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Ellen Corby

Born 1911-06-03

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.

Known for

Vertigo 1958 · 8.2 Sabrina 1954 · 7.6 Shane 1953 · 7.6 The Gunfighter 1950 · 7.7 The Spiral Staircase 1946 · 7.3 Sons of the Desert 1933 · 7.5 I Remember Mama 1948 · 7.9 Caged 1950 · 7.6 The Dark Corner 1946 · 7.1 Madame Bovary 1949 · 7.0 Harriet Craig 1950 · 7.3 Illegal 1955 · 7.0 The Gnome-Mobile 1967 · 6.4 The Long Night 1947 · 6.5 The Mating Season 1951 · 7.4 A Woman's Secret 1949 · 6.0 The Noose Hangs High 1948 · 6.6 The Strangler 1964 · 6.6 A Lion Is in the Streets 1953 · 6.1 The Caretakers 1963 · 5.6 Woman They Almost Lynched 1953 · 6.5 The Seventh Sin 1957 · 6.4 The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons 1980 · 8.0