Ellen Corby

Jun 03, 1911 - Apr 14, 1999 (87 years old) in Racine, Wisconsin, USA

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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Known For

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The Beverly Hillbillies

Emma Poke

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Lassie

Amy Baker

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Aunt Ellen

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Love, American Style

The Little Old Lady

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Perry Mason

Old Lady Card Player

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It's a Wonderful Life

Ms. Davis (uncredited)

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Mother

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Hawaii Five-O

Mrs. Feathertree

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Wagon Train

Aunt Em

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Dragnet

Credits

A Walton Easter 1997

Grandma Walton

★ 6.5
A Walton Wedding 1995

Grandma Walton

★ NR
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion 1993

Grandma Walton

★ 7.5
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain 1982

Esther Walton

★ 7
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain 1982

Grandma Walton

★ 8
All the Way Home 1981

Great-Gandmaw

★ 7
Dinah! 1974

Self

★ 6.7
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd 1974

Ma Floyd

★ 4
The Waltons 1972

Esther Walton

★ 7.1
Napoleon and Samantha 1972

Gertrude

★ 6.1
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story 1971

Esther Walton

★ 7.2
A Tattered Web 1971

Mrs. Simmons

★ 5.7
The Partners 1971

★ 5
Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971

Abigail

★ 6.6
Cannon 1971

Teacher

★ 3.5
Night Gallery 1970

Miss Patience

★ 7.8
The Odd Couple 1970

Florence

★ 7.8
Dan August 1970

Agnes Oaks

★ 6.8
Nanny and the Professor 1970

Mrs. Kaufman

★ 6
Love, American Style 1969

The Little Old Lady

★ 6
The Bill Cosby Show 1969

Mrs. Hilberman

★ 5.3
A Fine Pair 1968

Maddy Walker

★ 3.2
Lancer 1968

★ 4.7
Adam-12 1968

Camille Gearhardt

★ 7
Hawaii Five-O 1968

Mrs. Feathertree

★ 7.1
The Outsider 1968

★ 5.2
The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968

Script Girl

★ 6.1
The High Chaparral 1967

Mrs. Dilts

★ 6.5
The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967

Molly Cobb

★ 6.2
The Gnome-Mobile 1967

Etta Pettibone (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Ironside 1967

Agnes Fairchild

★ 6.8
Rango 1967

★ NR
The Invaders 1967

Aunt Sara

★ 6.8
Mr. Terrific 1967

Mrs. Walters

★ 7.1
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 1966

★ 6.6
Felony Squad 1966

★ 6.4
The Glass Bottom Boat 1966

Anna Miller

★ 6.2
The Night of the Grizzly 1966

Hazel Squires

★ 5.7
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken 1966

Neva Tremaine

★ 6.7
Batman 1966

Mrs. Green

★ 7.3
The F.B.I. 1965

Mrs. Stone

★ 5.5
Get Smart 1965

Agnes Davenport

★ 7.9
Honey West 1965

'Nellie Peedy'

