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
Screenplay 1
Grandma Walton
A Walton Easter (1997)
Movie
Grandma Walton
A Walton Wedding (1995)
Movie
Grandma 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
Mrs. Anderson / Elizabeth Page / Hannah Beecher / Aunt Florrie Buell / Mrs. Stone / Mary Carmichael
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
Miss Purdy / Charlotte
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Mrs. Barlow / Mrs. Murdock
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Woman in Park / Miss Tanner
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
Cora Milford / Lorna Doone Mayberry
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 / Henrietta
Trackdown (1957)
TV
Elvira Moss
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV
Ruth Purcell / Emma Birch / Mrs. Amy Morgan
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
Miss Carter / Harriet Smith
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
Marie McGurk / Emma / Miss Samantha / Maggie Ryan
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
Amy Baker / Pearlie Mae / Bess Wright / 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
Gracie Jordan / Ma Jericho / Frankie, Joan's maid
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
Norah / Lavinia Penniman / Aunt / Martha / Harriet / Nurse
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
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
Neighbour (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Movie
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Cornered (1945)
Movie
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Screenplay
Twilight on the Trail (1941)
Movie
Bit Part (uncredited) / Story
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
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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