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Ellen Corby

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.


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Born:
Jun 3, 1911 In Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
201
First Appeared:
In the movie Rafter Romance 1933-09-01
Latest Project:
Movie A Walton Easter 1997-03-30
Known For
Poster of Cannon
Poster of Ironside
Poster of The F.B.I.
Poster of Speed Limited
Filmography
Movie A Walton Easter Grandma Walton 1997-03-30
Movie A Walton Wedding Grandma Walton 1995-02-12
Movie A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion Grandma Walton 1993-11-21
Movie A Wedding on Waltons Mountain Grandma Walton 1982-02-02
Movie A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain Esther Walton 1982-11-22
Movie All the Way Home Great-Gandmaw 1981-12-21
Movie The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd Ma Floyd 1974-05-07
Series Dinah! Self 1974-10-21
Series The Waltons Esther Walton 1972-09-14
Movie Napoleon and Samantha Gertrude 1972-07-05
Movie Support Your Local Gunfighter Abigail 1971-05-26
Series Cannon Unknown 1971-09-14
Movie Cannon Teacher 1971-03-26
Movie A Tattered Web Mrs. Simmons 1971-09-24
Series The Partners Unknown 1971-09-18
Movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Esther Walton 1971-12-19
Series Nanny and the Professor Mrs. Kaufman 1970-01-21
Series Dan August Agnes Oaks 1970-09-23
Series The Odd Couple Florence 1970-09-24
Series Night Gallery Miss Patience 1970-12-16
Series The Bill Cosby Show Mrs. Hilberman 1969-09-14
Series Love, American Style Granny Gambler 1969-09-29
Movie The Legend of Lylah Clare Script Girl 1968-08-21
Series The Outsider Unknown 1968-09-18
Series Hawaii Five-O Mrs. Feathertree 1968-09-20
Movie A Fine Pair Maddy Walker 1968-09-27
Series Lancer Unknown 1968-09-24
Series Adam-12 Mrs. Cunningham 1968-09-21
Series The Invaders Aunt Sara 1967-01-10
Series Mr. Terrific Mrs. Walters 1967-01-09
Series Rango Unknown 1967-01-13
Series Ironside Agnes Fairchild 1967-03-28
Series The High Chaparral Mrs. Dilts 1967-09-10
Series The Guns of Will Sonnett Molly Cobb 1967-09-08
Movie The Gnome-Mobile Etta Pettibone (uncredited) 1967-07-19
Movie The Ghost & Mr. Chicken Neva Tremaine 1966-01-20
Series Batman Mrs. Green 1966-01-12
Movie The Night of the Grizzly Hazel Squires 1966-04-20
Movie The Glass Bottom Boat Anna Miller 1966-06-09
Series Felony Squad Unknown 1966-09-12
Series The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Unknown 1966-09-13
Series Please Don't Eat the Daisies Martha O'Reilly 1965-09-14
Movie The Family Jewels Airline Passenger 1965-07-01
Series The Big Valley Emmie Pearson 1965-09-15
Series Laredo Unknown 1965-09-16
Series The F.B.I. Mrs. Anderson 1965-09-19
Series Get Smart Agnes Davenport 1965-09-18
Series Honey West 'Nellie Peedy' 1965-09-17
Series The Addams Family Mother Lurch 1964-09-18
Movie The Strangler Mrs. Kroll 1964-04-01
Series The Baileys of Balboa Unknown 1964-09-19
Series Daniel Boone Hilda Brock 1964-09-24
Movie Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Lily 1964-12-15
Series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Mother 1964-09-25
Series Vacation Playhouse Unknown 1963-07-22
Movie The Caretakers Irene 1963-08-21
Series The Fugitive Mrs. Murdock 1963-09-17
Movie 4 for Texas Widow 1963-12-21
Series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Charlotte 1963-10-04
Series The Farmer's Daughter Unknown 1963-09-20
Series Saints and Sinners Mrs. Healy 1962-09-17
Movie Saintly Sinners Mrs. McKenzie 1962-02-01
Series The Virginian Mrs. Clancy 1962-09-19
