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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1911
Died
April 14, 1999
Place of Birth
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- Ellen Hansen
- Ellen Hansen Corby
Ellen Corby
0.8 Popularity
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
6.5
Grandma Walton
A Walton Easter
1997
0.0
Grandma Walton
A Walton Wedding
1995
7.5
Grandma Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
5.3
Esther Walton
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982
5.0
Grandma Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982
7.0
Great-Gandmaw
All the Way Home
1981
6.7
Self
Dinah!
1974
4.0
Ma Floyd
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974
7.2
Esther Walton
The Waltons
1972
6.2
Gertrude
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
Credits
A Walton Easter
as Grandma Walton
1997
6.5
A Walton Wedding
as Grandma Walton
1995
0.0
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Grandma Walton
1993
7.5
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
as Esther Walton
1982
5.3
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
as Grandma Walton
1982
5.0
All the Way Home
as Great-Gandmaw
1981
7.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Ma Floyd
1974
4.0
The Waltons
as Esther Walton
1972
7.2
Napoleon and Samantha
as Gertrude
1972
6.2
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Esther Walton
1971
7.2
A Tattered Web
as Mrs. Simmons
1971
5.0
🎬
The Partners
1971
5.0
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Abigail
1971
6.6
Cannon
as Teacher
1971
4.5
Night Gallery
as Miss Patience
1970
7.8
The Odd Couple
as Florence
1970
7.8
Dan August
as Agnes Oaks
1970
6.8
Nanny and the Professor
as Mrs. Kaufman
1970
6.0
Love, American Style
as The Little Old Lady
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Granny Gambler
1969
6.1
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Hilberman
1969
5.4
A Fine Pair
as Maddy Walker
1968
3.4
Lancer
1968
4.7
Adam-12
as Camille Gearhardt
1968
7.0
Adam-12
as Mrs. Cunningham
1968
7.0
Hawaii Five-O
as Mrs. Feathertree
1968
7.1
The Outsider
1968
5.2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Script Girl
1968
5.9
The High Chaparral
as Mrs. Dilts
1967
6.6
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Molly Cobb
1967
6.2
The Gnome-Mobile
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
1967
6.2
Ironside
as Agnes Fairchild
1967
6.8
Rango
1967
0.0
The Invaders
as Aunt Sara
1967
6.8
Mr. Terrific
as Mrs. Walters
1967
7.5
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Madame Bloor
1966
6.6
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Anna Miller
1966
6.2
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hazel Squires
1966
5.8
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Neva Tremaine
1966
6.7
Batman
as Mrs. Green
1966
7.3
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Stone
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Elizabeth Page
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Mary Carmichael
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Hannah Beecher
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Aunt Florrie Buell
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Anderson
1965
5.4
Get Smart
as Agnes Davenport
1965
7.9
Honey West
as 'Nellie Peedy'
1965
7.0
Laredo
1965
6.3
The Big Valley
as Emmie Pearson
1965
6.1
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Martha O'Reilly
1965
6.6
The Family Jewels
as Airline Passenger
1965
6.5
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Lily
1964
7.3
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Mother
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Hilda Brock
1964
7.0
The Baileys of Balboa
1964
7.7
The Addams Family
as Mother Lurch
1964
8.0
The Strangler
as Mrs. Kroll
1964
6.3
4 for Texas
as Widow
1963
5.1
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Miss Purdy
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Charlotte
1963
5.7
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
5.0
The Fugitive
as Mrs. Barlow
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Mrs. Murdock
1963
7.2
The Caretakers
as Irene
1963
6.2
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.0
Going My Way
1962
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Lucy Show
as Miss Tanner
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Woman in Park
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Emma Poke
1962
6.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as The Chief Nurse
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Mrs. Clancy
1962
6.4
Saints and Sinners
as Mrs. Healy
1962
6.0
Saintly Sinners
as Mrs. McKenzie
1962
3.0
Pocketful of Miracles
as Soho Sal
1961
7.3
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Hazel
as Miss Minnie
1961
6.8
Hazel
as Minerva Anderson
1961
6.8
Dr. Kildare
as Ainsley Hallie
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
as Mrs. Brodek
1961
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
as Mrs. Peterson
1961
5.0
Surfside 6
as Addie Horton
1960
5.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
1960
7.6
Thriller
as Mrs. Peele
1960
6.6
The Tall Man
as Hannah Blossom
1960
6.3
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Maria
1960
6.3
Visit to a Small Planet
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
1960
5.1
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Aunt Emily
1960
0.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Sister Julia
1959
5.7
Dennis the Menace
as Miss Douglas
1959
6.5
The Rebel
as Carrie Blyden
1959
4.7
Lock-Up
1959
6.2
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Mrs. Walters
1959
6.3
Bonanza
as Lorna Doone Mayberry
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Cora Milford
1959
7.5
Tightrope
as Hazel Mason
1959
5.5
77 Sunset Strip
as Martha Ward
1958
6.7
Macabre
as Miss Kushins
1958
5.9
The Rifleman
as Mrs. Morgan
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
as Mrs. Avery
1958
7.1
The Texan
as Katy Clayton
1958
5.5
The Donna Reed Show
as Christine Moss
1958
6.2
Bronco
1958
5.9
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
🎬
As Young As We Are
as Nettie McPherson
1958
6.2
Vertigo
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
1958
8.2
All Mine to Give
as Mrs. Raiden
1957
6.2
Rockabilly Baby
as Mrs. Wellington
1957
6.0
Trackdown
as Henrietta Porter
1957
6.4
Trackdown
as Henrietta
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Elvira Moss
1957
6.5
The Restless Gun
as Ruth Purcell
1957
3.0