★ 7
Laredo 1965

★ 6.3
The Big Valley 1965

Emmie Pearson

★ 6.1
Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1965

Martha O'Reilly

★ 6.6
The Family Jewels 1965

Airline Passenger

★ 6.4
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964

Lily

★ 7.3
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964

Mother

★ 7.2
Daniel Boone 1964

Hilda Brock

★ 6.9
The Baileys of Balboa 1964

★ 6.5
The Addams Family 1964

Mother Lurch

★ 8
The Strangler 1964

Mrs. Kroll

★ 6.3
4 for Texas 1963

Widow

★ 5.1
The Farmer's Daughter 1963

★ 5
The Fugitive 1963

Mrs. Barlow

★ 7.2
The Caretakers 1963

Irene

★ 6.2
Vacation Playhouse 1963

★ NR
Going My Way 1962

★ 5.7
The Lucy Show 1962

Miss Tanner

★ 7
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962

Emma Poke

★ 6.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

The Chief Nurse

★ 7.8
The Virginian 1962

Mrs. Clancy

★ 6.5
Saints and Sinners 1962

Mrs. Healy

★ 6
Saintly Sinners 1962

Mrs. McKenzie

★ 3
Pocketful of Miracles 1961

Soho Sal

★ 7.3
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
Hazel 1961

Miss Minnie

★ 6.9
Dr. Kildare 1961

Ainsley Hallie

★ 5.5
87th Precinct 1961

Mrs. Brodek

★ 7.5
Surfside 6 1960

Addie Horton

★ 5
The Andy Griffith Show 1960

Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh

★ 7.6
Thriller 1960

Mrs. Peele

★ 6.4
The Tall Man 1960

Hannah Blossom

★ 6.3
The Chevy Mystery Show 1960

Maria

★ 6.3
Visit to a Small Planet 1960

Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

★ 5.3
Tom, Dick and Harriet 1960

Aunt Emily

★ NR
Adventures in Paradise 1959

Sister Julia

★ 5.7
The Rebel 1959

Carrie Blyden

★ 5.1
Dennis the Menace 1959

Miss Douglas

★ 6.5
Lock-Up 1959

★ 6.2
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959

Mrs. Walters

★ 6.3
Bonanza 1959

Lorna Doone Mayberry

★ 7.5
Tightrope 1959

Hazel Mason

★ 5.5
77 Sunset Strip 1958

Martha Ward

★ 6.7
Macabre 1958

Miss Kushins

★ 5.9
The Rifleman 1958

Mrs. Avery

★ 7
The Texan 1958

Katy Clayton

★ 5
The Donna Reed Show 1958

Christine Moss

★ 6.2
Bronco 1958

★ 5.2
Peter Gunn 1958

★ 6.5
As Young As We Are 1958

Nettie McPherson

★ 6.2
Vertigo 1958

Manager of McKittrick Hotel

★ 8.2
All Mine to Give 1957

Mrs. Raiden

★ 6.2
Rockabilly Baby 1957

Mrs. Wellington

★ 6
Trackdown 1957

Henrietta Porter

★ 6.4
Alcoa Theatre 1957

Elvira Moss

★ 6.5
The Restless Gun 1957

Ruth Purcell

★ 3.7
Perry Mason 1957

Old Lady Card Player

★ 7.7
Wagon Train 1957

Aunt Em

★ 6.3
Night Passage 1957

Mrs. Feeney

★ 6.4
God Is My Partner 1957

Mrs. Dalton

★ 5
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1957

Harriet Smith

★ 6.2
The Seventh Sin 1957

Sister Saint Joseph

★ 5.3
Stagecoach To Fury 1956

Sarah Farrell

★ 5
The Adventures of Jim Bowie 1956

★ 3.7
Slightly Scarlet 1956

Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Matinee Theater 1955

★ 5
Illegal 1955

Miss Hinkel

★ 6.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955

Minerva Comstock

★ 5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Maggie Ryan

★ 7.7
Cheyenne 1955

Hortense Durango

★ 5.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955

Mrs. Jane McGill

★ 6.6
The Millionaire 1955

Nancy Marlborough

★ 5
The Bob Cummings Show 1955

Nurse

★ 6.1
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954

Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office

★ 7.8
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin 1954

Sally Benton

★ 6.9
Studio 57 1954

★ NR
Lassie 1954

Amy Baker

★ 6.1
Sabrina 1954

Miss McCardie

★ 7.5
Hey Mulligan 1954

Martha

★ 6.7
About Mrs. Leslie 1954

Mrs. Croffman

★ 7
Susan Slept Here 1954

Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Whistler 1954

★ NR
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters 1954

Amelia Gravesend

★ 5.2
Untamed Heiress 1954

Mrs. Flanny

★ 6
The Man Behind the Badge 1953

★ 5.5
A Lion Is in the Streets 1953

Singing Woman

★ 5.5
Letter to Loretta 1953

Jennie

★ 6.5
Revlon Mirror Theatre 1953

Mrs. Logan

★ NR
The Vanquished 1953

Mrs. Barbour

★ 4.6
Shane 1953

Liz Torrey

★ 7.4
Woman They Almost Lynched 1953

First Townswoman

★ 6.2
General Electric Theater 1953

Frankie, Joan's maid

★ 6.3
My Hero 1952

Henrietta Sullivan

★ NR
Monsoon 1952

Katie

★ 4
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1952

Aunt Ellen

★ 5.9
The Ford Television Theatre 1952

Mabel

★ 7.3
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Elsie

★ 6.3
Fearless Fagan 1952

Mrs. Ardley

★ 4.6
The Big Trees 1952

Sister Blackburn

★ 5.6
Chevron Theatre 1952

★ 10
Dragnet 1951

★ 6.4
The Barefoot Mailman 1951

Miss Della (uncredited)

★ 4
The Sea Hornet 1951

Mrs. Drinkwater

★ 5
Angels in the Outfield 1951

Sister Veronica

★ 6.7
I Love Lucy 1951

Miss Hanna

★ 7.9
Here Comes the Groom 1951

Mrs. McGonigle

★ 5.2
On Moonlight Bay 1951

Miss Mary Stevens

★ 6.4
Goodbye, My Fancy 1951

Miss Birdshaw

★ 5.9
The Mating Season 1951

Annie

★ 6.5
Harriet Craig 1950

Lottie

★ 7.5
Lux Video Theatre 1950

★ 6.3
Edge of Doom 1950

Jeanette Moore

★ 5.9
Peggy 1950

Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

★ 4.7
The Gunfighter 1950

Mrs. Devlin

★ 7.3
Caged 1950

Emma Barber

★ 7.1
Captain China 1950

Miss Endicott

★ 5
Madame Bovary 1949

Félicité

★ 6.8
Mighty Joe Young 1949

Orphanage matron (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Little Women 1949

Sophie

★ 7.4
Rusty Saves a Life 1949

Miss Simmons

★ 7
A Woman's Secret 1949

Nurse who reads paper to Susan

★ 5.6
The Dark Past 1948

Agnes (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Strike It Rich 1948

Annie Harkins

★ NR
Fighting Father Dunne 1948

Colpeck's Secretary

★ 6
The Noose Hangs High 1948

Hilda - Maid (uncredited)

★ 6.8
I Remember Mama 1948

Aunt Trina

★ 7.1
The Judge Steps Out 1947

Mother at Party (uncredited)

★ 7
Forever Amber 1947

Marge

★ 6.1
Railroaded! 1947

Mrs. Wills (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Fabulous Joe 1947

Cathy, the Maid

★ 5.8
They Won't Believe Me 1947

★ 6.6
The Unfaithful 1947

Courtroom Spectator

★ 6
Living in a Big Way 1947

Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)

★ 5
The Long Night 1947

Observer in Crowd (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Born to Kill 1947

Maid (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Beat the Band 1947

Gertrude's Mother

★ 4
It's a Wonderful Life 1946

Ms. Davis (uncredited)

★ 8.3
The Locket 1946

Ginny (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Sister Kenny 1946

Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Crack-Up 1946

Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

★ 5.6
Lover Come Back 1946

Rita

★ 6.2
Bedlam 1946

Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Dark Corner 1946

Maid (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Truth About Murder 1946

Betty

★ 5
From This Day Forward 1946

Mother

★ 5.2
The Spiral Staircase 1946

Neighbour (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Cornered 1945

Swiss Maid (uncredited)

★ 6
The Broken Coin 1936

Bit Part (uncredited)

★ NR
Speed Limited 1935

Secretary

★ NR
Babes in Toyland 1934

Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Sons of the Desert 1933

Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

★ 7
Rafter Romance 1933

Telemarketer (uncredited)

★ 6.5