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Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

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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Born

Jun 03, 1911

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Died

Apr 14, 1999

Known For

Acting

Movies

103 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.2

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 • as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
★ 8.3
Vertigo
Vertigo
1958 • as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
★ 8.1
Sabrina
Sabrina
1954 • as Miss McCardie
★ 7.5
Shane
Shane
1953 • as Liz Torrey
★ 7.3
Little Women
Little Women
1949 • as Sophie
★ 7.4
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
★ 7.3
My Mom Jayne
My Mom Jayne
2025 • as archive footage
★ 8.0
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield
1951 • as Sister Veronica
★ 7.0
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 • as Soho Sal
★ 7.3
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young
1949 • as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter
1950 • as Mrs. Devlin
★ 7.4
Support Your Local Gunfighter
★ 6.6
Slightly Scarlet
Slightly Scarlet
1956 • as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert
1933 • as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 • as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 • as Neva Tremaine
★ 6.7
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
1934 • as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Gnome-Mobile
The Gnome-Mobile
1967 • as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase
1946 • as Neighbour (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Glass Bottom Boat
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 • as Anna Miller
★ 6.3
Forever Amber
Forever Amber
1947 • as Marge
★ 6.1
Caged
Caged
1950 • as Emma Barber
★ 7.1
The Night of the Grizzly
The Night of the Grizzly
1966 • as Hazel Squires
★ 6.0
The Long Night
The Long Night
1947 • as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Night Passage
Night Passage
1957 • as Mrs. Feeney
★ 6.4
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
1949 • as Félicité
★ 6.7
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 • as Esther Walton
★ 7.4
Susan Slept Here
Susan Slept Here
1954 • as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
★ 6.1
4 for Texas
4 for Texas
1963 • as Widow
★ 5.2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 • as Script Girl
★ 6.0
Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet
1960 • as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
★ 5.3
The Noose Hangs High
The Noose Hangs High
1948 • as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Cornered
Cornered
1945 • as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
★ 6.2
God Is My Partner
God Is My Partner
1957 • as Mrs. Dalton
★ 7.5
They Won't Believe Me
They Won't Believe Me
1947 • as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
★ 6.6
The Judge Steps Out
The Judge Steps Out
1947 • as Mother at Party (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Here Comes the Groom
Here Comes the Groom
1951 • as Mrs. McGonigle
★ 5.4
A Fine Pair
A Fine Pair
1968 • as Maddy Walker
★ 4.5
The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner
1946 • as Maid (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Born to Kill
Born to Kill
1947 • as Maid (uncredited)
★ 6.7
A Woman's Secret
A Woman's Secret
1949 • as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
★ 5.6
The Locket
The Locket
1946 • as Ginny (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Bedlam
Bedlam
1946 • as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
★ 6.7
I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama
1948 • as Aunt Trina
★ 7.2
All Mine to Give
All Mine to Give
1957 • as Mrs. Raiden
★ 6.3
The Family Jewels
The Family Jewels
1965 • as Airline Passenger
★ 6.5
Sister Kenny
Sister Kenny
1946 • as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
★ 6.9
On Moonlight Bay
On Moonlight Bay
1951 • as Miss Mary Stevens
★ 6.5
Napoleon and Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha
1972 • as Gertrude
★ 6.2
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom
1950 • as Jeanette Moore
★ 6.1
The Unfaithful
The Unfaithful
1947 • as Courtroom Spectator
★ 5.9
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 • as First Townswoman
★ 6.6
Illegal
Illegal
1955 • as Miss Hinkel
★ 6.5
The Truth About Murder
The Truth About Murder
1946 • as Betty
★ 5.0
From This Day Forward
From This Day Forward
1946 • as Mother
★ 5.4
Cannon
Cannon
1971 • as Teacher
★ 5.0
The Big Trees
The Big Trees
1952 • as Sister Blackburn
★ 5.6
Macabre
Macabre
1958 • as Miss Kushins
★ 6.0
A Lion Is in the Streets
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 • as Singing Woman
★ 5.4
The Dark Past
The Dark Past
1948 • as Agnes (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Peggy
Peggy
1950 • as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
★ 6.0
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 • as Aunt Emily
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954 • as Amelia Gravesend
★ 5.4
The Vanquished
The Vanquished
1953 • as Mrs. Barbour
★ 4.9
Goodbye, My Fancy
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 • as Miss Birdshaw
★ 6.4
The Seventh Sin
The Seventh Sin
1957 • as Sister Saint Joseph
★ 5.4
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982 • as Grandma Walton
★ 5.0
The Fabulous Joe
The Fabulous Joe
1947 • as Cathy, the Maid
★ 5.5
Harriet Craig
Harriet Craig
1950 • as Lottie
★ 7.5
All the Way Home
All the Way Home
1981 • as Great-Gandmaw
★ 7.0
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1946 • as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
★ 5.8
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 • as Grandma Walton
★ 7.3
Living in a Big Way
Living in a Big Way
1947 • as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Strangler
The Strangler
1964 • as Mrs. Kroll
★ 6.4
A Tattered Web
A Tattered Web
1971 • as Mrs. Simmons
★ 5.6
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974 • as Ma Floyd
★ 5.0
Captain China
Captain China
1950 • as Miss Endicott
★ 5.5
The Sea Hornet
The Sea Hornet
1951 • as Mrs. Drinkwater
★ 6.0
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982 • as Esther Walton
★ 5.0
A Walton Wedding
A Walton Wedding
1995 • as Grandma Walton
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 • as Colpeck's Secretary
★ 7.5
Mansfield 66/67
★ 5.2
Fearless Fagan
Fearless Fagan
1952 • as Mrs. Ardley
★ 5.2
About Mrs. Leslie
About Mrs. Leslie
1954 • as Mrs. Croffman
★ 7.4
The Mating Season
The Mating Season
1951 • as Annie
★ 6.5
movie
As Young As We Are
1958 • as Nettie McPherson
★ 7.5
The Caretakers
The Caretakers
1963 • as Irene
★ 6.4
Rusty Saves a Life
Rusty Saves a Life
1949 • as Miss Simmons
★ 7.0
A Walton Easter
A Walton Easter
1997 • as Grandma Walton
★ 7.3
Rockabilly Baby
Rockabilly Baby
1957 • as Mrs. Wellington
★ 6.3
Beat the Band
Beat the Band
1947 • as Gertrude's Mother
★ 5.5
Strike It Rich
Strike It Rich
1948 • as Annie Harkins
★ 8.0
Untamed Heiress
Untamed Heiress
1954 • as Mrs. Flanny
★ 6.5
Saintly Sinners
Saintly Sinners
1962 • as Mrs. McKenzie
★ 5.3
Railroaded!
Railroaded!
1947 • as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Barefoot Mailman
The Barefoot Mailman
1951 • as Miss Della (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back
1946 • as Rita
★ 7.1
Rafter Romance
Rafter Romance
1933 • as Telemarketer (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Stagecoach to Fury
Stagecoach to Fury
1956 • as Sarah Farrell
★ 5.4
Monsoon
Monsoon
1952 • as Katie
★ 6.5
movie
The Broken Coin
1936 • as Bit Part (uncredited)
★ 9.0
Speed Limited
Speed Limited
1935 • as Secretary
★ 8.0