Ellen Corby
Acting
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.
Born: June 3, 1911
Place of Birth: Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Vertigo
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
The Addams Family
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
I Love Lucy
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Night Gallery
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
The Odd Couple
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Filmography
as Grandma Walton
as Grandma Walton
as Grandma Walton
as Esther Walton
as Grandma Walton
as Great-Gandmaw
as Self
as Ma Floyd
as Esther Walton
as Gertrude
as Esther Walton
as Mrs. Simmons
as Abigail
as Teacher
as Miss Patience
as Florence
as Agnes Oaks
as Mrs. Kaufman
as The Little Old Lady
as Granny Gambler
as Mrs. Hilberman
as Maddy Walker
as Camille Gearhardt
as Mrs. Cunningham
as Mrs. Feathertree
as Script Girl
as Mrs. Dilts
as Molly Cobb
as Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
as Agnes Fairchild
as Aunt Sara
as Mrs. Walters
as Madame Bloor
as Anna Miller
as Hazel Squires
as Neva Tremaine
as Mrs. Green
as Mrs. Stone
as Mary Carmichael
as Elizabeth Page
as Aunt Florrie Buell
as Hannah Beecher
as Mrs. Anderson
as Agnes Davenport
as 'Nellie Peedy'
as Emmie Pearson
as Martha O'Reilly
as Airline Passenger
as Mother
as Hilda Brock
as Mother Lurch
as Mrs. Kroll
as Widow
as Mrs. Barlow
as Mrs. Murdock
as Irene
as Miss Tanner
as Woman in Park
as Emma Poke
as The Chief Nurse
as Mrs. Clancy
as Mrs. Healy
as Mrs. McKenzie
as Soho Sal
as Self
as Miss Minnie
as Minerva Anderson
as Ainsley Hallie
as Mrs. Brodek
as Mrs. Peterson
as Addie Horton
as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
as Mrs. Peele
as Hannah Blossom
as Maria
as Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
as Aunt Emily
as Sister Julia
as Miss Douglas
as Carrie Blyden
as Mrs. Walters
as Lorna Doone Mayberry
as Cora Milford
as Hazel Mason
as Martha Ward
as Miss Kushins
as Mrs. Avery
as Mrs. Morgan
as Katy Clayton
as Christine Moss
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
as Mrs. Raiden
as Mrs. Wellington
as Henrietta Porter
as Henrietta
as Elvira Moss
as Ruth Purcell
as Emma Birch
as Mrs. Amy Morgan
as Old Lady Card Player
as Aunt Em
as Mrs. Feeney
as Harriet Smith
as Miss Carter
as Mrs. Dalton
as Sister Saint Joseph
as Sarah Farrell
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
as Miss Hinkel
as Minerva Comstock
as Maggie Ryan
as Marie McGurk
as Miss Samantha
as Emma
as Hortense Durango
as Mrs. Jane McGill
as Nancy Marlborough
as Bedelia Buckley
as Nurse
as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
as Sally Benton
as Amy Baker
as Pearlie Mae
as Bess Wright
as Pearlie Mae Yochim
as Miss McCardie
as Mrs. Croffman
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
as Amelia Gravesend
as Mrs. Flanny
as Singing Woman
as Jennie
as Mrs. Logan
as Clara
as Mrs. Barbour
as Liz Torrey
as First Townswoman
as Frankie, Joan's maid
as Ma Jericho
as Gracie Jordan
as Katie
as Aunt Ellen
as Mabel
as Mrs. Ardley
as Sister Blackburn
as Miss Della (uncredited)
as Mrs. Drinkwater
as Sister Veronica
as Miss Hanna
as Little Old Lady
as Mrs. McGonigle
as Miss Mary Stevens
as Miss Birdshaw
as Annie
as Lottie
as Jeanette Moore
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
as Mrs. Devlin
as Emma Barber
as Miss Endicott
as Félicité
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
as Sophie
as Miss Simmons
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
as Agnes (uncredited)
as Annie Harkins
as Colpeck's Secretary
as Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
as Aunt Trina
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
as Marge
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Cathy, the Maid
as Courtroom Spectator
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
as Maid (uncredited)
as Gertrude's Mother
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
as Ginny (uncredited)
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
as Rita
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
as Maid (uncredited)
as Betty
as Mother
as Neighbour (uncredited)
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
as Self - Nominee
as Secretary
as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
as Telemarketer (uncredited)
as Mrs. Logan