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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
  • On Other Sites IMDB Wikipedia
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A Walton Easter

1997
as Grandma

A Walton Wedding

1995
as Grandma

All the Way Home

1981
as Great-Gandmaw

A Decade of the Waltons

1980
as Esther Walton

The Waltons

1972
as Esther Walton

Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims

1968
as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office

A Fine Pair

1968
as Mrs. Walker

The Glass Bottom Boat

1966
as Anna Miller

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

1966
as Neva Tremaine

The Night of the Grizzly

1966
as Hazel Squires

The Family Jewels

1965
as Airline Passenger

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964
as Lily, a Town Gossip

The Strangler

1964
as Mrs. Kroll

4 for Texas

1963
as Widow

Saintly Sinners

1962
as Mrs. McKenzie

Vertigo

1958
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Macabre

1958
as Miss Kushins

As Young As We Are

1958
as Nettie McPherson

Rockabilly Baby

1957
as Mrs. Wellington

The Seventh Sin

1957
as Sister Saint Joseph

All Mine to Give

1957
as Mrs. Raiden

Night Passage

1957
as Mrs. Feeney

God Is My Partner

1957
as Mrs. Dalton

Stagecoach To Fury

1956
as Sarah Farrell

Illegal

1955
as Miss Hinkel

About Mrs. Leslie

1954
as Mrs. Croffman

Sabrina

1954
as Miss McCardie

Untamed Heiress

1954
as Mrs. Flanny

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953
as First Townswoman

Shane

1953
as Liz Torrey

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953
as Singing Woman

The Big Trees

1952
as Sister Blackburn

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951
as Miss Birdshaw

The Sea Hornet

1951
as Mrs. Drinkwater

On Moonlight Bay

1951
as Miss Mary Stevens

Here Comes the Groom

1951
as Mrs. McGonigle

Angels in the Outfield

1951
as Sister Veronica

Captain China

1950
as Miss Endicott

Caged

1950
as Emma Barber

Edge of Doom

1950
as Mrs. Jeanette Moore

The Gunfighter

1950
as Mrs. Devlin

Peggy

1950
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

Harriet Craig

1950
as Lottie

Little Women

1949
as Sophie - Mrs Kirke's maid

Mighty Joe Young

1949
as Orphanage matron

A Woman's Secret

1949
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan

Rusty Saves a Life

1949
as Miss Simmons

Madame Bovary

1949
as Félicité

Strike It Rich

1948
as Annie Harkins

I Remember Mama

1948
as Aunt Trina

Fighting Father Dunne

1948
as Colpeck's Secretary

The Judge Steps Out

1947
as Mother at Birthday Party

Forever Amber

1947
as Marge

The Fabulous Joe

1947
as Cathy, the Maid

Bedlam

1946
as Queen of the Artichokes

Cuban Pete

1946
as Screaming Patient

Sister Kenny

1946
as Hospital Scrub Woman

Speed Limited

1935
as Secretary

Twisted Rails

1934
as Undetermined role

Sons of the Desert

1933
as Dress Person at Table Next to Chase's

Writer

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

Guest Star

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