Ellen Corby
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1911
- Died
- April 14, 1999
- Birthplace
- Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Filmography
My Mom Jayne 2025
as archive footage
Mansfield 66/67 2017
Actor
A Walton Easter 1997
as Grandma Walton
A Walton Wedding 1995
as Grandma Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion 1993
as Grandma Walton
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain 1982
as Esther Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain 1982
as Grandma Walton
All the Way Home 1981
as Great-Gandmaw
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons 1980
Actor
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd 1974
as Ma Floyd
Napoleon and Samantha 1972
as Gertrude
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story 1971
as Esther Walton
A Tattered Web 1971
as Mrs. Simmons
Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971
as Abigail
Cannon 1971
as Teacher
A Fine Pair 1968
as Maddy Walker
The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968
as Script Girl
The Gnome-Mobile 1967
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat 1966
as Anna Miller
The Night of the Grizzly 1966
as Hazel Squires
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
as Neva Tremaine
The Family Jewels 1965
as Airline Passenger
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964
as Lily
The Strangler 1964
as Mrs. Kroll
4 for Texas 1963
as Widow
The Caretakers 1963
as Irene
Saintly Sinners 1962
as Mrs. McKenzie
Pocketful of Miracles 1961
as Soho Sal
Visit to a Small Planet 1960
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Tom, Dick and Harriet 1960
as Aunt Emily
Macabre 1958
as Miss Kushins
- As Young As We Are
As Young As We Are 1958
as Nettie McPherson
Vertigo 1958
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
All Mine to Give 1957
as Mrs. Raiden
Rockabilly Baby 1957
as Mrs. Wellington
Night Passage 1957
as Mrs. Feeney
God Is My Partner 1957
as Mrs. Dalton
The Seventh Sin 1957
as Sister Saint Joseph
Stagecoach to Fury 1956
as Sarah Farrell
Slightly Scarlet 1956
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Illegal 1955
as Miss Hinkel
Sabrina 1954
as Miss McCardie
About Mrs. Leslie 1954
as Mrs. Croffman
Susan Slept Here 1954
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters 1954
as Amelia Gravesend
Untamed Heiress 1954
as Mrs. Flanny
A Lion Is in the Streets 1953
as Singing Woman
The Vanquished 1953
as Mrs. Barbour
Shane 1953
as Liz Torrey
Woman They Almost Lynched 1953
as First Townswoman
Monsoon 1952
as Katie
Fearless Fagan 1952
as Mrs. Ardley
The Big Trees 1952
as Sister Blackburn
The Barefoot Mailman 1951
as Miss Della (uncredited)
The Sea Hornet 1951
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Angels in the Outfield 1951
as Sister Veronica
Here Comes the Groom 1951
as Mrs. McGonigle
On Moonlight Bay 1951
as Miss Mary Stevens
Goodbye, My Fancy 1951
as Miss Birdshaw
The Mating Season 1951
as Annie
Harriet Craig 1950
as Lottie
Edge of Doom 1950
as Jeanette Moore
Peggy 1950
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Gunfighter 1950
as Mrs. Devlin
Caged 1950
as Emma Barber
Captain China 1950
as Miss Endicott
Madame Bovary 1949
as Félicité
Mighty Joe Young 1949
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Little Women 1949
as Sophie
Rusty Saves a Life 1949
as Miss Simmons
A Woman's Secret 1949
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
The Dark Past 1948
as Agnes (uncredited)
Strike It Rich 1948
as Annie Harkins
Fighting Father Dunne 1948
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Noose Hangs High 1948
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
I Remember Mama 1948
as Aunt Trina
The Judge Steps Out 1947
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Forever Amber 1947
as Marge
Railroaded! 1947
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Fabulous Joe 1947
as Cathy, the Maid
Hoppy's Holiday 1947
Story
They Won't Believe Me 1947
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
The Unfaithful 1947
as Courtroom Spectator
Living in a Big Way 1947
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
The Long Night 1947
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Born to Kill 1947
as Maid (uncredited)
Beat the Band 1947
as Gertrude's Mother
The Locket 1946
as Ginny (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life 1946
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Sister Kenny 1946
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Crack-Up 1946
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Lover Come Back 1946
as Rita
Bedlam 1946
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Dark Corner 1946
as Maid (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder 1946
as Betty
From This Day Forward 1946
as Mother
The Spiral Staircase 1946
as Neighbour (uncredited)
Cornered 1945
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Twilight on the Trail 1941
Screenplay
- The Broken Coin
The Broken Coin 1936
as Bit Part (uncredited), Story
Speed Limited 1935
as Secretary
Babes in Toyland 1934
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert 1933
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Rafter Romance 1933
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.