Ellen Corby

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

The Andy Griffith Show

All Movies (102)

• Mansfield 66/672017
• A Walton Easter1997 · as Grandma Walton
• A Walton Wedding1995 · as Grandma Walton
• A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion1993 · as Grandma Walton
• A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain1982 · as Esther Walton
• A Wedding on Waltons Mountain1982 · as Grandma Walton
• All the Way Home1981 · as Great-Gandmaw
• The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons1980
• The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd1974 · as Ma Floyd
• Napoleon and Samantha1972 · as Gertrude
• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971 · as Esther Walton
• A Tattered Web1971 · as Mrs. Simmons
• Support Your Local Gunfighter1971 · as Abigail
• Cannon1971 · as Teacher
• A Fine Pair1968 · as Maddy Walker
• The Legend of Lylah Clare1968 · as Script Girl
• The Gnome-Mobile1967 · as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
• The Glass Bottom Boat1966 · as Anna Miller
• The Night of the Grizzly1966 · as Hazel Squires
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken1966 · as Neva Tremaine
• The Family Jewels1965 · as Airline Passenger
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964 · as Lily
• The Strangler1964 · as Mrs. Kroll
• 4 for Texas1963 · as Widow
• The Caretakers1963 · as Irene
• Saintly Sinners1962 · as Mrs. McKenzie
• Pocketful of Miracles1961 · as Soho Sal
• Visit to a Small Planet1960 · as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
• Tom, Dick and Harriet1960 · as Aunt Emily
• Macabre1958 · as Miss Kushins
• As Young As We Are1958 · as Nettie McPherson
• Vertigo1958 · as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
• All Mine to Give1957 · as Mrs. Raiden
• Rockabilly Baby1957 · as Mrs. Wellington
• Night Passage1957 · as Mrs. Feeney
• God Is My Partner1957 · as Mrs. Dalton
• The Seventh Sin1957 · as Sister Saint Joseph
• Stagecoach To Fury1956 · as Sarah Farrell
• Slightly Scarlet1956 · as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
• Illegal1955 · as Miss Hinkel
• Sabrina1954 · as Miss McCardie
• About Mrs. Leslie1954 · as Mrs. Croffman
• Susan Slept Here1954 · as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
• The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters1954 · as Amelia Gravesend
• Untamed Heiress1954 · as Mrs. Flanny
• A Lion Is in the Streets1953 · as Singing Woman
• The Vanquished1953 · as Mrs. Barbour
• Shane1953 · as Liz Torrey
• Woman They Almost Lynched1953 · as First Townswoman
• Monsoon1952 · as Katie
• Fearless Fagan1952 · as Mrs. Ardley
• The Big Trees1952 · as Sister Blackburn
• The Barefoot Mailman1951 · as Miss Della (uncredited)
• The Sea Hornet1951 · as Mrs. Drinkwater
• Angels in the Outfield1951 · as Sister Veronica
• Here Comes the Groom1951 · as Mrs. McGonigle
• On Moonlight Bay1951 · as Miss Mary Stevens
• Goodbye, My Fancy1951 · as Miss Birdshaw
• The Mating Season1951 · as Annie
• Harriet Craig1950 · as Lottie
• Edge of Doom1950 · as Jeanette Moore
• Peggy1950 · as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
• The Gunfighter1950 · as Mrs. Devlin
• Caged1950 · as Emma Barber
• Captain China1950 · as Miss Endicott
• Madame Bovary1949 · as Félicité
• Mighty Joe Young1949 · as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
• Little Women1949 · as Sophie
• Rusty Saves a Life1949 · as Miss Simmons
• A Woman's Secret1949 · as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
• The Dark Past1948 · as Agnes (uncredited)
• Strike It Rich1948 · as Annie Harkins
• Fighting Father Dunne1948 · as Colpeck's Secretary
• The Noose Hangs High1948 · as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
• I Remember Mama1948 · as Aunt Trina
• The Judge Steps Out1947 · as Mother at Party (uncredited)
• Forever Amber1947 · as Marge
• Railroaded!1947 · as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer1947 · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• The Fabulous Joe1947 · as Cathy, the Maid
• They Won't Believe Me1947 · as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
• The Unfaithful1947 · as Courtroom Spectator
• Living in a Big Way1947 · as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
• The Long Night1947 · as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
• Born to Kill1947 · as Maid (uncredited)
• Beat the Band1947 · as Gertrude's Mother
• It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
• The Locket1946 · as Ginny (uncredited)
• Sister Kenny1946 · as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
• Crack-Up1946 · as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
• Lover Come Back1946 · as Rita
• Bedlam1946 · as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
• The Dark Corner1946 · as Maid (uncredited)
• The Truth About Murder1946 · as Betty
• From This Day Forward1946 · as Mother
• The Spiral Staircase1946 · as Neighbour (uncredited)
• Cornered1945 · as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
• The Broken Coin1936 · as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Speed Limited1935 · as Secretary
• Babes in Toyland1934 · as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
• Sons of the Desert1933 · as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
• Rafter Romance1933 · as Telemarketer (uncredited)

