs. Kroll
Illegal
Miss Hinkel
Visit to a Small Planet
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Susan Slept Here
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
Mother
On Moonlight Bay
Miss Mary Stevens
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Croffman
The Mating Season
Annie
Untamed Heiress
Mrs. Flanny
Mansfield 66/67
2017
All Mine to Give
Mrs. Raiden
Captain China
Miss Endicott
A Tattered Web
Mrs. Simmons
Cornered
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
A Lion Is in the Streets
Singing Woman
The Caretakers
Irene
Edge of Doom
Jeanette Moore
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Amelia Gravesend
A Fine Pair
Maddy Walker
Goodbye, My Fancy
Miss Birdshaw
The Truth About Murder
Betty
A Walton Easter
Grandma Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Grandma Walton
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Ma Floyd
All the Way Home
Great-Gandmaw
Living in a Big Way
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
Miss Simmons
Crack-Up
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
Miss Della (uncredited)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Esther Walton
The Judge Steps Out
Mother at Party (uncredited)
Cannon
Teacher
Lover Come Back
Rita
The Noose Hangs High
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Grandma Walton
Strike It Rich
Annie Harkins
God Is My Partner
Mrs. Dalton
Peggy
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Fabulous Joe
Cathy, the Maid
The Sea Hornet
Mrs. Drinkwater
A Walton Wedding
Grandma Walton
Here Comes the Groom
Mrs. McGonigle
Fighting Father Dunne
Colpeck's Secretary
Rafter Romance
Telemarketer (uncredited)
Harriet Craig
Lottie
Stagecoach To Fury
Sarah Farrell
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Esther Walton
Saintly Sinners
Mrs. McKenzie
Speed Limited
Secretary
Monsoon
Katie
Rockabilly Baby
Mrs. Wellington
Beat the Band
Gertrude's Mother
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Aunt Emily
TV Shows (120)
Perry Mason
Old Lady Card Player · 1 eps
Lassie
Amy Baker · 1 eps
Lassie
Pearlie Mae · 1 eps
Lassie
Bess Wright · 1 eps
Lassie
Pearlie Mae Yochim · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh · 1 eps
Ironside
Agnes Fairchild · 1 eps
Dragnet
1 eps
Dragnet
Thelma Keene · 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
Christine Moss · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Mrs. Feathertree · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Chief Nurse · 1 eps
Bonanza
Lorna Doone Mayberry · 1 eps
Bonanza
Cora Milford · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Mrs. Avery · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Mrs. Morgan · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Mrs. Barlow · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Mrs. Murdock · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Miss Tanner · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Woman in Park · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Aunt Em · 2 eps
Peter Gunn
1 eps
Adam-12
Camille Gearhardt · 1 eps
Adam-12
Mrs. Cunningham · 1 eps
The Virginian
Mrs. Clancy · 1 eps
The Waltons
Esther Walton · 143 eps
Love, American Style
The Little Old Lady · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Granny Gambler · 1 eps
Batman
Mrs. Green · 1 eps
Get Smart
Agnes Davenport · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Little Old Lady · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
Emma Poke · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Miss Hanna · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Ainsley Hallie · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Hortense Durango · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Hilda Brock · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Elsie · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Martha - Maid · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
2 eps
The Big Valley
Emmie Pearson · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Stone · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mary Carmichael · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Elizabeth Page · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Aunt Florrie Buell · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Hannah Beecher · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Anderson · 1 eps
Thriller
Mrs. Peele · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Miss Patience · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Mrs. Dilts · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mrs. Jane McGill · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
The Addams Family
Mother Lurch · 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
Surfside 6
Addie Horton · 1 eps
The Invaders
Aunt Sara · 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 Odd Couple
Florence · 1 eps
The Rebel
Carrie Blyden · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Sister Julia · 1 eps
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Aunt Ellen · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Martha Ward · 1 eps
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Mother · 2 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Minerva Comstock · 1 eps
Hazel
Miss Minnie · 1 eps
Hazel
Minerva Anderson · 1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
Prison matron · 1 eps
Dennis the Menace
Miss Douglas · 1 eps
Honey West
'Nellie Peedy' · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Mabel · 1 eps
The Texan
Katy Clayton · 1 eps
Studio 57
2 eps
Lancer
1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Molly Cobb · 1 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mrs. Walters · 1 eps
Bronco
Emma Hardin · 1 eps
Trackdown
Henrietta Porter · 23 eps
Trackdown
Henrietta · 1 eps
Laredo
1 eps
The Bob Cummings Show
Nurse · 1 eps
Lock-Up
2 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Bloor · 1 eps
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
Mrs. Kaufman · 1 eps
You Are There
1 eps
The Farmer's Daughter
1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
Elvira Moss · 1 eps
87th Precinct
Mrs. Brodek · 1 eps
The Tall Man
Hannah Blossom · 1 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Hilberman · 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 Outsider
1 eps
Dan August
Agnes Oaks · 1 eps
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Sally Benton · 1 eps
Tightrope
Hazel Mason · 1 eps
The Man Behind the Badge
1 eps
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Martha O'Reilly · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office · 1 eps
Mr. Terrific
Mrs. Walters · 1 eps
The Whistler
1 eps
Saints and Sinners
Mrs. Healy · 1 eps
My Hero
Henrietta Sullivan · 1 eps
Going My Way
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
Letter to Loretta
Jennie · 1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
Mrs. Peterson · 1 eps
The Baileys of Balboa
Miss Engeldorf · 1 eps
Rango
1 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Mrs. Logan · 1 eps
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Clara · 1 eps
