Ellen Corby
Actor, Writer
June 3, 1911 — April 14, 1999 (87 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 1997 | A Walton Easter · as Grandma Walton |
| 1995 | A Walton Wedding · as Grandma Walton |
| 1993 | A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion · as Grandma Walton |
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy · as Dress Person (1986)On Plex |
| 1982 | A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain · as Esther Walton |
| 1982 | The Mississippi · as Cora |
| 1982 | A Wedding on Walton's Mountain · as Grandma Walton |
| 1981 | All the Way Home · as Great-Gandmaw |
| 1980 | The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons · as Esther Walton |
| 1974 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd · as Ma Floyd |
| 1973 | Tenafly · as Leslie Storm |
| 1972 | The Waltons · as Esther Walton |
| 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha · as Gertrude |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story · as Esther Walton |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web · as Mrs. Simmons |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | The D.A. (1971) · as Dottie Casson |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter · as AbigailOn Plex |
| 1971 | Cannon · as Teacher |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple · as Florence |
| 1970 | Dan August · as Agnes Oaks |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor · as Mrs. Kaufman |
| 1969 | Night Gallery · as Miss Patience |
| 1969 | Love, American Style · as Granny Gambler |
| 1969 | Bracken's World · as Mrs. Hopkins |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show · as Mrs. Hilberman |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket · as Old Woman |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare · as Script Girl |
| 1968 | A Fine Pair · as Maddy Walker |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Adam-12 · as Mrs. Cunningham |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O · as Mrs. Feathertree |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Accidental Family · as Cast |
| 1967 | Ironside · as Agnes Fairchild |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral · as Mrs. Dilts |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense · as Prison Matron |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett · as Molly Cobb |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile · as Etta Pettibone (uncredited) |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse · as Cast |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | The Invaders · as Aunt Sara |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific · as Mrs. Walters |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. · as Madame Bloor |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Pruitts of Southampton · as Grandma |
| 1966 | The Glass Bottom Boat · as Anna Miller |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly · as Hazel Squires |
| 1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken · as Neva Tremaine |
| 1966 | Batman (1966) · as Mrs. Green |
| 1965 | The Family Jewels · as Airline Passenger |
| 1965 | Get Smart · as Agnes Davenport |
| 1965 | Tammy · as Florabelle |
| 1965 | Honey West · as 'nellie Peedy' |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. · as Mrs. Anderson |
| 1965 | The Big Valley · as Emmie Pearson |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies · as Martha O'reilly |
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte · as Lily |
| 1964 | My Living Doll · as Elderly Lady |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · as Mother |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone · as Hilda Brock |
| 1964 | The Addams Family · as Mother Lurch |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day · as Landlady |
| 1964 | The Strangler · as Mrs. Kroll |
| 1964 | Destry · as Granny Jellico |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Widow |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre · as Miss Purdy |
| 1963 | The Littlest Hobo (1963) · as Ada |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Channing · as Ruth Wilson |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Mrs. Murdock |
| 1963 | The Caretakers · as Irene |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show · as Woman In ParkOn Plex |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies · as Emma PokeOn Plex |
| 1962 | McKeever and the Colonel · as Mrs. Blackwell |
| 1962 | Fair Exchange · as Maude Murphy |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · as The Chief Nurse |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Mrs. Clancy |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners · as Mrs. Healy |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners · as Mrs. Mckenzie |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles · as Soho Sal |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus · as Abby |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare · as Ainsley Hallie |
| 1961 | Hazel · as Miss Minnie |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show · as Emma |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct · as Mrs. Brodek |
| 1961 | The Joey Bishop Show · as Judge |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun · as Annabelle Witherspoon |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle · as Mrs. Peterson |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's · as Mrs. Taggart |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show · as Cast |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show · as Myrt 'hubcaps' Lesh |
| 1960 | SurfSide 6 · as Addie Horton |
| 1960 | The Tab Hunter Show · as John's Mother |
| 1960 | Thriller · as Mrs. Peele |
| 1960 | The Tall Man · as Hannah Blossom |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show · as Maria |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet · as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise · as Sister Julia |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace · as Miss DouglasOn Plex |
| 1959 | The Rebel · as Carrie BlydenOn Plex |
| 1959 | The Betty Hutton Show · as Mrs. Bleeker |
| 1959 | Hennesey · as Miss Cosgrove |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show · as Mrs. Walters |
| 1959 | Laramie · as Hortense Cotter |
| 1959 | Bonanza · as Lorna Doone MayberryOn Plex |
| 1959 | Tightrope · as Hazel Mason |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip · as Martha Ward |
| 1958 | Macabre · as Miss KushinsOn Plex |
| 1958 | The Rifleman · as Mrs. MorganOn Plex |
| 1958 | The Texan · as Katy Clayton |
| 1958 | Union Pacific · as Cast |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show · as Christine Moss |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 · as Mrs. Kimbrough |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | As Young as We Are · as Nettie Mcpherson |
| 1958 | Vertigo · as Manager Of Mckittrick Hotel |
| 1957 | All Mine to Give · as Mrs. Raiden |
| 1957 | Rockabilly Baby · as Mrs. Wellington |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre · as Elvira Moss |
| 1957 | Trackdown · as Henrietta Porter |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun · as Ruth Purcell |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Old Lady Card Player |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Aunt Em |
| 1957 | Night Passage · as Mrs. Feeney |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner · as Mrs. Dalton |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin · as Sister Saint Joseph |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo · as Kate Wiggam |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse · as Ellen Cuyler |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve · as Fan |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective · as Miss Carter |
| 1956 | Stagecoach to Fury · as Sarah Farrell |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim BowieOn Plex |
| 1956 | Telephone Time · as Mrs. O'shea |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet · as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Illegal · as Miss HinkelOn Plex |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | The People's Choice · as Flora JordanOn Plex |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour · as Minerva Comstock |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Miss Samantha |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial · as Isabelle |
| 1955 | Cheyenne · as Hortense DurangoOn Plex |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · as Mrs. Jane McgillOn Plex |
| 1955 | Stage 7 · as Old Lady |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as Nancy Marlborough |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story · as Cast |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show · as Nurse |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Woman At Burton Ridge Land Office |
| 1954 | Susan Slept Here · as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin · as Sally Benton |
| 1954 | Climax! · as Mamie Steel |
| 1954 | The Lineup · as Cast |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Sabrina · as Miss Mccardie |
| 1954 | Lassie · as Pearlie Mae |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show · as Martha |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie · as Mrs. Croffman |
| 1954 | The Whistler · as Mary Ellen Fenway |
| 1954 | The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters · as Amelia Gravesend |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse · as Cast |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets · as Singing Woman |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show · as Jennie |
| 1953 | Meet Mr. McNutley · as Cast |
| 1953 | Shane · as Liz Torrey |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater · as Clara |
| 1953 | The Vanquished · as Mrs. Barbour |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched · as First TownswomanOn Plex |
| 1953 | You Are There · as Mrs. Mary Surratt |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Frankie, Joan's Maid |
| 1952 | My Hero (1952) · as Henrietta Sullivan |
| 1952 | Monsoon · as Katie |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet · as Aunt EllenOn Plex |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Mabel |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America · as Cast |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse · as ElsieOn Plex |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan · as Mrs. Ardley |
| 1952 | The Big Trees · as Sister BlackburnOn Plex |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show · as Amity Bailey |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951)On Plex |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman · as Miss Della (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet · as Mrs. Drinkwater |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield · as Sister Veronica |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy · as Miss Hanna |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show · as Little Old Lady |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom · as Mrs. Mcgonigle |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay · as Miss Mary Stevens |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy · as Miss Birdshaw |
| 1951 | The Mating Season · as Annie |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig · as Lottie |
| 1950 | The Trouble with Father · as Martha |
| 1950 | Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre · as Aunt |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter · as Mrs. DevlinOn Plex |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom · as Jeanette Moore |
| 1950 | Peggy · as Mrs. Privet, The Librarian |
| 1950 | Caged · as Emma BarberOn Plex |
| 1950 | Captain China · as Miss Endicott |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young · as Orphanage Matron (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary · as Félicité |
| 1949 | Little Women · as Sophie |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret · as Nurse Who Reads Paper To Susan |
| 1949 | Rusty Saves a Life · as Miss Simmons |
| 1948 | The Judge Steps Out · as Mother At Party (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Dark Past · as Agnes (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne · as Colpeck's Secretary |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High · as Hilda - Maid (uncredited) |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama · as Aunt Trina |
| 1947 | Forever Amber · as Marge |
| 1947 | Railroaded! · as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1947 | Driftwood · as Excitable Woman |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way · as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Joe · as Cathy, The MaidOn Plex |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me · as Screaming Woman In Courtroom (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful · as Courtroom Spectator |
| 1947 | The Long Night · as Observer In Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Born to Kill · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Beat the Band · as Gertrude's Mother |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life · as Ms. Davis (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Locket · as Ginny (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny · as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Crack-Up · as Reynold's Maid (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Till the End of Time · as Mrs. Sumpter |
| 1946 | Cuban Pete · as Screaming Patient |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back · as Rita |
| 1946 | In Old Sacramento · as Scrubwoman |
| 1946 | Bedlam · as Betty, Queen Of The Artichokes (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder · as Betty |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward · as Mother |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase · as Neighbour (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1945 | Cornered · as Swiss Maid (uncredited) |
| 1934 | March of the Wooden Soldiers · as Townswoman At Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht · as Shop Girl |
| 1934 | Twisted Rails · as Undetermined Role |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert · as Partygoer At Table Next To Charley's (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance · as Telemarketer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak · as Serbian Peasant |
| 2025 | My Mom Jayne · as Self |
| 2017 | Mansfield 66/67 · as Self - Miss Hinkel In Illegal |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 · as Self |
| 2000 | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 1999 | The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 1985 | All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan · as Self |
| 1982 | All-Star Party for Carol Burnett · as Self |
| 1978 | The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1978 | |
| 1974 | Dinah! · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares · as Self - Panelist |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1941 | Twilight on the Trail · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Waltons · as Story |
| 1947 | Hoppy's Holiday · as Story |