Ellen Corby
June 3, 1911 (114 years old) in Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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
Credits
- 1995 · A Walton Wedding as Grandma Walton
- 1971 · A Tattered Web as Mrs. Simmons
- 1971 · The Partners as
- 1971 · Support Your Local Gunfighter as Abigail
- 1968 · A Fine Pair as Maddy Walker
- 1968 · The Outsider as
- 1967 · The Gnome-Mobile as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
- 1967 · Rango as
- 1967 · Mr. Terrific as Mrs. Walters
- 1965 · The Family Jewels as Airline Passenger
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Lily
- 1964 · The Baileys of Balboa as
- 1964 · The Strangler as Mrs. Kroll
- 1963 · 4 for Texas as Widow
- 1963 · The Caretakers as Irene
- 1962 · Saints and Sinners as Mrs. Healy
- 1961 · Pocketful of Miracles as Soho Sal
- 1961 · The Asphalt Jungle as Mrs. Peterson
- 1960 · The Chevy Mystery Show as Maria
- 1960 · Tom, Dick and Harriet as Aunt Emily
- 1959 · Tightrope as Hazel Mason
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Ruth Purcell
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Emma Birch
- 1957 · The Restless Gun as Mrs. Amy Morgan
- 1957 · Night Passage as Mrs. Feeney
- 1957 · God Is My Partner as Mrs. Dalton
- 1955 · Illegal as Miss Hinkel
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
- 1954 · The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Sally Benton
- 1954 · Hey Mulligan as Martha
- 1954 · Susan Slept Here as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
- 1954 · The Whistler as
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Jennie
- 1953 · Revlon Mirror Theatre as Mrs. Logan
- 1953 · Revlon Mirror Theatre as Clara
- 1953 · The Vanquished as Mrs. Barbour
- 1953 · Shane as Liz Torrey
- 1952 · Fearless Fagan as Mrs. Ardley
- 1952 · The Big Trees as Sister Blackburn
- 1952 · Chevron Theatre as
- 1951 · Angels in the Outfield as Sister Veronica
- 1950 · Harriet Craig as Lottie
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Lavinia Penniman
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Martha
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Harriet
- 1950 · Peggy as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
- 1950 · Caged as Emma Barber
- 1950 · Captain China as Miss Endicott
- 1949 · Mighty Joe Young as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
- 1948 · I Remember Mama as Aunt Trina
- 1947 · Railroaded! as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Unfaithful as Courtroom Spectator
- 1946 · Sister Kenny as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
- 1946 · Bedlam as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Dark Corner as Maid (uncredited)
- 1945 · Cornered as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
- 1935 · Speed Limited as Secretary
- 1934 · Babes in Toyland as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
- 1933 · Sons of the Desert as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
- Future · Because I Love Him as Mrs. Logan
- 1997 · A Walton Easter as Grandma Walton
- 1993 · A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Grandma Walton
- 1982 · A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain as Esther Walton
- 1982 · A Wedding on Waltons Mountain as Grandma Walton
- 1981 · All the Way Home as Great-Gandmaw
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd as Ma Floyd
- 1972 · The Waltons as Esther Walton
- 1972 · Napoleon and Samantha as Gertrude
- 1971 · The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Esther Walton
- 1971 · Cannon as Teacher
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Miss Patience
- 1970 · The Odd Couple as Florence
- 1970 · Dan August as Agnes Oaks
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as Mrs. Kaufman
- 1969 · Love, American Style as The Little Old Lady
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Granny Gambler
- 1969 · The Bill Cosby Show as Mrs. Hilberman
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Camille Gearhardt
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Mrs. Cunningham
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Mrs. Feathertree
- 1968 · The Legend of Lylah Clare as Script Girl
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Mrs. Dilts
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as Molly Cobb
- 1967 · Ironside as Agnes Fairchild
- 1967 · The Invaders as Aunt Sara
- 1966 · The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Madame Bloor
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1966 · The Glass Bottom Boat as Anna Miller
- 1966 · The Night of the Grizzly as Hazel Squires
- 1966 · The Ghost & Mr. Chicken as Neva Tremaine
- 1966 · Batman as Mrs. Green
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Mrs. Stone
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Mary Carmichael
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Elizabeth Page
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Aunt Florrie Buell
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Hannah Beecher
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Mrs. Anderson
- 1965 · Get Smart as Agnes Davenport
- 1965 · Honey West as 'Nellie Peedy'
- 1965 · Laredo as
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Emmie Pearson
- 1965 · Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Martha O'Reilly
- 1964 · Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Mother
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Hilda Brock
- 1964 · The Addams Family as Mother Lurch
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Miss Purdy
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Charlotte
- 1963 · The Farmer's Daughter as
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Mrs. Barlow
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Mrs. Murdock
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as
- 1962 · Going My Way as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Miss Tanner
