Ellen Corby
Age: N/A | From: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Ellen Hansen , Ellen Hansen Corby
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 65
Most Famous Work
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The Virginian
(1962) Mrs. Clancy
The Fugitive
(1963) Mrs. Murdock
Bonanza
(1959) Lorna Doone Mayberry
Daniel Boone
(1964) Hilda Brock
The Rifleman
(1958) Mrs. Morgan
Night Gallery
(1970) Miss Patience
The High Chaparral
(1967) Mrs. Dilts
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Mrs. FeathertreeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Grandma Walton | |
| 1995 | Grandma Walton | |
| 1993 | Grandma Walton | |
| 1982 | Esther Walton | |
| Grandma Walton | ||
| 1981 | Great-Gandmaw | |
| 1974 | Self | |
| Ma Floyd | ||
| 1972 | Esther Walton | |
| Gertrude | ||
| 1971 | Esther Walton | |
| Mrs. Simmons | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Abigail | ||
| Teacher | ||
| 1970 | Miss Patience | |
| Florence | ||
| Agnes Oaks | ||
| Mrs. Kaufman | ||
| 1969 | The Little Old Lady | |
| Granny Gambler | ||
| Mrs. Hilberman | ||
| 1968 | Maddy Walker | |
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Cunningham | ||
| Camille Gearhardt | ||
| Mrs. Feathertree | ||
| N/A | ||
| Script Girl | ||
| 1967 | Mrs. Dilts | |
| Molly Cobb | ||
| Etta Pettibone (uncredited) | ||
| Agnes Fairchild | ||
| N/A | ||
| Aunt Sara | ||
| Mrs. Walters | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Anna Miller | ||
| Hazel Squires | ||
| Neva Tremaine | ||
| Mrs. Green | ||
| 1965 | Mrs. Stone | |
| Mary Carmichael | ||
| Elizabeth Page | ||
| Aunt Florrie Buell | ||
| Hannah Beecher | ||
| Mrs. Anderson | ||
| Agnes Davenport | ||
| 'Nellie Peedy' | ||
| N/A | ||
| Emmie Pearson | ||
| Martha O'Reilly | ||
| Airline Passenger | ||
| 1964 | Lily | |
| Mother | ||
| Hilda Brock | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mother Lurch | ||
| Mrs. Kroll | ||
| 1963 | Widow | |
| Miss Purdy | ||
| Charlotte | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Barlow | ||
| Mrs. Murdock | ||
| Irene | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Miss Tanner | ||
| Woman in Park | ||
| Self | ||
| Emma Poke | ||
| The Chief Nurse | ||
| Mrs. Clancy | ||
| Mrs. Healy | ||
| Mrs. McKenzie | ||
| 1961 | Soho Sal | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Miss Minnie | ||
| Minerva Anderson | ||
| Ainsley Hallie | ||
| Mrs. Brodek | ||
| 1960 | Addie Horton | |
| Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh | ||
| Mrs. Peele | ||
| Hannah Blossom | ||
| Maria | ||
| Mrs. Mabel Mayberry | ||
| Aunt Emily | ||
| 1959 | Sister Julia | |
| Carrie Blyden | ||
| Miss Douglas | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Walters | ||
| Cora Milford | ||
| Lorna Doone Mayberry | ||
| Hazel Mason | ||
| 1958 | Martha Ward | |
| Miss Kushins | ||
| Mrs. Avery | ||
| Mrs. Morgan | ||
| Katy Clayton | ||
| Christine Moss | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Nettie McPherson | ||
| Manager of McKittrick Hotel | ||
| 1957 | Mrs. Raiden | |
| Mrs. Wellington | ||
| Henrietta Porter | ||
| Elvira Moss | ||
| Ruth Purcell | ||
| Emma Birch | ||
| Mrs. Amy Morgan | ||
| Old Lady Card Player | ||
| Aunt Em | ||
| Mrs. Feeney | ||
| Harriet Smith | ||
| Miss Carter | ||
| Mrs. Dalton | ||
| Sister Saint Joseph | ||
| 1956 | Sarah Farrell | |
| N/A | ||
| Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Miss Hinkel | ||
| Minerva Comstock | ||
| Maggie Ryan | ||
| Marie McGurk | ||
| Miss Samantha | ||
| Emma | ||
| Hortense Durango | ||
| Mrs. Jane McGill | ||
| Nancy Marlborough | ||
| Bedelia Buckley | ||
| Nurse | ||
| 1954 | Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office | |
| Sally Benton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Pearlie Mae | ||
| Pearlie Mae Yochim | ||
| Bess Wright | ||
| Amy Baker | ||
| Miss McCardie | ||
| Martha | ||
| Mrs. Croffman | ||
| Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Amelia Gravesend | ||
| Mrs. Flanny | ||
| 1953 | N/A | |
| Singing Woman | ||
| Jennie | ||
| Mrs. Barbour | ||
| Liz Torrey | ||
| First Townswoman | ||
| Frankie, Joan's maid | ||
| Ma Jericho | ||
| Gracie Jordan | ||
| 1952 | Henrietta Sullivan | |
| Katie | ||
| Aunt Ellen | ||
| Mabel | ||
| Elsie | ||
| Martha - Maid | ||
| Mrs. Ardley | ||
| Sister Blackburn | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Miss Della (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Drinkwater | ||
| Sister Veronica | ||
| Miss Hanna | ||
| Little Old Lady | ||
| Mrs. McGonigle | ||
| Miss Mary Stevens | ||
| Miss Birdshaw | ||
| Annie | ||
| 1950 | Lottie | |
| N/A | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Aunt | ||
| Lavinia Penniman | ||
| Norah | ||
| Martha | ||
| Harriet | ||
| Jeanette Moore | ||
| Mrs. Privet, the Librarian | ||
| Mrs. Devlin | ||
| Emma Barber | ||
| Miss Endicott | ||
| 1949 | Félicité | |
| Orphanage matron (uncredited) | ||
| Sophie | ||
| Miss Simmons | ||
| Nurse who reads paper to Susan | ||
| 1948 | Agnes (uncredited) | |
| Annie Harkins | ||
| Colpeck's Secretary | ||
| Hilda - Maid (uncredited) | ||
| Aunt Trina | ||
| 1947 | Mother at Party (uncredited) | |
| Marge | ||
| Mrs. Wills (uncredited) | ||
| Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| Cathy, the Maid | ||
| N/A | ||
| Courtroom Spectator | ||
| Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) | ||
| Observer in Crowd (uncredited) | ||
| Maid (uncredited) | ||
| Gertrude's Mother | ||
| 1946 | Ms. Davis (uncredited) | |
| Ginny (uncredited) | ||
| Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Reynold's Maid (Uncredited) | ||
| Rita | ||
| Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) | ||
| Maid (uncredited) | ||
| Betty | ||
| Mother | ||
| Neighbour (uncredited) | ||
| 1945 | Swiss Maid (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Secretary | |
| 1934 | Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited) | |
| Telemarketer (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Story | |
| 1947 | Story | |
| 1941 | Screenplay | |
| 1936 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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