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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Known For
Vertigo
(1958)
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Shane
(1953)
Liz Torrey
Sabrina
(1954)
Miss McCardie
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Soho Sal
Little Women
(1949)
Sophie
Support Your Local Gunfighter
(1971)
Abigail
Caged
(1950)
Emma Barber
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Lily
The Gunfighter
(1950)
Mrs. Devlin
Angels in the Outfield
(1951)
Sister Veronica
The Night of the Grizzly
(1966)
Hazel Squires
Napoleon and Samantha
(1972)
Gertrude
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
(1966)
Neva Tremaine
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Rafter Romance
(1933)
Telemarketer (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Speed Limited
(1935)
Secretary
The Broken Coin
(1936)
Bit Part (uncredited)
Cornered
(1945)
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
(1946)
Rita
The Truth About Murder
(1946)
Betty
The Spiral Staircase
(1946)
Neighbour (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
(1946)
Mother
The Dark Corner
(1946)
Maid (uncredited)
Crack-Up
(1946)
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Sister Kenny
(1946)
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Bedlam
(1946)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
(1947)
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
Forever Amber
(1947)
Marge
The Unfaithful
(1947)
Courtroom Spectator
Railroaded!
(1947)
Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Beat the Band
(1947)
Gertrude's Mother
The Fabulous Joe
(1947)
Cathy, the Maid
The Judge Steps Out
(1947)
Mother at Party (uncredited)
Born to Kill
(1947)
Maid (uncredited)
The Long Night
(1947)
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
(1947)
I Remember Mama
(1948)
Aunt Trina
Fighting Father Dunne
(1948)
Colpeck's Secretary
Strike It Rich
(1948)
Annie Harkins
The Noose Hangs High
(1948)
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
The Dark Past
(1948)
Agnes (uncredited)
Little Women
(1949)
Sophie
Madame Bovary
(1949)
Félicité
Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
(1949)
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Rusty Saves a Life
(1949)
Miss Simmons
Caged
(1950)
Emma Barber
Edge of Doom
(1950)
Jeanette Moore
The Gunfighter
(1950)
Mrs. Devlin
Harriet Craig
(1950)
Lottie
Captain China
(1950)
Miss Endicott
Peggy
(1950)
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
On Moonlight Bay
(1951)
Miss Mary Stevens
Goodbye, My Fancy
(1951)
Miss Birdshaw
The Mating Season
(1951)
Annie
The Barefoot Mailman
(1951)
Miss Della (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
(1951)
Mrs. McGonigle
Angels in the Outfield
(1951)
Sister Veronica
The Sea Hornet
(1951)
Mrs. Drinkwater
The Big Trees
(1952)
Sister Blackburn
Fearless Fagan
(1952)
Mrs. Ardley
Monsoon
(1952)
Katie
Shane
(1953)
Liz Torrey
A Lion Is in the Streets
(1953)
Singing Woman
Woman They Almost Lynched
(1953)
First Townswoman
The Vanquished
(1953)
Mrs. Barbour
Sabrina
(1954)
Miss McCardie
Susan Slept Here
(1954)
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
(1954)
Amelia Gravesend
About Mrs. Leslie
(1954)
Mrs. Croffman
Untamed Heiress
(1954)
Mrs. Flanny
Illegal
(1955)
Miss Hinkel
Stagecoach To Fury
(1956)
Sarah Farrell
Slightly Scarlet
(1956)
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Night Passage
(1957)
Mrs. Feeney
All Mine to Give
(1957)
Mrs. Raiden
The Seventh Sin
(1957)
Sister Saint Joseph
God Is My Partner
(1957)
Mrs. Dalton
Rockabilly Baby
(1957)
Mrs. Wellington
Vertigo
(1958)
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Macabre
(1958)
Miss Kushins
As Young As We Are
(1958)
Nettie McPherson
Tom, Dick and Harriet
(1960)
Aunt Emily
Visit to a Small Planet
(1960)
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Soho Sal
Saintly Sinners
(1962)
Mrs. McKenzie
4 for Texas
(1963)
Widow
The Caretakers
(1963)
Irene
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Lily
The Strangler
(1964)
Mrs. Kroll
The Family Jewels
(1965)
Airline Passenger
The Night of the Grizzly
(1966)
Hazel Squires
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
(1966)
Neva Tremaine
The Glass Bottom Boat
(1966)
Anna Miller
The Gnome-Mobile
(1967)
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(1968)
Script Girl
A Fine Pair
(1968)
Maddy Walker
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
(1971)
Esther Walton
A Tattered Web
(1971)
Mrs. Simmons
Support Your Local Gunfighter
(1971)
Abigail
Cannon
(1971)
Teacher
Napoleon and Samantha
(1972)
Gertrude
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
(1974)
Ma Floyd
All the Way Home
(1981)
Great-Gandmaw
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
(1982)
Esther Walton
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
(1982)
Grandma Walton
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
(1993)
Grandma Walton
A Walton Wedding
(1995)
Grandma Walton
A Walton Easter
(1997)
Grandma Walton
Writing