About
Ellen Corby
Overview
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).
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Known for
Acting |
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| 1997 | A Walton Easter | Actor | Grandma Walton | 59 Average |
| 1995 | A Walton Wedding | Actor | Grandma Walton | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Actor | Grandma Walton | 59 Average |
| 1982 | A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain | Actor | Esther Walton | 59 Average |
| 1982 | A Wedding on Waltons Mountain | Actor | Grandma Walton | 58 Average |
| 1981 | All the Way Home | Actor | Great-Gandmaw | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Actor | Ma Floyd | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha | Actor | Gertrude | 59 Average |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Actor | Esther Walton | 59 Average |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Actor | Mrs. Simmons | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Actor | Abigail | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Cannon | Actor | Teacher | 59 Average |
| 1968 | A Fine Pair | Actor | Maddy Walker | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Actor | Script Girl | 59 Average |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | Actor | Etta Pettibone (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1966 | The Glass Bottom Boat | Actor | Anna Miller | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly | Actor | Hazel Squires | 58 Average |
| 1966 | The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Actor | Neva Tremaine | 60 Fair |
| 1965 | The Family Jewels | Actor | Airline Passenger | 59 Average |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Actor | Lily | 63 Fair |
| 1964 | The Strangler | Actor | Mrs. Kroll | 59 Average |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Actor | Widow | 58 Average |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Actor | Irene | 58 Average |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners | Actor | Mrs. McKenzie | 58 Average |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Actor | Soho Sal | 62 Fair |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Actor | Mrs. Mabel Mayberry | 58 Average |
| 1960 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | Actor | Aunt Emily | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | Macabre | Actor | Miss Kushins | 58 Average |
| 1958 | As Young As We Are | Actor | Nettie McPherson | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Vertigo | Actor | Manager of McKittrick Hotel | 80 Very good |
| 1957 | All Mine to Give | Actor | Mrs. Raiden | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Rockabilly Baby | Actor | Mrs. Wellington | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Night Passage | Actor | Mrs. Feeney | 59 Average |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Actor | Mrs. Dalton | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin | Actor | Sister Saint Joseph | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Actor | Sarah Farrell | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet | Actor | Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Illegal | Actor | Miss Hinkel | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Actor | Miss McCardie | 70 Good |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Actor | Mrs. Croffman | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Susan Slept Here | Actor | Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1954 | The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Actor | Amelia Gravesend | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Untamed Heiress | Actor | Mrs. Flanny | 59 Average |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Actor | Singing Woman | 58 Average |
| 1953 | The Vanquished | Actor | Mrs. Barbour | 58 Average |
| 1953 | Shane | Actor | Liz Torrey | 67 Fair |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched | Actor | First Townswoman | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Monsoon | Actor | Katie | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan | Actor | Mrs. Ardley | 58 Average |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Actor | Sister Blackburn | 58 Average |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Actor | Miss Della (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet | Actor | Mrs. Drinkwater | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Actor | Sister Veronica | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Actor | Mrs. McGonigle | 58 Average |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | Actor | Miss Mary Stevens | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Actor | Miss Birdshaw | 58 Average |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Actor | Annie | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig | Actor | Lottie | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Actor | Jeanette Moore | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Peggy | Actor | Mrs. Privet, the Librarian | 59 Average |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Actor | Mrs. Devlin | 62 Fair |
| 1950 | Caged | Actor | Emma Barber | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | Captain China | Actor | Miss Endicott | 58 Average |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Actor | Félicité | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Actor | Orphanage matron (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Little Women | Actor | Sophie | 63 Fair |
| 1949 | Rusty Saves a Life | Actor | Miss Simmons | 59 Average |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | Actor | Nurse who reads paper to Susan | 58 Average |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Actor | Agnes (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1948 | Strike It Rich | Actor | Annie Harkins | N/A N/A |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Actor | Colpeck's Secretary | 59 Average |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Actor | Hilda - Maid (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Actor | Aunt Trina | 60 Fair |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Actor | Mother at Party (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Forever Amber | Actor | Marge | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Railroaded! | Actor | Mrs. Wills (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Actor | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Joe | Actor | Cathy, the Maid | 58 Average |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1947 | The Unfaithful | Actor | Courtroom Spectator | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way | Actor | Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Actor | Observer in Crowd (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Actor | Maid (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1947 | Beat the Band | Actor | Gertrude's Mother | 58 Average |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Actor | Ms. Davis (uncredited) | 80 Very good |
| 1946 | The Locket | Actor | Ginny (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Actor | Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Actor | Reynold's Maid (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Actor | Rita | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Bedlam | Actor | Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Actor | Maid (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder | Actor | Betty | 58 Average |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Actor | Mother | 58 Average |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase | Actor | Neighbour (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1945 | Cornered | Actor | Swiss Maid (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | Actor | Bit Part (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | Speed Limited | Actor | Secretary | N/A N/A |
| 1934 | Babes in Toyland | Actor | Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert | Actor | Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance | Actor | Telemarketer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 1947 | Hoppy's Holiday | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Twilight on the Trail | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |