ACTOR · FROM RACINE, USA
Ellen Corby
1911–1999204 credits since 1933
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ABOUT ELLEN
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).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born3 June 1911
Died14 April 1999
BirthplaceRacine, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora118 of 202 titles
Known for
The titles people know Ellen from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 118
- Average IMDb
- 7.1
- Highest rated
- It's a Wonderful LifeIMDb 8.6
- Working since
- 1933
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1990s
3 titles
as Grandma Walton
as Grandma Walton
as Grandma Walton
The 1980s
4 titles
as Esther Walton
as Grandma Walton
as Great-Gandmaw
The 1970s
12 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Ma Floyd
Seriesas Esther Walton · 143 episodes
Movieas Gertrude
Movieas Esther Walton
Movieas Mrs. Simmons
The Partners
Not on Cineora1 episode
Movieas Abigail
as Teacher
The 1960s
61 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
Seriesas The Little Old Lady · 1 episode
Seriesas Mrs. Hilberman · 1 episode
Seriesas Mrs. Feathertree · 1 episode
as Maddy Walker
1 episode
Seriesas Camille Gearhardt · 1 episode
1 episode
Movieas Script Girl
The 1950s
83 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Sister Julia · 1 episode
Seriesas Carrie Blyden · 1 episode
Seriesas Miss Douglas · 1 episode
2 episodes
as Mrs. Walters · 1 episode
Seriesas Lorna Doone Mayberry · 1 episode
as Hazel Mason · 1 episode
Seriesas Martha Ward · 1 episode
The 1940s
32 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
Movieas Félicité
Movieas Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Movieas Sophie
as Miss Simmons
Movieas Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Movieas Agnes (uncredited)
as Annie Harkins
as Colpeck's Secretary
The 1930s
5 titles · IMDb 7.1 on averageThe Broken Coin
Not on Cineoraas Bit Part (uncredited)
as Secretary
Movieas Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Movieas Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Movieas Telemarketer (uncredited)
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Ellen’s titles.
Roy WebbComposer · The Spiral Staircase, I Remember Mama and 5 more
Nicholas MusuracaCinematographer · The Spiral Staircase, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer and 4 more
Max SteinerComposer · Caged, On Moonlight Bay and 3 more
Leigh HarlineComposer · The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, Susan Slept Here and 3 more
Alfred HitchcockVertigo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and 1 more
Robert AldrichDirector · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 4 for Texas and 1 more
James StewartIt's a Wonderful Life, Vertigo and 1 more
