Actor
Ellen Corby
June 3, 1911 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Notable work
8.1Vertigo (1958)
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
8.3It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
7.5Sabrina (1954)
as Miss McCardie
7.3Shane (1953)
as Liz Torrey
7.3Batman (1966)
as Mrs. Green
7.5Bonanza (1959)
as Lorna Doone Mayberry and as Cora Milford
8The Addams Family (1964)
as Mother Lurch
8Get Smart (1965)
as Agnes Davenport
Often works with
Raymond Bailey
4 titles together
Vertigo, Sabrina, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
James Stewart
3 titles together
Vertigo, It's a Wonderful Life, Night Passage
John Williams
3 titles together
Sabrina, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Gallery
Alan Napier
3 titles together
Batman, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Gallery
Willis Bouchey
3 titles together
Pocketful of Miracles, Perry Mason, Support Your Local Gunfighter
Henry Jones
2 titles together
Vertigo, Support Your Local Gunfighter
Full filmography · 150
The Waltons
as Esther Walton
19727.2The Partners
cast
1971
Night Gallery
as Miss Patience
19707.8
The Odd Couple
as Florence
19707.8
Dan August
as Agnes Oaks
1970
Nanny and the Professor
as Mrs. Kaufman
1970
Love, American Style
as The Little Old Lady and as Granny Gambler
19696.2
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Hilberman
1969
Lancer
cast
1968
Adam-12
as Camille Gearhardt and as Mrs. Cunningham
19687.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Mrs. Feathertree
19687.2
The Outsider
cast
1968