All TV Shows (136)

• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The Waltons1972 · as Esther Walton
• The Partners1971
• Night Gallery1970 · as Miss Patience
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Florence
• Dan August1970 · as Agnes Oaks
• Nanny and the Professor1970 · as Mrs. Kaufman
• Love, American Style1969 · as The Little Old Lady
• Love, American Style1969 · as Granny Gambler
• The Bill Cosby Show1969 · as Mrs. Hilberman
• Lancer1968
• Adam-121968 · as Camille Gearhardt
• Adam-121968 · as Mrs. Cunningham
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Mrs. Feathertree
• The Outsider1968
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Mrs. Dilts
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967 · as Molly Cobb
• Ironside1967 · as Agnes Fairchild
• Rango1967
• The Invaders1967 · as Aunt Sara
• Mr. Terrific1967 · as Mrs. Walters
• CBS Playhouse1966
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as Madame Bloor
• Felony Squad1966
• Batman1966 · as Mrs. Green
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Mrs. Stone
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Mary Carmichael
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Elizabeth Page
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Aunt Florrie Buell
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Hannah Beecher
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Mrs. Anderson
• Get Smart1965 · as Agnes Davenport
• Honey West1965 · as 'Nellie Peedy'
• Laredo1965
• The Big Valley1965 · as Emmie Pearson
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies1965 · as Martha O'Reilly
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1964 · as Mother
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Hilda Brock
• The Baileys of Balboa1964
• The Addams Family1964 · as Mother Lurch
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Miss Purdy
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Charlotte
• The Farmer's Daughter1963
• The Fugitive1963 · as Mrs. Barlow
• The Fugitive1963 · as Mrs. Murdock
• Vacation Playhouse1963
• Going My Way1962
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Miss Tanner
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Woman in Park
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Emma Poke
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as The Chief Nurse
• The Virginian1962 · as Mrs. Clancy
• Saints and Sinners1962 · as Mrs. Healy
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Ben Casey1961
• Hazel1961 · as Miss Minnie
• Hazel1961 · as Minerva Anderson
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Ainsley Hallie
• 87th Precinct1961 · as Mrs. Brodek
• The Asphalt Jungle1961 · as Mrs. Peterson
• Surfside 61960 · as Addie Horton
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
• Thriller1960 · as Mrs. Peele
• The Tall Man1960 · as Hannah Blossom
• The Chevy Mystery Show1960 · as Maria
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Sister Julia
• The Rebel1959 · as Carrie Blyden
• Dennis the Menace1959 · as Miss Douglas
• Lock-Up1959
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Mrs. Walters
• Bonanza1959 · as Lorna Doone Mayberry
• Bonanza1959 · as Cora Milford
• Tightrope1959 · as Hazel Mason
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Martha Ward
• The Rifleman1958 · as Mrs. Avery
• The Rifleman1958 · as Mrs. Morgan
• The Texan1958 · as Katy Clayton
• The Donna Reed Show1958 · as Christine Moss
• Bronco1958 · as Emma Hardin
• Peter Gunn1958
• Trackdown1957 · as Henrietta Porter
• Trackdown1957 · as Henrietta
• Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Elvira Moss
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Ruth Purcell
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Emma Birch
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Mrs. Amy Morgan
• Perry Mason1957 · as Old Lady Card Player
• Wagon Train1957 · as Aunt Em
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Harriet Smith
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Miss Carter
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• Matinee Theater1955
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Minerva Comstock
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Maggie Ryan
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Marie McGurk
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Miss Samantha
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Emma
• Cheyenne1955 · as Hortense Durango
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Mrs. Jane McGill
• The Millionaire1955 · as Nancy Marlborough
• The Millionaire1955 · as Bedelia Buckley
• The Bob Cummings Show1955 · as Nurse
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954 · as Sally Benton
• Studio 571954
• Lassie1954 · as Pearlie Mae
• Lassie1954 · as Pearlie Mae Yochim
• Lassie1954 · as Bess Wright
• Lassie1954 · as Amy Baker
• Hey Mulligan1954 · as Martha
• The Whistler1954
• The Man Behind the Badge1953
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Jennie
• Revlon Mirror Theatre1953 · as Mrs. Logan
• Revlon Mirror Theatre1953 · as Clara
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Frankie, Joan's maid
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Ma Jericho
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Gracie Jordan
• My Hero1952 · as Henrietta Sullivan
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet1952 · as Aunt Ellen
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Mabel
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Elsie
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Martha - Maid
• Chevron Theatre1952
• Dragnet1951
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Miss Hanna
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Little Old Lady
• Lux Video Theatre1950
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Nurse
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Norah
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Aunt
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Lavinia Penniman
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Martha
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Harriet
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee