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