Ellen Corby
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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.
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Sister Veronica
Vertigo (1958)
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Sabrina (1954)
as Miss McCardie
Little Women (1949)
as Sophie
Shane (1953)
as Liz Torrey
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Soho Sal
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Neva Tremaine
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
as Neighbour (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
as Script Girl
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Anna Miller
Night Passage (1957)
as Mrs. Feeney
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Gertrude
Forever Amber (1947)
as Marge
Susan Slept Here (1954)
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
as Lily
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
as Hazel Squires
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
The Gunfighter (1950)
as Mrs. Devlin
Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
Actor
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
4 for Texas (1963)
as Widow
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Abigail
Sister Kenny (1946)
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
I Remember Mama (1948)
as Aunt Trina
Caged (1950)
as Emma Barber
Illegal (1955)
as Miss Hinkel
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
as Miss Simmons
Bedlam (1946)
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Family Jewels (1965)
as Airline Passenger
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
as Singing Woman
All Mine to Give (1957)
as Mrs. Raiden
A Woman's Secret (1949)
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Sons of the Desert (1933)
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
The Dark Corner (1946)
as Maid (uncredited)
Madame Bovary (1949)
as Félicité
The Big Trees (1952)
as Sister Blackburn
The Long Night (1947)
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
The Locket (1946)
as Ginny (uncredited)
A Fine Pair (1968)
as Maddy Walker
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
as Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
From This Day Forward (1946)
as Mother
Born to Kill (1947)
as Maid (uncredited)
The Vanquished (1953)
as Mrs. Barbour
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Miss Birdshaw
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
as Mrs. Croffman
Macabre (1958)
as Miss Kushins
Edge of Doom (1950)
as Jeanette Moore
Cornered (1945)
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way (1947)
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
as Mrs. McGonigle
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
as Esther Walton
Rafter Romance (1933)
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
as Amelia Gravesend
Captain China (1950)
as Miss Endicott
Harriet Craig (1950)
as Lottie
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
as Miss Mary Stevens
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
as Colpeck's Secretary
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
as Ma Floyd
The Mating Season (1951)
as Annie
The Seventh Sin (1957)
as Sister Saint Joseph
Railroaded! (1947)
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
The Caretakers (1963)
as Irene
All the Way Home (1981)
as Great-Gandmaw
Crack-Up (1946)
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980)
Actor
Untamed Heiress (1954)
as Mrs. Flanny
A Tattered Web (1971)
as Mrs. Simmons
A Walton Easter (1997)
as Grandma Walton
God Is My Partner (1957)
as Mrs. Dalton
A Walton Wedding (1995)
as Grandma Walton
The Dark Past (1948)
as Agnes (uncredited)
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
as Grandma Walton
Fearless Fagan (1952)
as Mrs. Ardley
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
as Mrs. Wellington
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Lover Come Back (1946)
as Rita
Tom, Dick and Harriet (1960)
as Aunt Emily
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain (1982)
as Grandma Walton
Peggy (1950)
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Sea Hornet (1951)
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Monsoon (1952)
as Katie
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain (1982)
as Esther Walton
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Miss Della (uncredited)
Beat the Band (1947)
as Gertrude's Mother
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
as First Townswoman
The Truth About Murder (1946)
as Betty
The Strangler (1964)
as Mrs. Kroll
Saintly Sinners (1962)
as Mrs. McKenzie
Stagecoach To Fury (1956)
as Sarah Farrell
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
Strike It Rich (1948)
as Annie Harkins
Cannon (1971)
as Teacher
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Cathy, the Maid
The Broken Coin (1936)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
As Young As We Are (1958)
as Nettie McPherson
Speed Limited (1935)
as Secretary