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
Vertigo (1958)
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Sabrina (1954)
as Miss McCardie
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Sister Veronica
My Mom Jayne (2025)
as archive footage
Shane (1953)
as Liz Torrey
Little Women (1949)
as Sophie
Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
Actor
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Neva Tremaine
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
as Lily
A Walton Easter (1997)
as Grandma Walton
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Abigail
Susan Slept Here (1954)
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Soho Sal
Night Passage (1957)
as Mrs. Feeney
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Anna Miller
The Family Jewels (1965)
as Airline Passenger
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
as Hazel Squires
The Gunfighter (1950)
as Mrs. Devlin
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
as Neighbour (uncredited)
Caged (1950)
as Emma Barber
Madame Bovary (1949)
as Félicité
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Gertrude
God Is My Partner (1957)
as Mrs. Dalton
4 for Texas (1963)
as Widow
Sister Kenny (1946)
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Bedlam (1946)
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret (1949)
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Forever Amber (1947)
as Marge
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Sons of the Desert (1933)
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
The Dark Past (1948)
as Agnes (uncredited)
The Locket (1946)
as Ginny (uncredited)
All Mine to Give (1957)
as Mrs. Raiden
The Long Night (1947)
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
as Miss Mary Stevens
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
as Script Girl
Illegal (1955)
as Miss Hinkel
The Big Trees (1952)
as Sister Blackburn
The Vanquished (1953)
as Mrs. Barbour
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
The Dark Corner (1946)
as Maid (uncredited)
I Remember Mama (1948)
as Aunt Trina
Macabre (1958)
as Miss Kushins
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
as Mrs. McGonigle
From This Day Forward (1946)
as Mother
A Walton Wedding (1995)
as Grandma Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
as Grandma Walton
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
as Miss Simmons
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
as First Townswoman
A Fine Pair (1968)
as Maddy Walker
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
as Esther Walton
Peggy (1950)
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Edge of Doom (1950)
as Jeanette Moore
Cornered (1945)
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Born to Kill (1947)
as Maid (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
The Mating Season (1951)
as Annie
The Truth About Murder (1946)
as Betty
Crack-Up (1946)
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
as Ma Floyd
Captain China (1950)
as Miss Endicott
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
as Singing Woman
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Miss Birdshaw
Railroaded! (1947)
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
as Amelia Gravesend
Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)
as Aunt Emily
The Sea Hornet (1951)
as Mrs. Drinkwater
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
The Seventh Sin (1957)
as Sister Saint Joseph
The Strangler (1964)
as Mrs. Kroll
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
as Grandma Walton
Strike It Rich (1948)
as Annie Harkins
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Cathy, the Maid
A Tattered Web (1971)
as Mrs. Simmons
All the Way Home (1981)
as Great-Gandmaw
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
as Mrs. Croffman
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980)
Actor
Harriet Craig (1950)
as Lottie
Cannon (1971)
as Teacher
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain (1982)
as Esther Walton
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
as Colpeck's Secretary
As Young As We Are (1958)
as Nettie McPherson
Stagecoach to Fury (1956)
as Sarah Farrell
Fearless Fagan (1952)
as Mrs. Ardley
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
as Mrs. Wellington
Untamed Heiress (1954)
as Mrs. Flanny
Triggers In Leash (1955)
as Maggie Ryan
Lover Come Back (1946)
as Rita
Beat the Band (1947)
as Gertrude's Mother
The Broken Coin (1936)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Caretakers (1963)
as Irene
Rafter Romance (1933)
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
Monsoon (1952)
as Katie
Speed Limited (1935)
as Secretary
Saintly Sinners (1962)
as Mrs. McKenzie
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Miss Della (uncredited)