Biography
Ellen Hansen Corby was an American actress and screenwriter. She performed in over 200 films and television series from the 1930s to the 1990s. She played 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).
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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
Get Smart
The Addams Family
Night Gallery
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
I Love Lucy
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons
The Odd Couple
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Perry Mason
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Andy Griffith Show
Bonanza
Sabrina
Harriet Craig
The Red Skelton Show
The Gunfighter
Little Women
Batman
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Fugitive
Pocketful of Miracles
Shane
Hawaii Five-O
I Remember Mama
The Waltons
Adam-12
The Lucy Show
The Rifleman
Caged
Sons of the Desert
Daniel Boone
My Hero
Angels in the Outfield
The Spiral Staircase
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Noose Hangs High
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Ironside
The High Chaparral
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Hazel
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Hey Mulligan
Four Star Playhouse
Madame Bovary
Thriller
Lux Video Theatre