Ellen Corby
ActingAlso Known As
Ellen Hansen, Ellen Hansen Corby
Biography
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.
Movies
(100 total)
Vertigo
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Sabrina
as Miss McCardie
Shane
as Liz Torrey
The Spiral Staircase
as Neighbour (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Little Women
as Sophie
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
Pocketful of Miracles
as Soho Sal
Babes in Toyland
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Neva Tremaine
Born to Kill
as Maid (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Abigail
Caged
as Emma Barber
Bedlam
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
The Family Jewels
as Airline Passenger
TV Shows
(135 total)
Batman
as Mrs. Green
Bonanza
as Lorna Doone Mayberry
Bonanza
as Cora Milford
The Addams Family
as Mother Lurch
Get Smart
as Agnes Davenport
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Maggie Ryan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marie McGurk
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Miss Samantha
I Love Lucy
as Miss Hanna
The Andy Griffith Show
as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
Hawaii Five-O
as Mrs. Feathertree
Perry Mason
as Old Lady Card Player
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Emma Poke
Night Gallery
as Miss Patience
The Waltons
as Esther Walton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as The Chief Nurse
Lassie
as Bess Wright
Lassie
as Amy Baker