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Woman in Park
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Emma Poke
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Chief Nurse
- 1962 · The Virginian as Mrs. Clancy
- 1962 · Saintly Sinners as Mrs. McKenzie
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Hazel as Miss Minnie
- 1961 · Hazel as Minerva Anderson
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Ainsley Hallie
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Mrs. Brodek
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Addie Horton
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
- 1960 · Thriller as Mrs. Peele
- 1960 · The Tall Man as Hannah Blossom
- 1960 · Visit to a Small Planet as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Sister Julia
- 1959 · Dennis the Menace as Miss Douglas
- 1959 · The Rebel as Carrie Blyden
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Mrs. Walters
- 1959 · Bonanza as Lorna Doone Mayberry
- 1959 · Bonanza as Cora Milford
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Martha Ward
- 1958 · Macabre as Miss Kushins
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Mrs. Avery
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Mrs. Morgan
- 1958 · The Texan as Katy Clayton
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as Christine Moss
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as
- 1958 · As Young As We Are as Nettie McPherson
- 1958 · Vertigo as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
- 1957 · All Mine to Give as Mrs. Raiden
- 1957 · Rockabilly Baby as Mrs. Wellington
- 1957 · Trackdown as Henrietta Porter
- 1957 · Trackdown as Henrietta
- 1957 · Alcoa Theatre as Elvira Moss
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Old Lady Card Player
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Aunt Em
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Harriet Smith
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Miss Carter
- 1957 · The Seventh Sin as Sister Saint Joseph
- 1956 · Stagecoach To Fury as Sarah Farrell
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
- 1956 · Slightly Scarlet as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Minerva Comstock
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Maggie Ryan
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Marie McGurk
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Miss Samantha
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Emma
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Hortense Durango
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Mrs. Jane McGill
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Nancy Marlborough
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Bedelia Buckley
- 1955 · The Bob Cummings Show as Nurse
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · Lassie as Pearlie Mae
- 1954 · Lassie as Pearlie Mae Yochim
- 1954 · Lassie as Bess Wright
- 1954 · Lassie as Amy Baker
- 1954 · Sabrina as Miss McCardie
- 1954 · About Mrs. Leslie as Mrs. Croffman
- 1954 · The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters as Amelia Gravesend
- 1954 · Untamed Heiress as Mrs. Flanny
- 1953 · The Man Behind the Badge as
- 1953 · A Lion Is in the Streets as Singing Woman
- 1953 · Woman They Almost Lynched as First Townswoman
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Frankie, Joan's maid
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Ma Jericho
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Gracie Jordan
- 1952 · My Hero as Henrietta Sullivan
- 1952 · Monsoon as Katie
- 1952 · The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Aunt Ellen
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Mabel
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Elsie
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Martha - Maid
- 1951 · Dragnet as
- 1951 · The Barefoot Mailman as Miss Della (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Sea Hornet as Mrs. Drinkwater
- 1951 · I Love Lucy as Miss Hanna
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Little Old Lady
- 1951 · Here Comes the Groom as Mrs. McGonigle
- 1951 · On Moonlight Bay as Miss Mary Stevens
- 1951 · Goodbye, My Fancy as Miss Birdshaw
- 1951 · The Mating Season as Annie
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Nurse
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Norah
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Aunt
- 1950 · Edge of Doom as Jeanette Moore
- 1950 · The Gunfighter as Mrs. Devlin
- 1949 · Madame Bovary as Félicité
- 1949 · Little Women as Sophie
- 1949 · Rusty Saves a Life as Miss Simmons
- 1949 · A Woman's Secret as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
- 1948 · The Dark Past as Agnes (uncredited)
- 1948 · Strike It Rich as Annie Harkins
- 1948 · Fighting Father Dunne as Colpeck's Secretary
- 1948 · The Noose Hangs High as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Judge Steps Out as Mother at Party (uncredited)
- 1947 · Forever Amber as Marge
- 1947 · The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Fabulous Joe as Cathy, the Maid
- 1947 · They Won't Believe Me as
- 1947 · Living in a Big Way as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Long Night as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
- 1947 · Born to Kill as Maid (uncredited)
- 1947 · Beat the Band as Gertrude's Mother
- 1946 · It's a Wonderful Life as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Locket as Ginny (uncredited)
- 1946 · Crack-Up as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
- 1946 · Lover Come Back as Rita
- 1946 · The Truth About Murder as Betty
- 1946 · From This Day Forward as Mother
- 1946 · The Spiral Staircase as Neighbour (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1936 · The Broken Coin as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1933 · Rafter Romance as Telemarketer (uncredited)