Ellen Corby
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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
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Vertigo (1958)
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Sabrina (1954)
as Miss McCardie
Shane (1953)
as Liz Torrey
Little Women (1949)
as Sophie
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
as Lily
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Soho Sal
The Gunfighter (1950)
as Mrs. Devlin
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Sister Veronica
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Madame Bovary (1949)
as Félicité
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Anna Miller
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Abigail
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
as Hazel Squires
Night Passage (1957)
as Mrs. Feeney
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Neva Tremaine
Caged (1950)
as Emma Barber
4 for Texas (1963)
as Widow
Bedlam (1946)
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Long Night (1947)
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
The Locket (1946)
as Ginny (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Gertrude
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
as Script Girl
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
as Neighbour (uncredited)
Sister Kenny (1946)
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Born to Kill (1947)
as Maid (uncredited)
The Vanquished (1953)
as Mrs. Barbour
Forever Amber (1947)
as Marge
Susan Slept Here (1954)
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Dark Past (1948)
as Agnes (uncredited)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
The Family Jewels (1965)
as Airline Passenger
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
I Remember Mama (1948)
as Aunt Trina
Illegal (1955)
as Miss Hinkel
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator
From This Day Forward (1946)
as Mother
The Strangler (1964)
as Mrs. Kroll
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
as Miss Mary Stevens
The Dark Corner (1946)
as Maid (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret (1949)
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Edge of Doom (1950)
as Jeanette Moore
The Big Trees (1952)
as Sister Blackburn
The Mating Season (1951)
as Annie
The Seventh Sin (1957)
as Sister Saint Joseph
Captain China (1950)
as Miss Endicott
A Fine Pair (1968)
as Maddy Walker
Crack-Up (1946)
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
All the Way Home (1981)
as Great-Gandmaw
The Caretakers (1963)
as Irene
All Mine to Give (1957)
as Mrs. Raiden
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Miss Birdshaw
A Tattered Web (1971)
as Mrs. Simmons
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
as First Townswoman
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
as Ma Floyd
Cornered (1945)
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
as Mrs. Croffman
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
as Singing Woman
The Truth About Murder (1946)
as Betty
Railroaded! (1947)
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
as Mrs. McGonigle
Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
Actor
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
as Esther Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
as Grandma Walton
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
as Miss Simmons
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
Lover Come Back (1946)
as Rita
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Miss Della (uncredited)
Harriet Craig (1950)
as Lottie
A Walton Easter (1997)
as Grandma Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
as Grandma Walton
Peggy (1950)
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
as Amelia Gravesend
Untamed Heiress (1954)
as Mrs. Flanny
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Cathy, the Maid
A Walton Wedding (1995)
as Grandma Walton
Macabre (1958)
as Miss Kushins
Cannon (1971)
as Teacher
God Is My Partner (1957)
as Mrs. Dalton
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
as Colpeck's Secretary
Fearless Fagan (1952)
as Mrs. Ardley
Saintly Sinners (1962)
as Mrs. McKenzie
The Sea Hornet (1951)
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
as Sarah Farrell
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain (1982)
as Esther Walton
Rafter Romance (1933)
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980)
Actor
Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)
as Aunt Emily
Strike It Rich (1948)
as Annie Harkins
As Young As We Are (1958)
as Nettie McPherson
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
as Mrs. Wellington
Monsoon (1952)
as Katie
Beat the Band (1947)
as Gertrude's Mother
The Broken Coin (1936)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Speed Limited (1935)
as Secretary