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).
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Filmography
all 203
Movies 103
TV Shows 100
self 4
Writer 2
Grandma Walton

A Walton Easter (1997)
Movie
Grandma Walton

A Walton Wedding (1995)
Movie
Grandma Esther Walton

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
Movie
Esther Walton

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain (1982)
Movie
Grandma Walton

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
Movie
Great-Gandmaw

All the Way Home (1981)
Movie
Self

Dinah! (1974)
TV
Esther Walton / Story

The Waltons (1972)
TV
6
Esther Walton

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
Movie
Mrs. Simmons

A Tattered Web (1971)
Movie
Teacher

Cannon (1971)
Movie
Miss Patience

Night Gallery (1970)
TV
Florence

The Odd Couple (1970)
TV
6
Agnes Oaks

Dan August (1970)
TV
Mrs. Kaufman

Nanny and the Professor (1970)
TV
5.3
The Little Old Lady / Granny Gambler

Love, American Style (1969)
TV
Mrs. Hilberman

The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
TV
Maddy Walker

A Fine Pair (1968)
Movie
Camille Gearhardt / Mrs. Cunningham

Adam-12 (1968)
TV
7.5
Mrs. Feathertree

Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Script Girl

The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Movie
Mrs. Dilts

The High Chaparral (1967)
TV
6
Molly Cobb

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Movie
4.25
Agnes Fairchild

Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Aunt Sara

The Invaders (1967)
TV
6
Mrs. Walters

Mr. Terrific (1967)
TV
Anna Miller

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Movie
8
Hazel Squires

The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
Movie
Neva Tremaine

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)
Movie
Mrs. Green

Batman (1966)
TV
5
Aunt Florrie Buell / Hannah Beecher / Elizabeth Page / Mary Carmichael / Mrs. Stone / Mrs. Anderson

The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Agnes Davenport

Get Smart (1965)
TV
6.3
'Nellie Peedy'

Honey West (1965)
TV
6
Emmie Pearson

The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Martha O'Reilly

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)
TV
4.33
Airline Passenger

The Family Jewels (1965)
Movie
Hilda Brock

Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Mother Lurch

The Addams Family (1964)
TV
7.75
Mrs. Kroll

The Strangler (1964)
Movie
Charlotte / Miss Purdy

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Mrs. Murdock / Mrs. Barlow

The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Miss Tanner / Woman in Park

The Lucy Show (1962)
TV
Emma Poke

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV
6
The Chief Nurse

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Mrs. Clancy

The Virginian (1962)
TV
Mrs. Healy

Saints and Sinners (1962)
TV
Mrs. McKenzie

Saintly Sinners (1962)
Movie
Minerva Anderson / Miss Minnie

Hazel (1961)
TV
Ainsley Hallie

Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Mrs. Brodek

87th Precinct (1961)
TV
Addie Horton

Surfside 6 (1960)
TV
Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Mrs. Peele

Thriller (1960)
TV
Hannah Blossom

The Tall Man (1960)
TV
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Movie
Aunt Emily

Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)
Movie
Sister Julia

Adventures in Paradise (1959)
TV
Carrie Blyden

The Rebel (1959)
TV
Miss Douglas

Dennis the Menace (1959)
TV
6
Mrs. Walters

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
Lorna Doone Mayberry / Cora Milford

Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Hazel Mason

Tightrope (1959)
TV
Martha Ward

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Miss Kushins

Macabre (1958)
Movie
Mrs. Avery / Mrs. Morgan

The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Katy Clayton

The Texan (1958)
TV
Christine Moss

The Donna Reed Show (1958)
TV
6
Nettie McPherson

As Young As We Are (1958)
Movie
Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Vertigo (1958)
Movie
6.63
Mrs. Raiden

All Mine to Give (1957)
Movie
Mrs. Wellington

Rockabilly Baby (1957)
Movie
Henrietta Porter

Trackdown (1957)
TV
Elvira Moss

Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV
Mrs. Amy Morgan / Ruth Purcell / Emma Birch

The Restless Gun (1957)
TV
Old Lady Card Player

Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Aunt Em

Wagon Train (1957)
TV
8
Mrs. Feeney

Night Passage (1957)
Movie
Mrs. Dalton

God Is My Partner (1957)
Movie
Harriet Smith / Miss Carter

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
TV
Sister Saint Joseph

The Seventh Sin (1957)
Movie
Sarah Farrell

Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
Movie
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Movie
Miss Hinkel

Illegal (1955)
Movie
Minerva Comstock

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Maggie Ryan / Marie McGurk / Emma / Miss Samantha

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Hortense Durango

Cheyenne (1955)
TV
Mrs. Jane McGill

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
TV
Nancy Marlborough / Bedelia Buckley

The Millionaire (1955)
TV
Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
TV
5.98
Sally Benton

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
TV
6
Pearlie Mae / Bess Wright / Amy Baker / Pearlie Mae Yochim

Lassie (1954)
TV
8
Miss McCardie

Sabrina (1954)
Movie
3.5
Martha

Hey Mulligan (1954)
TV
Mrs. Croffman

About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Movie
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

Susan Slept Here (1954)
Movie
Amelia Gravesend

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
Movie
4.33
Mrs. Flanny

Untamed Heiress (1954)
Movie
Singing Woman

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Logan / Clara

Revlon Mirror Theatre (1953)
TV
Mrs. Barbour

The Vanquished (1953)
Movie
Liz Torrey

Shane (1953)
Movie
4.33
First Townswoman

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Movie
Frankie, Joan's maid / Ma Jericho / Gracie Jordan

General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Henrietta Sullivan

My Hero (1952)
TV
Katie

Monsoon (1952)
Movie
Elsie / Martha - Maid

Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Mrs. Ardley

Fearless Fagan (1952)
Movie
Sister Blackburn

The Big Trees (1952)
Movie
Miss Della (uncredited)

The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Movie
Mrs. Drinkwater

The Sea Hornet (1951)
Movie
Sister Veronica

Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Movie
Miss Hanna

I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Little Old Lady

The Red Skelton Show (1951)
TV
Mrs. McGonigle

Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Movie
Miss Mary Stevens

On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Movie
Miss Birdshaw

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Movie
Aunt / Nurse / Norah / Martha / Lavinia Penniman / Harriet

Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Jeanette Moore

Edge of Doom (1950)
Movie
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

Peggy (1950)
Movie
Mrs. Devlin

The Gunfighter (1950)
Movie
Emma Barber

Caged (1950)
Movie
Miss Endicott

Captain China (1950)
Movie
Félicité

Madame Bovary (1949)
Movie
Orphanage matron (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Movie
Sophie

Little Women (1949)
Movie
Miss Simmons

Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
Movie
Nurse who reads paper to Susan

A Woman's Secret (1949)
Movie
Agnes (uncredited)

The Dark Past (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Annie Harkins

Strike It Rich (1948)
Movie
Colpeck's Secretary

Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Movie
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Movie
6
Aunt Trina

I Remember Mama (1948)
Movie
Mother at Party (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Movie
Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

Railroaded! (1947)
Movie
6
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Movie
6
Cathy, the Maid

The Fabulous Joe (1947)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator

The Unfaithful (1947)
Movie
2
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way (1947)
Movie
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)

The Long Night (1947)
Movie
Maid (uncredited)

Born to Kill (1947)
Movie
Gertrude's Mother

Beat the Band (1947)
Movie
Ginny (uncredited)

The Locket (1946)
Movie
Ms. Davis (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Movie
5.45
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

Sister Kenny (1946)
Movie
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

Crack-Up (1946)
Movie
Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

Bedlam (1946)
Movie
Maid (uncredited)

The Dark Corner (1946)
Movie
Betty - Ashton's Secretary

The Truth About Murder (1946)
Movie
Neighbour (uncredited)

The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Movie
Swiss Maid (uncredited)

Cornered (1945)
Movie
Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Bit Part

The Broken Coin (1936)
Movie
Secretary

Speed Limited (1935)
Movie
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

Babes in Toyland (1934)
Movie
8
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

Sons of the Desert (1933)
Movie
10
Telemarketer (uncredited)

Rafter Romance (1933)
Movie
Bit part

Buster's Big Chance (1928)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1911-06-03
Deathday1999-04-14 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceRacine, United States
RelationshipsFrancis Corby (1934 - 1944)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsEllen Hansen, Ellen Hansen Corby
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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