Series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour The Chief Nurse 1962-09-20
Series Going My Way Unknown 1962-10-03
Series The Lucy Show Woman in Park 1962-10-01
Series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962-10-01
Series The Beverly Hillbillies Emma Poke 1962-09-26
Series Dr. Kildare Ainsley Hallie 1961-09-27
Series 87th Precinct Mrs. Brodek 1961-09-25
Series Hazel Minerva Anderson 1961-09-28
Series Ben Casey Unknown 1961-10-02
Series The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961-12-11
Movie Pocketful of Miracles Soho Sal 1961-12-18
Movie Visit to a Small Planet Mrs. Mabel Mayberry 1960-02-04
Movie Tom, Dick and Harriet Aunt Emily 1960-01-01
Series The Chevy Mystery Show Maria 1960-05-29
Series Thriller Mrs. Peele 1960-09-13
Series The Tall Man Hannah Blossom 1960-09-10
Series The Andy Griffith Show Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh 1960-10-03
Series Surfside 6 Addie Horton 1960-10-06
Series Bonanza Cora Milford 1959-09-12
Series Tightrope Hazel Mason 1959-09-08
Series The DuPont Show with June Allyson Mrs. Walters 1959-09-21
Series Lock-Up Unknown 1959-09-28
Series Adventures in Paradise Sister Julia 1959-10-05
Series Dennis the Menace Miss Douglas 1959-10-04
Series The Rebel Carrie Blyden 1959-10-04
Series Peter Gunn Unknown 1958-09-22
Movie As Young As We Are Nettie McPherson 1958-09-01
Movie Vertigo Manager of McKittrick Hotel 1958-05-28
Series Bronco Unknown 1958-09-23
Movie Macabre Miss Kushins 1958-10-01
Series The Donna Reed Show Christine Moss 1958-09-24
Series 77 Sunset Strip Martha Ward 1958-10-10
Series The Rifleman Mrs. Morgan 1958-09-30
Series The Texan Katy Clayton 1958-09-29
Movie Night Passage Mrs. Feeney 1957-07-24
Series Wagon Train Aunt Em 1957-09-18
Movie The Seventh Sin Sister Saint Joseph 1957-06-28
Series Richard Diamond, Private Detective Miss Carter 1957-07-01
Movie God Is My Partner Mrs. Dalton 1957-07-01
Series Alcoa Theatre Elvira Moss 1957-09-30
Movie All Mine to Give Mrs. Raiden 1957-11-13
Series Perry Mason Old Lady Card Player 1957-09-21
Movie Rockabilly Baby Mrs. Wellington 1957-10-30
Series Trackdown Henrietta Porter 1957-10-04
Series The Restless Gun Mrs. Amy Morgan 1957-09-23
Movie Slightly Scarlet Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) 1956-02-29
Movie Stagecoach To Fury Sarah Farrell 1956-12-13
Series The Adventures of Jim Bowie Unknown 1956-09-07
Series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Mrs. Jane McGill 1955-09-06
Series The Millionaire Bedelia Buckley 1955-01-19
Series The Bob Cummings Show Nurse 1955-01-02
Series Cheyenne Hortense Durango 1955-09-20
Series The 20th Century Fox Hour Minerva Comstock 1955-10-05
Series Matinee Theater Unknown 1955-10-31
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Emma 1955-10-02
Movie Illegal Miss Hinkel 1955-10-09
Movie About Mrs. Leslie Mrs. Croffman 1954-08-03
Series The Whistler Unknown 1954-07-13
Movie Untamed Heiress Mrs. Flanny 1954-03-31
Series Hey Mulligan Martha 1954-08-28
Movie The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters Amelia Gravesend 1954-06-06
Movie Susan Slept Here Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) 1954-07-28
Movie Sabrina Miss McCardie 1954-09-10
Series The Wonderful World of Disney Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office 1954-10-27
Series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Sally Benton 1954-10-15
Series Studio 57 Unknown 1954-09-21
Series Lassie Pearlie Mae Yochim 1954-09-12
Movie Shane Liz Torrey 1953-04-23
Movie Woman They Almost Lynched First Townswoman 1953-03-20
Movie The Vanquished Mrs. Barbour 1953-06-03
