
Ellen 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).…
Filmography
The Broken Coin
1936 · 9.0

It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · 8.3

Vertigo
1958 · 8.1
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · 8.0
Chevron Theatre
1952 · 8.0

The Baileys of Balboa
1964 · 8.0

Strike It Rich
1948 · 8.0

Speed Limited
1935 · 8.0

My Mom Jayne
2025 · 8.0

The Addams Family
1964 · 8.0

Get Smart
1965 · 8.0

I Love Lucy
1951 · 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · 7.9

Night Gallery
1970 · 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · 7.9

The Odd Couple
1970 · 7.8

The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · 7.8

87th Precinct
1961 · 7.8

The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
1980 · 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8

Perry Mason
1957 · 7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967 · 7.7

Mr. Terrific
1967 · 7.7

The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · 7.6

Bonanza
1959 · 7.5

Studio 57
1954 · 7.5

Sabrina
1954 · 7.5

God Is My Partner
1957 · 7.5

Harriet Craig
1950 · 7.5

Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · 7.5
As Young As We Are
1958 · 7.5

The Red Skelton Show
1951 · 7.4

Little Women
1949 · 7.4

The Gunfighter
1950 · 7.4

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 · 7.4

About Mrs. Leslie
1954 · 7.4

Shane
1953 · 7.3

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · 7.3

Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · 7.3

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · 7.3

A Walton Easter
1997 · 7.3

Batman
1966 · 7.3

The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3

Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2

77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2

Honey West
1965 · 7.2

Dan August
1970 · 7.2

I Remember Mama
1948 · 7.2

The Rifleman
1958 · 7.1

The Waltons
1972 · 7.1

Adam-12
1968 · 7.1

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · 7.1

Caged
1950 · 7.1

Sons of the Desert
1933 · 7.1

Lover Come Back
1946 · 7.1

The Lucy Show
1962 · 7.0

Daniel Boone
1964 · 7.0

Alcoa Theatre
1957 · 7.0

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 · 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966 · 7.0

My Hero
1952 · 7.0

Saints and Sinners
1962 · 7.0

Angels in the Outfield
1951 · 7.0

Rusty Saves a Life
1949 · 7.0

The Spiral Staircase
1946 · 7.0

All the Way Home
1981 · 7.0

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · 6.9

Trackdown
1957 · 6.9

The Tall Man
1960 · 6.9

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · 6.9

Sister Kenny
1946 · 6.9

The Noose Hangs High
1948 · 6.9

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · 6.9

Ironside
1967 · 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · 6.8

Four Star Playhouse
1952 · 6.8

Hazel
1961 · 6.8

The Invaders
1967 · 6.8

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · 6.8

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · 6.8

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965 · 6.8

Tightrope
1959 · 6.8

The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · 6.8
Hey Mulligan
1954 · 6.8

General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8

The Judge Steps Out
1947 · 6.8

Rafter Romance
1933 · 6.8

Thriller
1960 · 6.7

The High Chaparral
1967 · 6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950 · 6.7

Nanny and the Professor
1970 · 6.7

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · 6.7

Madame Bovary
1949 · 6.7

Born to Kill
1947 · 6.7

Railroaded!
1947 · 6.7

Bedlam
1946 · 6.7

Wagon Train
1957 · 6.6

Peter Gunn
1958 · 6.6

Dennis the Menace
1959 · 6.6

Letter to Loretta
1953 · 6.6

Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · 6.6

They Won't Believe Me
1947 · 6.6

The Dark Corner
1946 · 6.6

Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · 6.6

The Virginian
1962 · 6.5

Dragnet
1951 · 6.5

The Donna Reed Show
1958 · 6.5

Felony Squad
1966 · 6.5

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · 6.5
The Partners
1971 · 6.5

Illegal
1955 · 6.5

The Mating Season
1951 · 6.5

The Family Jewels
1965 · 6.5

On Moonlight Bay
1951 · 6.5

The Barefoot Mailman
1951 · 6.5

Untamed Heiress
1954 · 6.5

Monsoon
1952 · 6.5

Lock-Up
1959 · 6.4

Laredo
1965 · 6.4

Mighty Joe Young
1949 · 6.4

Night Passage
1957 · 6.4

Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · 6.4

The Strangler
1964 · 6.4

The Caretakers
1963 · 6.4

Lassie
1954 · 6.3

Surfside 6
1960 · 6.3

Babes in Toyland
1934 · 6.3

The Glass Bottom Boat
1966 · 6.3

The Locket
1946 · 6.3

All Mine to Give
1957 · 6.3

Rockabilly Baby
1957 · 6.3

The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · 6.3

Love, American Style
1969 · 6.2

The Big Valley
1965 · 6.2

Cheyenne
1955 · 6.2

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · 6.2

The Bob Cummings Show
1955 · 6.2

The Man Behind the Badge
1953 · 6.2

Slightly Scarlet
1956 · 6.2

Napoleon and Samantha
1972 · 6.2

Cornered
1945 · 6.2

Forever Amber
1947 · 6.1

Adventures in Paradise
1959 · 6.1

Susan Slept Here
1954 · 6.1

Edge of Doom
1950 · 6.1

The Texan
1958 · 6.0

Bronco
1958 · 6.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · 6.0

The Farmer's Daughter
1963 · 6.0

You Are There
1953 · 6.0

The Outsider
1968 · 6.0

The Night of the Grizzly
1966 · 6.0

The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · 6.0

Living in a Big Way
1947 · 6.0

The Dark Past
1948 · 6.0

Macabre
1958 · 6.0

The Sea Hornet
1951 · 6.0

Peggy
1950 · 6.0
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · 5.9

Ben Casey
1961 · 5.9

The Unfaithful
1947 · 5.9

The Millionaire
1955 · 5.8

Going My Way
1962 · 5.8

Crack-Up
1946 · 5.8

The Long Night
1947 · 5.8

Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7

The F.B.I.
1965 · 5.6

Lancer
1968 · 5.6

A Woman's Secret
1949 · 5.6

The Big Trees
1952 · 5.6

A Tattered Web
1971 · 5.6

The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · 5.5

Captain China
1950 · 5.5

The Fabulous Joe
1947 · 5.5

Beat the Band
1947 · 5.5

A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 · 5.4

Here Comes the Groom
1951 · 5.4

From This Day Forward
1946 · 5.4

The Seventh Sin
1957 · 5.4

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
1954 · 5.4

Stagecoach to Fury
1956 · 5.4

Matinee Theater
1955 · 5.3

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · 5.3

Visit to a Small Planet
1960 · 5.3

Saintly Sinners
1962 · 5.3

Mansfield 66/67
2017 · 5.2

4 for Texas
1963 · 5.2

Fearless Fagan
1952 · 5.2

The Rebel
1959 · 5.1

The Asphalt Jungle
1961 · 5.0

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
1974 · 5.0

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
1982 · 5.0

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
1982 · 5.0

Cannon
1971 · 5.0

The Truth About Murder
1946 · 5.0

The Vanquished
1953 · 4.9

A Fine Pair
1968 · 4.5

The Restless Gun
1957 · 4.4

The Whistler
1954 · 0.0

Rango
1967 · 0.0

Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953 · 0.0

Tom, Dick and Harriet
1960 · 0.0

A Walton Wedding
1995 · 0.0