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.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1976
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1975
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1949 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
It's a Wonderful Life
Vertigo
The Addams Family
Get Smart
I Love Lucy
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
The Odd Couple
Night Gallery
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Perry Mason
The Andy Griffith Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Bonanza
Sabrina
Harriet Craig
The Red Skelton Show
The Gunfighter
Little Women
Batman
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Fugitive
Pocketful of Miracles
Shane
The Waltons
Hawaii Five-O
I Remember Mama
Adam-12
The Lucy Show
The Rifleman
Caged
The Spiral Staircase
Sons of the Desert
Daniel Boone
Angels in the Outfield
My Hero
Ironside
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Noose Hangs High
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The High Chaparral
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Four Star Playhouse
Madame Bovary
Hey Mulligan
Thriller
Railroaded!
Born to Kill