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Ellen Corby

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Ellen Corby

Born
Died
(aged 87)
Birthplace
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Credits
209 titles

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).

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Acting credits 207

YearTitleRole
2017 Mansfield 66/67 Film
1997 A Walton Easter Film Grandma Walton
1995 A Walton Wedding Film Grandma Walton
1993 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion Film Grandma Walton
1982 A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain Film Esther Walton
1982 A Wedding on Waltons Mountain Film Grandma Walton
1981 All the Way Home Film Great-Gandmaw
1980 The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons Film
1974 Dinah! TV Self (8 ep)
1974 The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd Film Ma Floyd
1972 The Waltons TV Esther Walton (143 ep)
1972 Napoleon and Samantha Film Gertrude
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Film Esther Walton
1971 A Tattered Web Film Mrs. Simmons
1971 The Partners TV (1 ep)
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter Film Abigail
1971 Cannon Film Teacher
1970 Night Gallery TV Miss Patience (1 ep)
1970 The Odd Couple TV Florence (1 ep)
1970 Dan August TV Agnes Oaks (1 ep)
1970 Nanny and the Professor TV Mrs. Kaufman (1 ep)
1969 Love, American Style TV The Little Old Lady, Granny Gambler (1 ep)
1969 The Bill Cosby Show TV Mrs. Hilberman (1 ep)
1969 Hawaii Five-O TV Mrs. Feathertree (1 ep)
1968 A Fine Pair Film Maddy Walker
1968 Lancer TV (1 ep)
1968 Adam-12 TV Camille Gearhardt, Mrs. Cunningham (1 ep)
1968 The Outsider TV (1 ep)
1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare Film Script Girl
1967 The High Chaparral TV Mrs. Dilts (1 ep)
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett TV Molly Cobb (1 ep)
1967 Judd, for the Defense TV Prison matron (1 ep)
1967 The Gnome-Mobile Film Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
1967 Ironside TV Agnes Fairchild (1 ep)
1967 Rango TV (1 ep)
1967 The Invaders TV Aunt Sara (1 ep)
1967 Mr. Terrific TV Mrs. Walters (1 ep)
1966 CBS Playhouse TV (1 ep)
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. TV Madame Bloor (1 ep)
1966 Felony Squad TV (1 ep)
1966 The Glass Bottom Boat Film Anna Miller
1966 The Night of the Grizzly Film Hazel Squires
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Film Neva Tremaine
1966 Batman TV Mrs. Green (1 ep)
1965 The F.B.I. TV Mrs. Stone, Elizabeth Page, Mary Carmichael, Hannah Beecher, Aunt Florrie Buell, Mrs. Anderson (1 ep)
1965 Get Smart TV Agnes Davenport (1 ep)
1965 Honey West TV 'Nellie Peedy' (1 ep)
1965 Laredo TV (1 ep)
1965 The Big Valley TV Emmie Pearson (1 ep)
1965 Please Don't Eat the Daisies TV Martha O'Reilly (2 ep)
1965 The Family Jewels Film Airline Passenger
1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Film Lily
1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV Mother (2 ep)
1964 Daniel Boone TV Hilda Brock (1 ep)
1964 The Baileys of Balboa TV Miss Engeldorf (1 ep)
1964 The Addams Family TV Mother Lurch (1 ep)
1964 The Strangler Film Mrs. Kroll
1963 4 for Texas Film Widow
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV Miss Purdy, Charlotte (1 ep)
1963 The Farmer's Daughter TV (1 ep)

Crew credits 4

YearTitleJob
1972 The Waltons TV Story (2 ep)
1947 Hoppy's Holiday Film Story
1941 Twilight on the Trail Film Screenplay
1936 The Broken Coin Film Story
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