
Ellen Corby
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1911
- Died
- April 14, 1999 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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
Filmography

My Mom Jayne
Movie · as archive footage

Mansfield 66/67
Movie

A Walton Easter
Movie · as Grandma Walton

A Walton Wedding
Movie · as Grandma Walton

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie · as Grandma Walton

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Movie · as Esther Walton

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Movie · as Grandma Walton

All the Way Home
Movie · as Great-Gandmaw

The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
Movie

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Movie · as Ma Floyd

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 8 eps

Napoleon and Samantha
Movie · as Gertrude

The Waltons
TV · as Esther Walton · 143 eps

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Movie · as Esther Walton

Cannon
Movie · as Teacher

A Tattered Web
Movie · as Mrs. Simmons

Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie · as Abigail
The Partners
TV · 1 ep

The Odd Couple
TV · as Florence · 1 ep

Night Gallery
TV · as Miss Patience · 1 ep

Nanny and the Professor
TV · as Mrs. Kaufman · 1 ep

Dan August
TV · as Agnes Oaks · 1 ep

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Mrs. Feathertree · 1 ep

Love, American Style
TV · as The Little Old Lady, Granny Gambler · 1 ep

The Bill Cosby Show
TV · as Mrs. Hilberman · 1 ep

The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie · as Script Girl

A Fine Pair
Movie · as Maddy Walker

Lancer
TV · 1 ep

The Outsider
TV · 1 ep

Adam-12
TV · as Camille Gearhardt, Mrs. Cunningham · 1 ep

The Gnome-Mobile
Movie · as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

Ironside
TV · as Agnes Fairchild · 1 ep

The High Chaparral
TV · as Mrs. Dilts · 1 ep

Rango
TV · 1 ep

Mr. Terrific
TV · as Mrs. Walters · 1 ep

The Invaders
TV · as Aunt Sara · 1 ep

The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Molly Cobb · 1 ep

Judd, for the Defense
TV · as Prison matron · 1 ep

The Night of the Grizzly
Movie · as Hazel Squires

The Glass Bottom Boat
Movie · as Anna Miller

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie · as Neva Tremaine

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Madame Bloor · 1 ep

Batman
TV · as Mrs. Green · 1 ep

Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

The Family Jewels
Movie · as Airline Passenger

The F.B.I.
TV · as Mrs. Stone, Mary Carmichael, Elizabeth Page, Aunt Florrie Buell, Hannah Beecher, Mrs. Anderson · 1 ep

Get Smart
TV · as Agnes Davenport · 1 ep

Laredo
TV · 1 ep

The Big Valley
TV · as Emmie Pearson · 1 ep

Honey West
TV · as 'Nellie Peedy' · 1 ep

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
TV · as Martha O'Reilly · 2 eps

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Movie · as Lily

The Strangler
Movie · as Mrs. Kroll

Daniel Boone
TV · as Hilda Brock · 1 ep

The Addams Family
TV · as Mother Lurch · 1 ep

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV · as Mother · 2 eps

The Baileys of Balboa
TV · as Miss Engeldorf · 1 ep

4 for Texas
Movie · as Widow

The Caretakers
Movie · as Irene

The Fugitive
TV · as Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Murdock · 1 ep

The Farmer's Daughter
TV · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Miss Purdy, Charlotte · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Saintly Sinners
Movie · as Mrs. McKenzie

The Lucy Show
TV · as Miss Tanner, Woman in Park · 1 ep

The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Emma Poke · 1 ep

Saints and Sinners
TV · as Mrs. Healy · 1 ep

Going My Way
TV · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Mrs. Clancy · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as The Chief Nurse · 1 ep

Pocketful of Miracles
Movie · as Soho Sal

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Ainsley Hallie · 1 ep

Hazel
TV · as Miss Minnie, Minerva Anderson · 1 ep

87th Precinct
TV · as Mrs. Brodek · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Asphalt Jungle
TV · as Mrs. Peterson · 1 ep

Tom, Dick and Harriet
Movie · as Aunt Emily

Visit to a Small Planet
Movie · as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh · 1 ep

Surfside 6
TV · as Addie Horton · 1 ep

Thriller
TV · as Mrs. Peele · 1 ep

The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Maria · 1 ep

The Tall Man
TV · as Hannah Blossom · 1 ep

Lock-Up
TV · 2 eps

The Rebel
TV · as Carrie Blyden · 1 ep

Tightrope
TV · as Hazel Mason · 1 ep

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Mrs. Walters · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Lorna Doone Mayberry, Cora Milford · 1 ep

Dennis the Menace
TV · as Miss Douglas · 1 ep

Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Sister Julia · 1 ep

Vertigo
Movie · as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Macabre
Movie · as Miss Kushins
As Young As We Are
Movie · as Nettie McPherson

Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep

The Donna Reed Show
TV · as Christine Moss · 1 ep

The Texan
TV · as Katy Clayton · 1 ep

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Martha Ward · 1 ep

The Rifleman
TV · as Mrs. Avery, Mrs. Morgan · 1 ep

Bronco
TV · as Emma Hardin · 1 ep

Night Passage
Movie · as Mrs. Feeney

All Mine to Give
Movie · as Mrs. Raiden

The Seventh Sin
Movie · as Sister Saint Joseph

God Is My Partner
Movie · as Mrs. Dalton

Rockabilly Baby
Movie · as Mrs. Wellington

Trackdown
TV · as Henrietta Porter · 23 eps

Perry Mason
TV · as Old Lady Card Player · 1 ep

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Harriet Smith, Miss Carter · 1 ep

The Restless Gun
TV · as Ruth Purcell, Emma Birch, Mrs. Amy Morgan · 1 ep

Alcoa Theatre
TV · as Elvira Moss · 1 ep

Wagon Train
TV · as Aunt Em · 2 eps

Stagecoach to Fury
Movie · as Sarah Farrell

Slightly Scarlet
Movie · as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep

Illegal
Movie · as Miss Hinkel

Cheyenne
TV · as Hortense Durango · 1 ep

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Maggie Ryan, Marie McGurk, Miss Samantha, Emma · 1 ep

The Millionaire
TV · as Nancy Marlborough, Bedelia Buckley · 1 ep

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · as Mrs. Jane McGill · 1 ep

Matinee Theater
TV · 2 eps

The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Minerva Comstock · 1 ep

The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep

Sabrina
Movie · as Miss McCardie

Susan Slept Here
Movie · as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Movie · as Amelia Gravesend

About Mrs. Leslie
Movie · as Mrs. Croffman

Untamed Heiress
Movie · as Mrs. Flanny

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · as Sally Benton · 1 ep

The Whistler
TV · 1 ep

Studio 57
TV · 2 eps

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office · 1 ep

Lassie
TV · as Pearlie Mae, Pearlie Mae Yochim, Bess Wright, Amy Baker · 1 ep
Hey Mulligan
TV · as Martha · 1 ep

Shane
Movie · as Liz Torrey

A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie · as Singing Woman

Woman They Almost Lynched
Movie · as First Townswoman

The Vanquished
Movie · as Mrs. Barbour

General Electric Theater
TV · as Frankie, Joan's maid, Ma Jericho, Gracie Jordan · 1 ep

The Man Behind the Badge
TV · 1 ep

Letter to Loretta
TV · as Jennie · 1 ep

Revlon Mirror Theatre
TV · as Mrs. Logan, Clara · 1 ep

You Are There
TV · 1 ep

The Big Trees
Movie · as Sister Blackburn

Fearless Fagan
Movie · as Mrs. Ardley

Monsoon
Movie · as Katie

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV · as Aunt Ellen · 1 ep

Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Elsie, Martha - Maid · 1 ep

My Hero
TV · as Henrietta Sullivan · 1 ep

The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Mabel · 1 ep
Chevron Theatre
TV · 1 ep

On Moonlight Bay
Movie · as Miss Mary Stevens

Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie · as Miss Birdshaw

The Mating Season
Movie · as Annie

The Barefoot Mailman
Movie · as Miss Della (uncredited)

Here Comes the Groom
Movie · as Mrs. McGonigle

Angels in the Outfield
Movie · as Sister Veronica

The Sea Hornet
Movie · as Mrs. Drinkwater

I Love Lucy
TV · as Miss Hanna · 1 ep

Dragnet
TV · as Thelma Keene · 1 ep

The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Little Old Lady · 1 ep

Caged
Movie · as Emma Barber

Edge of Doom
Movie · as Jeanette Moore

The Gunfighter
Movie · as Mrs. Devlin

Harriet Craig
Movie · as Lottie

Captain China
Movie · as Miss Endicott

Peggy
Movie · as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Nurse, Norah, Aunt, Lavinia Penniman, Martha, Harriet · 1 ep

Little Women
Movie · as Sophie

Madame Bovary
Movie · as Félicité

Mighty Joe Young
Movie · as Orphanage matron (uncredited)

A Woman's Secret
Movie · as Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Rusty Saves a Life
Movie · as Miss Simmons

I Remember Mama
Movie · as Aunt Trina

Fighting Father Dunne
Movie · as Colpeck's Secretary

The Dark Past
Movie · as Agnes (uncredited)

Strike It Rich
Movie · as Annie Harkins

The Noose Hangs High
Movie · as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way
Movie · as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)

They Won't Believe Me
Movie · as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out
Movie · as Mother at Party (uncredited)

Born to Kill
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)

The Long Night
Movie · as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)

Forever Amber
Movie · as Marge

The Unfaithful
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator

Railroaded!
Movie · as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

Beat the Band
Movie · as Gertrude's Mother

The Fabulous Joe
Movie · as Cathy, the Maid

It's a Wonderful Life
Movie · as Ms. Davis (uncredited)

Bedlam
Movie · as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

Lover Come Back
Movie · as Rita

The Truth About Murder
Movie · as Betty

Sister Kenny
Movie · as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

The Spiral Staircase
Movie · as Neighbour (uncredited)

The Locket
Movie · as Ginny (uncredited)

From This Day Forward
Movie · as Mother

The Dark Corner
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)

Crack-Up
Movie · as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

Cornered
Movie · as Swiss Maid (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
The Broken Coin
Movie · as Bit Part (uncredited)

Speed Limited
Movie · as Secretary

Babes in Toyland
Movie · as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

Sons of the Desert
Movie · as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

Rafter Romance
Movie · as Telemarketer (uncredited)