Series General Electric Theater Gracie Jordan 1953-02-01
Series Revlon Mirror Theatre Clara 1953-06-23
Movie A Lion Is in the Streets Singing Woman 1953-09-23
Series The Man Behind the Badge Unknown 1953-10-11
Series Letter to Loretta Jennie 1953-09-20
Movie Fearless Fagan Mrs. Ardley 1952-08-15
Movie The Big Trees Sister Blackburn 1952-02-05
Series Chevron Theatre Unknown 1952-01-04
Series Four Star Playhouse Martha - Maid 1952-09-25
Series The Ford Television Theatre Mabel 1952-10-02
Series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Aunt Ellen 1952-10-03
Series My Hero Henrietta Sullivan 1952-11-08
Movie Monsoon Katie 1952-11-01
Movie Here Comes the Groom Mrs. McGonigle 1951-09-20
Movie On Moonlight Bay Miss Mary Stevens 1951-07-26
Movie The Mating Season Annie 1951-01-12
Movie Goodbye, My Fancy Miss Birdshaw 1951-05-19
Series The Red Skelton Show Little Old Lady 1951-09-30
Series I Love Lucy Miss Hanna 1951-10-15
Series Dragnet Unknown 1951-12-16
Movie The Barefoot Mailman Miss Della (uncredited) 1951-12-03
Movie The Sea Hornet Mrs. Drinkwater 1951-11-06
Movie Angels in the Outfield Sister Veronica 1951-10-19
Movie Caged Emma Barber 1950-05-19
Movie Captain China Miss Endicott 1950-02-02
Movie The Gunfighter Mrs. Devlin 1950-06-23
Series Lux Video Theatre Harriet 1950-10-02
Movie Harriet Craig Lottie 1950-11-02
Movie Peggy Mrs. Privet, the Librarian 1950-07-01
Movie Edge of Doom Jeanette Moore 1950-08-03
Movie A Woman's Secret Nurse who reads paper to Susan 1949-01-13
Movie Rusty Saves a Life Miss Simmons 1949-02-03
Movie Mighty Joe Young Orphanage matron (uncredited) 1949-07-27
Movie Little Women Sophie 1949-03-10
Movie Madame Bovary Félicité 1949-08-25
Movie Fighting Father Dunne Colpeck's Secretary 1948-05-12
Movie I Remember Mama Aunt Trina 1948-03-09
Movie The Noose Hangs High Hilda - Maid (uncredited) 1948-04-05
Movie Strike It Rich Annie Harkins 1948-12-01
Movie The Dark Past Agnes (uncredited) 1948-12-22
Movie The Long Night Observer in Crowd (uncredited) 1947-05-28
Movie Living in a Big Way Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) 1947-06-10
Movie Born to Kill Maid (uncredited) 1947-04-30
Movie Beat the Band Gertrude's Mother 1947-02-19
Movie The Unfaithful Courtroom Spectator 1947-07-01
Movie Railroaded! Mrs. Wills (uncredited) 1947-09-25
Movie They Won't Believe Me 1947-07-16
Movie Forever Amber Marge 1947-10-10
Movie The Judge Steps Out Mother at Party (uncredited) 1947-12-15
Movie The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) 1947-09-01
Movie The Fabulous Joe Cathy, the Maid 1947-08-28
Movie The Dark Corner Maid (uncredited) 1946-04-09
Movie The Truth About Murder Betty 1946-04-01
Movie The Spiral Staircase Neighbour (uncredited) 1946-02-06
Movie From This Day Forward Mother 1946-03-02
Movie Bedlam Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) 1946-05-10
Movie It's a Wonderful Life Ms. Davis (uncredited) 1946-12-20
Movie The Locket Ginny (uncredited) 1946-12-20
Movie Sister Kenny Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) 1946-10-10
Movie Crack-Up Reynold's Maid (Uncredited) 1946-09-06
Movie Lover Come Back Rita 1946-06-21
Movie Cornered Swiss Maid (uncredited) 1945-11-23
Series Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944-01-20
Movie The Broken Coin Bit Part (uncredited) 1936-01-10
Movie Speed Limited Secretary 1935-01-12
Movie Babes in Toyland Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited) 1934-12-14
Movie Rafter Romance Telemarketer (uncredited) 1933-09-01
Movie Sons of the Desert Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited) 1933-12-29