Ellen Corby
Date of birth: 1911-06-03
Place of birth: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ellen Hansen, Ellen Hansen Corby
Biography
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady
Vertigo
1958-05-28
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of a
The Gnome-Mobile
1967-07-19
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes wh
It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people
Shane
1953-04-23
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and ra
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964-12-15
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after
The Night of the Grizzly
1966-04-20
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle o
Sabrina
1954-09-01
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily runni
Night Passage
1957-07-24
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw, the Utica K
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartme
On Moonlight Bay
1951-07-26
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begi
Caged
1950-05-19
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments
Macabre
1958-10-01
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped
Edge of Doom
1950-08-03
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
The Strangler
1964-04-01
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a seri
The Big Trees
1952-02-05
In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions
Little Women
1949-03-10
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
I Remember Mama
1948-03-09
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a d
Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when
The Gunfighter
1950-05-26
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
Mighty Joe Young
1949-07-27
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Jo
4 for Texas
1963-12-21
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galvest
Illegal
1955-10-09
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find o
All Mine to Give
1957-11-13
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsi
Susan Slept Here
1954-07-28
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gof
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982-11-22
Most of the Waltons have split up in the days approaching Thanksgiving 1947. But most of the family
A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971-12-19
It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they a
Harriet Craig
1950-11-02
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954-06-06
Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick wit
About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and t
The Broken Coin
1936-01-10
A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953-09-23
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the m
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951-05-19
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a stu
The Seventh Sin
1957-06-28
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walte
Stagecoach To Fury
1956-12-13
A group of stagecoach passengers are held hostage by bandits waiting for a shipment of gold they pla
Bedlam
1946-05-10
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy w
Lover Come Back
1946-06-21
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
Fearless Fagan
1952-08-15
A young man brings his pet lion with him when he's drafted into the U.S. Army.
The Truth About Murder
1946-04-01
A young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his
Saintly Sinners
1962-02-01
Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ex-con Joseph Braden (Ron Hagerthy) has his car temporarily stolen by a p
The Mating Season
1951-01-12
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her so
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biogra
Fighting Father Dunne
1948-05-12
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
The Dark Past
1948-12-22
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recu
As Young As We Are
1958-09-01
Scandal erupts in a small town when a high school teacher is romantically linked with one of her mal
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982-02-02
Erin Walton is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for th
Cannon
1971-03-26
In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man'
Cornered
1945-11-23
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
The Family Jewels
1965-07-01
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the gi
Speed Limited
1935-01-12
A wealthy blonde gal in Las Vegas gets mixed up with a lady gangster and the G-man that is chasing t
Captain China
1950-02-02
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losin
The Caretakers
1963-08-21
This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward o
God Is My Partner
1957-07-01
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, cl
Sons of the Desert
1933-12-29
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when t
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966-06-09
Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his biogra
Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father
They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953-03-20
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council,
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966-01-20
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted
Rafter Romance
1933-09-01
A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.
Untamed Heiress
1954-03-31
Judy is the daughter of a famous opera singer who once bankrolled prospector Andrew "Cactus" Clayton
Sister Kenny
1946-10-10
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences gr
All the Way Home
1981-12-21
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising
The Judge Steps Out
1947-12-15
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Born to Kill
1947-04-30
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getti
The Long Night
1947-05-28
City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there
Babes in Toyland
1934-12-14
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mort
The Barefoot Mailman
1951-12-03
Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrov
The Spiral Staircase
1946-01-26
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Forever Amber
1947-10-10
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to
Strike It Rich
1948-12-01
When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drillin
The Locket
1946-12-20
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Here Comes the Groom
1951-09-20
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orpha
Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960-01-01
Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine as
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993-11-21
The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, tr
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defen
The Sea Hornet
1951-11-06
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the Califor
Peggy
1950-07-01
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. T
Rockabilly Baby
1957-10-30
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cath
Napoleon and Samantha
1972-07-05
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go o
Railroaded!
1947-09-25
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room,
Rusty Saves a Life
1949-02-03
Rusty, portrayed by a very busy canine thespian named Flame, does exactly what the film's title says
Monsoon
1952-11-01
A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father
Slightly Scarlet
1956-02-29
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to
A Walton Easter
1997-03-30
In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorperson in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new boo
From This Day Forward
1946-03-02
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride,
Beat the Band
1947-02-19
Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
The Noose Hangs High
1948-04-05
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick u
A Fine Pair
1968-09-27
A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be
A Tattered Web
1971-09-24
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accid
The Dark Corner
1946-04-09
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even tr
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974-05-07
A humanistic account of "The Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills," in which Charles Arthur Floyd is port
Visit to a Small Planet
1960-02-04
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien w
The Vanquished
1953-06-03
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few
The Fabulous Joe
1947-08-28
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamon
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he
Crack-Up
1946-09-06
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or th
A Walton Wedding
1995-02-12
In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashio
Because I Love Him
A successful career woman sacrifices her own future to devote herself to her husband who only has on