Acting
Ellen Corby
EN, IT cinema · 105 credits
Born
3 June 1911
Died
14 April 1999 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Also known as Ellen Hansen · Ellen Hansen Corby
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
Filmography
My Mom Jayne
as archive footage
A Walton Easter
as Grandma Walton
A Walton Wedding
as Grandma Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Grandma Walton
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
as Esther Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
as Grandma Walton
All the Way Home
as Great-Gandmaw
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
as Ma Floyd
Napoleon and Samantha
as Gertrude
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Esther Walton
Cannon
as Teacher
A Tattered Web
as Mrs. Simmons
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Script Girl
A Fine Pair
as Maddy Walker
The Gnome-Mobile
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hazel Squires
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Anna Miller
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Neva Tremaine
The Family Jewels
as Airline Passenger
The Strangler
as Mrs. Kroll
4 for Texas
as Widow
The Caretakers
as Irene
Saintly Sinners
as Mrs. McKenzie
Pocketful of Miracles
as Soho Sal
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Aunt Emily
Visit to a Small Planet
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Vertigo
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Macabre
as Miss Kushins
As Young As We Are
1958
As Young As We Are
as Nettie McPherson
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
All Mine to Give
as Mrs. Raiden
The Seventh Sin
as Sister Saint Joseph
God Is My Partner
as Mrs. Dalton
Rockabilly Baby
as Mrs. Wellington
Stagecoach to Fury
as Sarah Farrell
Slightly Scarlet
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Illegal
as Miss Hinkel
Sabrina
as Miss McCardie
Susan Slept Here
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as Amelia Gravesend
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Croffman
Untamed Heiress
as Mrs. Flanny
Shane
as Liz Torrey
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Singing Woman
Woman They Almost Lynched
as First Townswoman
The Vanquished
as Mrs. Barbour
The Big Trees
as Sister Blackburn
Fearless Fagan
as Mrs. Ardley
Monsoon
as Katie
On Moonlight Bay
as Miss Mary Stevens
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss Birdshaw
The Mating Season
as Annie
The Barefoot Mailman
as Miss Della (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
as Mrs. McGonigle
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Veronica
The Sea Hornet
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Caged
as Emma Barber
Edge of Doom
as Jeanette Moore
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
Harriet Craig
as Lottie
Captain China
as Miss Endicott
Peggy
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Little Women
as Sophie
Madame Bovary
as Félicité
Mighty Joe Young
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Rusty Saves a Life
as Miss Simmons
I Remember Mama
as Aunt Trina
Fighting Father Dunne
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Dark Past
as Agnes (uncredited)
Strike It Rich
as Annie Harkins
The Noose Hangs High
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Born to Kill
as Maid (uncredited)
The Long Night
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Forever Amber
as Marge
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
Railroaded!
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Beat the Band
as Gertrude's Mother
The Fabulous Joe
as Cathy, the Maid
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Bedlam
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
as Rita
Sister Kenny
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase
as Neighbour (uncredited)
The Locket
as Ginny (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
as Mother
The Dark Corner
as Maid (uncredited)
Crack-Up
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Cornered
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Twilight on the Trail
Screenplay
The Broken Coin
1936
The Broken Coin
as Bit Part (uncredited), Story
Speed Limited
as Secretary
Babes in Toyland
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Rafter Romance
as Telemarketer (uncredited)