Ellen Corby
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, USA — Jun 03 1911• Died Apr 14 1999
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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.
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The Fugitive
Mrs. Barlow
Perry Mason
Old Lady Card Player
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mrs. Jane McGill
Bonanza
Lorna Doone Mayberry
The Waltons
Esther Walton
Wagon Train
Aunt Em
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Chief Nurse
Ironside
Agnes Fairchild
The Andy Griffith Show
Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
Batman
Mrs. Green
Get Smart
Agnes Davenport
Adam-12
Camille Gearhardt
Hawaii Five-O
Mrs. Feathertree
Love, American Style
The Little Old Lady
Lassie
Amy Baker
The Virginian
Mrs. Clancy
Dragnet
The Beverly Hillbillies
Emma Poke
I Love Lucy
Miss Hanna
Dr. Kildare
Ainsley Hallie
The Rifleman
Mrs. Avery
Matinee Theater
The F.B.I.
Mrs. Stone
The High Chaparral
Mrs. Dilts
Ben Casey
Cheyenne
Hortense Durango
Four Star Playhouse
Elsie
The Donna Reed Show
Christine Moss
Daniel Boone
Hilda Brock
The Lucy Show
Miss Tanner
The Big Valley
Emmie Pearson
The Invaders
Aunt Sara
Dinah!
Self
The Odd Couple
Florence
Night Gallery
Miss Patience
77 Sunset Strip
Martha Ward
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Maggie Ryan
Adventures in Paradise
Sister Julia
The Ford Television Theatre
Mabel
Trackdown
Henrietta Porter
Peter Gunn
Felony Squad
The Addams Family
Mother Lurch
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Mother
Thriller
Mrs. Peele
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Minerva Comstock
Surfside 6
Addie Horton
The Texan
Katy Clayton
Bronco
Laredo
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Aunt Ellen
Dennis the Menace
Miss Douglas
Alcoa Theatre
Elvira Moss
Studio 57
Lancer
Tightrope
Hazel Mason
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Harriet Smith
The Tall Man
Hannah Blossom
Lock-Up
Hazel
Miss Minnie
Honey West
'Nellie Peedy'
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Mrs. Walters
The Millionaire
Nancy Marlborough
The Rebel
Carrie Blyden
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Molly Cobb
Nanny and the Professor
Mrs. Kaufman
The Farmer's Daughter
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Hilberman
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Martha O'Reilly
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Bloor
Lux Video Theatre
The Restless Gun
Ruth Purcell
It's a Wonderful Life
Ms. Davis (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Outsider
87th Precinct
Mrs. Brodek
The Chevy Mystery Show
Maria
Dan August
Agnes Oaks
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Sally Benton
The Dark Past
Agnes (uncredited)
Going My Way
Letter to Loretta
Jennie
The Wonderful World of Disney
Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
The Man Behind the Badge
The Whistler
The Partners
Rango
Vacation Playhouse
Mr. Terrific
Mrs. Walters
Chevron Theatre
Saints and Sinners
Mrs. Healy
Vertigo
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
The Asphalt Jungle
Mrs. Peterson
Sabrina
Miss McCardie
The Bob Cummings Show
Nurse
Angels in the Outfield
Sister Veronica
Shane
Liz Torrey
The Baileys of Balboa
General Electric Theater
Frankie, Joan's maid
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Mrs. Logan
Pocketful of Miracles
Soho Sal
The Gunfighter
Mrs. Devlin
Mighty Joe Young
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Hey Mulligan
Martha
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Lily
The Long Night
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Neva Tremaine
Little Women
Sophie
The Unfaithful
Courtroom Spectator
My Hero
Henrietta Sullivan
Caged
Emma Barber
Illegal
Miss Hinkel
Bedlam
Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
The Night of the Grizzly
Hazel Squires
Sister Kenny
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
The Locket
Ginny (uncredited)
Cornered
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Forever Amber
Marge
The Judge Steps Out
Mother at Party (uncredited)
Susan Slept Here
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
Cannon
Teacher
A Woman's Secret
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
The Big Trees
Sister Blackburn
Slightly Scarlet
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Twilight on the Trail
Writing
Born to Kill
Maid (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
Maid (uncredited)
Madame Bovary
Félicité
Napoleon and Samantha
Gertrude
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Captain China
Miss Endicott
Night Passage
Mrs. Feeney
From This Day Forward
Mother
Babes in Toyland
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
Miss Mary Stevens
A Tattered Web
Mrs. Simmons
Peggy
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Stagecoach To Fury
Sarah Farrell
The Glass Bottom Boat
Anna Miller
Edge of Doom
Jeanette Moore
Railroaded!
Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Harriet Craig
Lottie
4 for Texas
Widow
I Remember Mama
Aunt Trina
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Script Girl
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Abigail
All the Way Home
Great-Gandmaw
Lover Come Back
Rita
Goodbye, My Fancy
Miss Birdshaw
A Lion Is in the Streets
Singing Woman
Monsoon
Katie
The Spiral Staircase
Neighbour (uncredited)
A Fine Pair
Maddy Walker
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Grandma Walton
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Esther Walton
The Caretakers
Irene
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Ma Floyd
Macabre
Miss Kushins
The Family Jewels
Airline Passenger
The Sea Hornet
Mrs. Drinkwater
A Walton Easter
Grandma Walton
Fearless Fagan
Mrs. Ardley
A Walton Wedding
Grandma Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Grandma Walton
Here Comes the Groom
Mrs. McGonigle
The Noose Hangs High
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Esther Walton
The Mating Season
Annie
Sons of the Desert
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Croffman
Woman They Almost Lynched
First Townswoman
Untamed Heiress
Mrs. Flanny
Living in a Big Way
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
All Mine to Give
Mrs. Raiden
Rafter Romance
Telemarketer (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Amelia Gravesend
They Won't Believe Me
Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
Visit to a Small Planet
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
The Seventh Sin
Sister Saint Joseph
The Barefoot Mailman
Miss Della (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life
Miss Simmons
The Strangler
Mrs. Kroll
Rockabilly Baby
Mrs. Wellington
The Fabulous Joe
Cathy, the Maid
Hoppy's Holiday
Writing
God Is My Partner
Mrs. Dalton
Strike It Rich
Annie Harkins
The Truth About Murder
Betty
Beat the Band
Gertrude's Mother
The Vanquished
Mrs. Barbour
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Aunt Emily
As Young As We Are
Nettie McPherson
Fighting Father Dunne
Colpeck's Secretary
Saintly Sinners
Mrs. McKenzie
Speed Limited
Secretary
The Broken Coin
Bit Part (uncredited)