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Ellen Corby

Born Ellen Hansen, Ellen Corby was an American actress and screenwriter, and was a fixture of The Waltons as grandma Esther Walton.

English
  • Born In Racine, Wisconsin, USA
  • Born June 3, 1911
  • Died April 14, 1999
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Vertigo

1958
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Sabrina

1954
as Miss McCardie

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951
as Miss Birdshaw

Here Comes the Groom

1951
as Mrs. McGonigle

The Waltons

1972
as Esther Walton

Angels in the Outfield

1951
as Sister Veronica

Night Passage

1957
as Mrs. Feeney

Cuban Pete

1946
as Screaming Patient

Captain China

1950
as Miss Endicott

Madame Bovary

1949
as Félicité

Rockabilly Baby

1957
as Mrs. Wellington

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims

1968
as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office

As Young As We Are

1958
as Nettie McPherson

The Big Trees

1952
as Sister Blackburn

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

1966
as Neva Tremaine

Twisted Rails

1934
as Undetermined role

Illegal

1955
as Miss Hinkel

Saintly Sinners

1962
as Mrs. McKenzie

The Seventh Sin

1957
as Sister Saint Joseph

The Judge Steps Out

1947
as Mother at Birthday Party

On Moonlight Bay

1951
as Miss Mary Stevens

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953
as Singing Woman

The Night of the Grizzly

1966
as Hazel Squires

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953
as First Townswoman

Stagecoach To Fury

1956
as Sarah Farrell

Peggy

1950
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

All Mine to Give

1957
as Mrs. Raiden

Sons of the Desert

1933
as Dress Person at Table Next to Chase's

Strike It Rich

1948
as Annie Harkins

The Strangler

1964
as Mrs. Kroll

Macabre

1958
as Miss Kushins

The Glass Bottom Boat

1966
as Anna Miller

Bedlam

1946
as Queen of the Artichokes

The Fabulous Joe

1947
as Cathy, the Maid

Little Women

1949
as Sophie - Mrs Kirke's maid

Mighty Joe Young

1949
as Orphanage matron

God Is My Partner

1957
as Mrs. Dalton

I Remember Mama

1948
as Aunt Trina

A Walton Wedding

1995
as Grandma

A Walton Easter

1997
as Grandma

Edge of Doom

1950
as Mrs. Jeanette Moore

Fighting Father Dunne

1948
as Colpeck's Secretary

4 for Texas

1963
as Widow

A Fine Pair

1968
as Mrs. Walker

Rusty Saves a Life

1949
as Miss Simmons

Shane

1953
as Liz Torrey

A Decade of the Waltons

1980
as Esther Walton

The Gunfighter

1950
as Mrs. Devlin

The Family Jewels

1965
as Airline Passenger

Caged

1950
as Emma Barber

Forever Amber

1947
as Marge

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964
as Lily, a Town Gossip

All the Way Home

1981
as Great-Gandmaw

Speed Limited

1935
as Secretary

Harriet Craig

1950
as Lottie

A Woman's Secret

1949
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Sister Kenny

1946
as Hospital Scrub Woman

About Mrs. Leslie

1954
as Mrs. Croffman

Untamed Heiress

1954
as Mrs. Flanny

The Sea Hornet

1951
as Mrs. Drinkwater

Writer

Movie Hoppy's Holiday 1947
Movie Twilight on the Trail 1941

Guest Star

Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Party Line
1960
Episode Peter Gunn
Love Me to Death
1959
Episode I Love Lucy
Lucy Meets Orson Welles
1956
Episode Daniel Boone
The Hostages
1965
Episode The Fugitive
The Sharp Edge of Chivalry
1966
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Barney's First Car
1963
Episode The F.B.I.
The Butcher
1968
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Case of the Marine Bandit
1964
Episode The Fugitive
Stroke of Genius
1966
Episode The Odd Couple
Trapped
1971
Episode The F.B.I.
The Forests of the Night
1966
Episode The June Allyson Show
The Girl
1959
Episode The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Stagecoach Sally
1957
Episode Night Gallery
Fright Night
1972
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Toby
1956
Episode The Restless Gun
The Suffragette
1958
Episode The Addams Family
Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
1965
Episode The Felony Squad
Nightmare On A Dead-End Street
1968
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Short Voyage Home
1969
Episode Wagon Train
Wagons Ho!
1960
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jonathan Winters, Ellen Corby, Ed Bluestone, Bud Greenspan
1976
Episode The Rebel
To See the Elephant
1960
Episode The F.B.I.
The Nightmare
1968
Episode 77 Sunset Strip
In Memoriam
1959
Episode Dragnet (1951)
The Big Ham
1954
Episode Your Jeweler's Showcase
Operation: E.S.P.
1952
Episode The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Shootin' Woman
1957
Episode The Texan
The Lord Will Provide
1958
Episode Nanny and the Professor
I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree
1970
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager
1959
Episode Cannon
Pilot
1971
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bull in a China Shop
1958
Episode Batman
The Joker's Flying Saucer
1968
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born
1968
Episode The Adventures of Jim Bowie
A Fortune for Madame
1957
Episode Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Space Society
1958
Episode The F.B.I.
The Satellite
1967
Episode The Rifleman
The High Country
1961
Episode Dennis the Menace
Dennis and the Radio Set
1960
Episode Saints and Sinners
The Year Joan Crawford Won the Oscar
1963
Episode Lock-Up
Change of Heart
1959
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Consider Her Ways
1964
Episode The Restless Gun
A Trial for Jenny May
1959
Episode The Rifleman
The Spoiler
1960
Episode The Restless Gun
The Crisis at Easter Creek
1958
Episode Lock-Up
Concrete Coffin
1960
Episode Saints and Sinners
A Taste of Evil
1962
Episode Ironside
Why the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Met on Thursday
1969
Episode Get Smart
Dear Diary
1966
Episode Dragnet (1951)
The Big Will
1953
Episode Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Marked for Murder
1959
Episode Wagon Train
The Greenhorn Story
1959
Episode Cheyenne
The Durango Brothers
1962
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Triggers in Leash
1955
Episode The F.B.I.
Collision Course
1966
Episode The Invaders
Beachhead
1967
Episode The Guns of Will Sonnett
Pariah
1968
Episode Destry
Blood Brother-In-Law
1964
Episode Bronco
The Turning Point
1958
Episode The Tall Man
The Reluctant Bridegroom
1961