The Restless Gun
as Emma Birch
1957
3.0
The Restless Gun
as Mrs. Amy Morgan
1957
3.0
Perry Mason
as Old Lady Card Player
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Aunt Em
1957
6.6
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
1957
6.4
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Harriet Smith
1957
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Miss Carter
1957
6.2
God Is My Partner
as Mrs. Dalton
1957
5.0
The Seventh Sin
as Sister Saint Joseph
1957
4.8
Stagecoach To Fury
as Sarah Farrell
1956
5.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Slightly Scarlet
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
1956
6.2
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Illegal
as Miss Hinkel
1955
6.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Minerva Comstock
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Maggie Ryan
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marie McGurk
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Miss Samantha
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Emma
1955
7.8
Cheyenne
as Hortense Durango
1955
6.0
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mrs. Jane McGill
1955
6.8
The Millionaire
as Nancy Marlborough
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Bedelia Buckley
1955
5.0
The Bob Cummings Show
as Nurse
1955
6.1
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
1954
7.8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Sally Benton
1954
6.9
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Lassie
as Bess Wright
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Amy Baker
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Pearlie Mae
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Pearlie Mae Yochim
1954
6.1
Sabrina
as Miss McCardie
1954
7.5
🎬
Hey Mulligan
as Martha
1954
6.7
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Croffman
1954
7.0
Susan Slept Here
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
1954
6.0
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as Amelia Gravesend
1954
5.2
Untamed Heiress
as Mrs. Flanny
1954
6.0
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
5.5
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Singing Woman
1953
5.1
Letter to Loretta
as Jennie
1953
6.5
Revlon Mirror Theatre
as Mrs. Logan
1953
0.0
Revlon Mirror Theatre
as Clara
1953
0.0
The Vanquished
as Mrs. Barbour
1953
4.7
Shane
as Liz Torrey
1953
7.4
Woman They Almost Lynched
as First Townswoman
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Frankie, Joan's maid
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Ma Jericho
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Gracie Jordan
1953
6.4
🎬
My Hero
as Henrietta Sullivan
1952
7.0
Monsoon
as Katie
1952
4.0
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Aunt Ellen
1952
5.9
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mabel
1952
7.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Elsie
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Martha - Maid
1952
6.7
Fearless Fagan
as Mrs. Ardley
1952
4.6
The Big Trees
as Sister Blackburn
1952
5.4
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
The Barefoot Mailman
as Miss Della (uncredited)
1951
4.0
The Sea Hornet
as Mrs. Drinkwater
1951
5.0
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Veronica
1951
6.7
I Love Lucy
as Miss Hanna
1951
7.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Little Old Lady
1951
7.4
Here Comes the Groom
as Mrs. McGonigle
1951
5.2
On Moonlight Bay
as Miss Mary Stevens
1951
6.3
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss Birdshaw
1951
5.9
The Mating Season
as Annie
1951
6.6
Harriet Craig
as Lottie
1950
7.5
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Nurse
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Norah
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Lavinia Penniman
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Aunt
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Harriet
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Martha
1950
6.3
Edge of Doom
as Jeanette Moore
1950
5.9
Peggy
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
1950
4.7
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
1950
7.3
Caged
as Emma Barber
1950
7.1
Captain China
as Miss Endicott
1950
4.6
Madame Bovary
as Félicité
1949
6.7
Mighty Joe Young
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
1949
6.4
Little Women
as Sophie
1949
7.4
Rusty Saves a Life
as Miss Simmons
1949
7.0
A Woman's Secret
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
1949
5.6
The Dark Past
as Agnes (uncredited)
1948
5.8
Strike It Rich
as Annie Harkins
1948
0.0
Fighting Father Dunne
as Colpeck's Secretary
1948
6.0
The Noose Hangs High
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
1948
6.8
I Remember Mama
as Aunt Trina
1948
7.1
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Forever Amber
as Marge
1947
6.0
Railroaded!
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
1947
6.6
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1947
6.9
The Fabulous Joe
as Cathy, the Maid
1947
5.2
They Won't Believe Me
1947
6.4
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
1947
5.8
Living in a Big Way
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
1947
5.0
The Long Night
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
1947
5.6
Born to Kill
as Maid (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Beat the Band
as Gertrude's Mother
1947
4.0
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
1946
8.3
The Locket
as Ginny (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Sister Kenny
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
1946
6.8
Crack-Up
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
1946
5.6
Lover Come Back
as Rita
1946
6.2
Bedlam
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
1946
6.6
The Dark Corner
as Maid (uncredited)
1946
6.5
The Truth About Murder
as Betty
1946
4.0
From This Day Forward
as Mother
1946
5.2
The Spiral Staircase
as Neighbour (uncredited)
1946
7.0
Cornered
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
1945
6.1
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
The Broken Coin
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Speed Limited
as Secretary
1935
0.0
Babes in Toyland
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
1934
6.3
Sons of the Desert
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
1933
7.0
Rafter Romance
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
1933
6.5
Because I Love Him
as Mrs. Logan
N/A
0.0