Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress. She is most widely remembered for the role of "Grandma Esther Walton" on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama.

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Movies starring Ellen Corby (102)

Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
A Walton Easter (1997)

Grandma Walton

A Walton Wedding (1995)

Grandma Walton

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)

Grandma Walton

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain (1982)

Esther Walton

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)

Grandma Walton

All the Way Home (1981)

Great-Gandmaw

The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)

Ma Floyd

Napoleon and Samantha (1972)

Gertrude

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)

Esther Walton

A Tattered Web (1971)

Mrs. Simmons

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Abigail

Cannon (1971)

Teacher

A Fine Pair (1968)

Maddy Walker

The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

Script Girl

The Gnome-Mobile (1967)

Etta Pettibone (Uncredited)

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Anna Miller

The Night of the Grizzly (1966)

Hazel Squires

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

Neva Tremaine

The Family Jewels (1965)

Airline Passenger

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Lily

The Strangler (1964)

Mrs. Kroll

4 for Texas (1963)

Widow

The Caretakers (1963)

Irene

Saintly Sinners (1962)

Mrs. Mckenzie

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Soho Sal

Visit to a Small Planet (1960)

Mrs. Mabel Mayberry

Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)

Aunt Emily

Macabre (1958)

Miss Kushins

As Young As We Are (1958)

Nettie Mcpherson

Vertigo (1958)

Manager Of Mckittrick Hotel

All Mine to Give (1957)

Mrs. Raiden

Rockabilly Baby (1957)

Mrs. Wellington

Night Passage (1957)

Mrs. Feeney

God Is My Partner (1957)

Mrs. Dalton

The Seventh Sin (1957)

Sister Saint Joseph

Stagecoach To Fury (1956)

Sarah Farrell

Slightly Scarlet (1956)

Martha - June Lyons' Maid (Uncredited)

Illegal (1955)

Miss Hinkel

Sabrina (1954)

Miss Mccardie

About Mrs. Leslie (1954)

Mrs. Croffman

Susan Slept Here (1954)

Coffee Shop Waitress (Uncredited)

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

Amelia Gravesend

Untamed Heiress (1954)

Mrs. Flanny

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Singing Woman

The Vanquished (1953)

Mrs. Barbour

Shane (1953)

Liz Torrey

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)

First Townswoman

Monsoon (1952)

Katie

Fearless Fagan (1952)

Mrs. Ardley

The Big Trees (1952)

Sister Blackburn

The Barefoot Mailman (1951)

Miss Della (Uncredited)

The Sea Hornet (1951)

Mrs. Drinkwater

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Sister Veronica

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Mrs. Mcgonigle

On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Miss Mary Stevens

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

Miss Birdshaw

The Mating Season (1951)

Annie

Harriet Craig (1950)

Lottie

Edge of Doom (1950)

Jeanette Moore

Peggy (1950)

Mrs. Privet, The Librarian

The Gunfighter (1950)

Mrs. Devlin

Caged (1950)

Emma Barber

Captain China (1950)

Miss Endicott

Madame Bovary (1949)

Félicité

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Orphanage Matron (Uncredited)

Little Women (1949)

Sophie

Rusty Saves a Life (1949)

Miss Simmons

A Woman's Secret (1949)

Nurse Who Reads Paper To Susan

The Dark Past (1948)

Agnes (Uncredited)

Strike It Rich (1948)

Annie Harkins

Fighting Father Dunne (1948)

Colpeck's Secretary

The Noose Hangs High (1948)

Hilda - Maid (Uncredited)

I Remember Mama (1948)

Aunt Trina

The Judge Steps Out (1947)

Mother At Party (Uncredited)

Forever Amber (1947)

Marge

Railroaded! (1947)

Mrs. Wills (Uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

The Fabulous Joe (1947)

Cathy, The Maid

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Screaming Woman In Courtroom (Uncredited)

The Unfaithful (1947)

Courtroom Spectator

Living in a Big Way (1947)

Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (Uncredited)

The Long Night (1947)

Observer In Crowd (Uncredited)

Born to Kill (1947)

Maid (Uncredited)

Beat the Band (1947)

Gertrude's Mother

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Ms. Davis (Uncredited)

The Locket (1946)

Ginny (Uncredited)

Sister Kenny (1946)

Hospital Scrub Woman (Uncredited)

Crack-Up (1946)

Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)

Lover Come Back (1946)

Rita

Bedlam (1946)

Betty, Queen Of The Artichokes (Uncredited)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Maid (Uncredited)

The Truth About Murder (1946)

Betty

From This Day Forward (1946)

Mother

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Neighbour (Uncredited)

Cornered (1945)

Swiss Maid (Uncredited)

The Broken Coin (1936)

Bit Part (Uncredited)

Speed Limited (1935)

Secretary

Babes in Toyland (1934)

Townswoman At Tom-Tom's Trial (Uncredited)

Sons of the Desert (1933)

Partygoer At Table Next To Charley's (Uncredited)

Rafter Romance (1933)

Telemarketer (Uncredited)

Movies Made by Ellen Corby (3)

Hoppy's Holiday (1947)

Story

Twilight on the Trail (1941)

Screenplay

The Broken Coin (1936)

Story

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