Ellen Corby

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Ellen Corby

AKA Ellen Hansen

Born: 3-Jun-1911
Birthplace: Racine, WI
Died: 14-Apr-1999
Location of death: Woodland Hills, CA
Cause of death: Natural Causes

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Grandma on The Waltons

Husband: Francis Corby (silent film director, m. 1934, div. 1944)

Emmy 1973 for The Waltons
Emmy 1975 for The Waltons
Emmy 1976 for The Waltons
Golden Globe 1949 for I Remember Mama
Golden Globe 1974 for The Waltons
Stroke 1976/77

TELEVISION
Trackdown Henrietta Porter (1958-59)
The Waltons Esther Walton ("Grandma", 1972-80)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies Martha O'Reilly (maid, 1965-67)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Napoleon and Samantha (19-Jul-1972)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (19-Dec-1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (26-May-1971)
Angel in My Pocket (2-Apr-1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (21-Aug-1968)
The Glass Bottom Boat (9-Jun-1966)
Night of the Grizzly (20-Apr-1966)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
The Family Jewels (01-Jul-1965)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (15-Dec-1964)
4 for Texas (18-Dec-1963)
The Caretakers (21-Aug-1963)
Pocketful of Miracles (19-Dec-1961)
Visit to a Small Planet (04-Feb-1960)
Vertigo (9-May-1958)
All Mine to Give (Nov-1957)
Night Passage (24-Jul-1957)
Illegal (28-Oct-1955)
Sabrina (22-Sep-1954)
Susan Slept Here (25-Jun-1954)
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (6-Jun-1954)
A Lion Is in the Streets (23-Sep-1953)
Shane (24-Apr-1953)
The Big Trees (5-Feb-1952)
Angels in the Outfield (17-Oct-1951)
Here Comes the Groom (20-Sep-1951)
On Moonlight Bay (26-Jul-1951)
Goodby, My Fancy (30-May-1951)
The Mating Season (12-Jan-1951)
Harriet Craig (2-Nov-1950)
Edge of Doom (3-Aug-1950)
The Gunfighter (23-Jun-1950)
Caged (19-May-1950)
Madame Bovary (25-Aug-1949)
Little Women (10-Mar-1949)
A Woman's Secret (5-Mar-1949)
The Dark Past (22-Dec-1948)
I Remember Mama (9-Mar-1948)

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