Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

03/06/1911

Day of Death

14/04/1999
(88) years old

Place of Birth

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 Glo... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1997

A Walton Easter

as Grandma Walton

1995

A Walton Wedding

as Grandma Walton

1993

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

as Grandma Walton

1982

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

as Grandma Walton

1981

All the Way Home

as Great-Gandmaw

1972

Napoleon and Samantha

as Gertrude

1971

A Tattered Web

as Mrs. Simmons

1971

Cannon

as Teacher

1968

A Fine Pair

as Maddy Walker

1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Script Girl

1967

The Gnome-Mobile

as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

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

1965

The Family Jewels

as Airline Passenger

1964

The Strangler

as Mrs. Kroll

1963

4 for Texas

as Widow

1963

The Caretakers

as Irene

1962

Saintly Sinners

as Mrs. McKenzie

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Soho Sal

1960

Visit to a Small Planet

as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

1960

Tom, Dick and Harriet

as Aunt Emily

1958

Macabre

as Miss Kushins

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

Night Passage

as Mrs. Feeney

1957

God Is My Partner

as Mrs. Dalton

1957

The Seventh Sin

as Sister Saint Joseph

1956

Stagecoach To Fury

as Sarah Farrell

1956

Slightly Scarlet

as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

1955

Illegal

as Miss Hinkel

1954

Sabrina

as Miss McCardie

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

as Mrs. Croffman

1954

Susan Slept Here

as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

1954

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

as Amelia Gravesend

1954

Untamed Heiress

as Mrs. Flanny

1953

A Lion Is in the Streets

as Singing Woman

1953

The Vanquished

as Mrs. Barbour

1953

Shane

as Liz Torrey

1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

as First Townswoman

1952

Monsoon

as Katie

1952

Fearless Fagan

as Mrs. Ardley

1952

The Big Trees

as Sister Blackburn

1951

The Barefoot Mailman

as Miss Della (uncredited)

1951

The Sea Hornet

as Mrs. Drinkwater

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Sister Veronica

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

Harriet Craig

as Lottie

1950

Edge of Doom

as Jeanette Moore

1950

Peggy

as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

1950

The Gunfighter

as Mrs. Devlin

1950

Caged

as Emma Barber

1950

Captain China

as Miss Endicott

1949

Madame Bovary

as Félicité

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Orphanage matron (uncredited)

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)

1948

I Remember Mama

as Aunt Trina

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Mother at Party (uncredited)

1947

Forever Amber

as Marge

1947

Railroaded!

as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

1947

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1947

The Fabulous Joe

as Cathy, the Maid

1947

The Unfaithful

as Courtroom Spectator

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

Sister Kenny

as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

1946

Crack-Up

as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

1946

Lover Come Back

as Rita

1946

Bedlam

as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredit...

1946

The Dark Corner

as Maid (uncredited)

1946

The Spiral Staircase

as Neighbour (uncredited)

1945

Cornered

as Swiss Maid (uncredited)

1936

The Broken Coin

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1935

Speed Limited

as Secretary

1934

Babes in Toyland

as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredite...

1933

Sons of the Desert

as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (un...

1933

Rafter Romance

as Telemarketer (uncredited)

Crew

1947

Hoppy's Holiday

as Story

1941

Twilight on the Trail

as Screenplay

1936

The Broken Coin

as Story