Ellen Hansen Corby was an American actress and screenwriter. 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).
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Waltons (1971)
Starring as Esther Walton
(120 episodes)
- Episode 7x23: Founders' Day (Mar 22, 1979)
- Episode 7x20: The Outsider (Mar 1, 1979)
- Episode 7x16: The Burden (Jan 25, 1979)
- Episode 7x15: The Parting (Jan 18, 1979)
- Episode 7x14: The Obstacle (Jan 11, 1979)
- Episode 7x10: Day of Infamy (Dec 7, 1978)
- Episode 7x09: The Beau (Nov 23, 1978)
- Episode 7x06: The Portrait (Nov 2, 1978)
- Episode 7x03: The Moonshiner (Oct 12, 1978)
- Episode 7x02: The Calling (Sep 28, 1978)
- Episode 7x01: The Empty Nest (Sep 21, 1978)
- Episode 5x14: The Ferris Wheel (Jan 6, 1977)
- Episode 5x13: The Rebellion (Dec 23, 1976)
- Episode 5x12: The Last Mustang (Dec 16, 1976)
- Episode 5x11: The Best Christmas (Dec 9, 1976)
- Episode 5x10: The Pony Cart (Dec 2, 1976)
- Episode 5x09: The Great Motorcycle Race (Nov 18, 1976)
- Episode 5x08: The Cloudburst (Nov 11, 1976)
- Episode 5x07: The Wedding (Nov 4, 1976)
- Episode 5x06: The Nightwalker (Oct 28, 1976)
- Episode 5x05: The Fire Storm (Oct 21, 1976)
- Episode 5x04: The Baptism (Oct 14, 1976)
- Episode 5x03: The Comeback (Oct 7, 1976)
- Episode 5x02: The Vigil (Sep 30, 1976)
- Episode 5x01: The First Edition (Sep 23, 1976)
- Episode 4x24: The Collision (Mar 4, 1976)
- Episode 4x23: The Fledgling (Feb 26, 1976)
- Episode 4x22: The House (Feb 19, 1976)
- Episode 4x21: The Quilting (Feb 12, 1976)
- Episode 4x20: The Test (Feb 5, 1976)
- Episode 4x19: The Big Brother (Jan 29, 1976)
- Episode 4x18: The Burn Out (Jan 22, 1976)
- Episode 4x17: The Fox (Jan 15, 1976)
- Episode 4x16: The Secret (Jan 8, 1976)
- Episode 4x15: The Search (Jan 1, 1976)
- Episode 4x14: The Intruders (Dec 18, 1975)
- Episode 4x13: The Nurse (Dec 11, 1975)
- Episode 4x12: The Estrangement (Dec 4, 1975)
- Episode 4x11: The Abdication (Nov 20, 1975)
- Episode 4x10: The Loss (Nov 13, 1975)
- Episode 4x09: The Emergence (Nov 6, 1975)
- Episode 4x08: The Competition (Oct 30, 1975)
- Episode 4x07: The Wing-Walker (Oct 23, 1975)
- Episode 4x06: The Breakdown (Oct 16, 1975)
- Episode 4x05: The Boondoggle (Oct 9, 1975)
- Episode 4x04: The Prophecy (Oct 2, 1975)
- Episode 4x03: The Fighter (Sep 25, 1975)
- Episode 4x02: The Genius (Sep 18, 1975)
- Episode 4x01: The Sermon (Sep 11, 1975)
- Episode 3x24: The Venture (Mar 6, 1975)
- Episode 3x23: The Woman (Feb 27, 1975)
- Episode 3x22: The Song (Feb 20, 1975)
- Episode 3x21: The Statue (Feb 13, 1975)
- Episode 3x20: The Choice (Feb 6, 1975)
- Episode 3x19: The Shivaree (Jan 30, 1975)
- Episode 3x18: The Caretakers (Jan 23, 1975)
- Episode 3x17: The Beguiled (Jan 16, 1975)
- Episode 3x16: The Matchmakers (Jan 9, 1975)
- Episode 3x15: The Lie (Jan 2, 1975)
- Episode 3x14: The Birthday (Dec 19, 1974)
- Episode 3x13: The Visitor (Dec 12, 1974)
- Episode 3x12: The Departure (Dec 5, 1974)
- Episode 3x11: The Job (Nov 21, 1974)
- Episode 3x10: The Book (Nov 14, 1974)
- Episode 3x09: The Marathon (Nov 7, 1974)
- Episode 3x08: The Spoilers (Oct 31, 1974)
- Episode 3x07: The System (Oct 24, 1974)
- Episode 3x06: The Ring (Oct 17, 1974)
- Episode 3x05: The Romance (Oct 10, 1974)
- Episode 3x04: The Runaway (Oct 3, 1974)
- Episode 3x03: The Thoroughbred (Sep 26, 1974)
- Episode 3x02: The First Day (Sep 19, 1974)
- Episode 3x01: The Conflict (Sep 12, 1974)
- Episode 2x24: The Car (Mar 14, 1974)
- Episode 2x23: The Five Foot Shelf (Mar 7, 1974)
- Episode 2x22: The Graduation (Feb 21, 1974)
- Episode 2x21: The Ghost Story (Feb 14, 1974)
- Episode 2x20: The Fulfillment (Feb 7, 1974)
- Episode 2x19: The Cradle (Jan 31, 1974)
- Episode 2x18: The Gift (Jan 24, 1974)
- Episode 2x17: The Heritage (Jan 17, 1974)
- Episode 2x16: The Honeymoon (Jan 10, 1974)
- Episode 2x15: The Awakening (Jan 3, 1974)
- Episode 2x14: The Triangle (Dec 20, 1973)
- Episode 2x13: The Air Mail Man (Dec 13, 1973)
- Episode 2x12: The Bequest (Nov 29, 1973)
- Episode 2x11: The Substitute (Nov 22, 1973)
- Episode 2x10: The Thanksgiving Story (Nov 15, 1973)
- Episode 2x09: The Fawn (Nov 8, 1973)
- Episode 2x08: The Braggart (Nov 1, 1973)
- Episode 2x07: The Prize (Oct 25, 1973)
- Episode 2x06: The Chicken Thief (Oct 18, 1973)
- Episode 2x05: The Roots (Oct 11, 1973)
- Episode 2x04: The Theft (Oct 4, 1973)
- Episode 2x03: The Separation (Sep 27, 1973)
- Episode 2x02: The Odyssey (Sep 20, 1973)
- Episode 2x01: The Journey (Sep 13, 1973)
- Episode 1x24: An Easter Story (Apr 19, 1973)
- Episode 1x23: The Townie (Mar 8, 1973)
- Episode 1x22: The Bicycle (Mar 1, 1973)
- Episode 1x21: The Scholar (Feb 22, 1973)
- Episode 1x20: The Deed (Feb 8, 1973)
- Episode 1x19: The Gypsies (Feb 1, 1973)
- Episode 1x18: The Courtship (Jan 25, 1973)
- Episode 1x17: The Love Story (Jan 18, 1973)
- Episode 1x16: The Fire (Jan 11, 1973)
- Episode 1x14: The Minstrel (Dec 21, 1972)
- Episode 1x13: The Reunion (Dec 14, 1972)
- Episode 1x12: The Dust Bowl Cousins (Dec 7, 1972)
- Episode 1x11: The Literary Man (Nov 30, 1972)
- Episode 1x10: The Legend (Nov 16, 1972)
- Episode 1x09: The Ceremony (Nov 9, 1972)
- Episode 1x08: The Boy from the C.C.C. (Nov 2, 1972)
- Episode 1x07: The Sinner (Oct 26, 1972)
- Episode 1x06: The Star (Oct 19, 1972)
- Episode 1x05: The Typewriter (Oct 12, 1972)
- Episode 1x04: The Hunt (Oct 5, 1972)
- Episode 1x03: The Calf (Sep 28, 1972)
- Episode 1x02: The Carnival (Sep 21, 1972)
- Episode 1x01: The Foundling (Sep 14, 1972)
Guest starring as Esther Walton
(9 episodes)
- Episode S11 Special: A Walton Easter (Mar 30, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode S11 Special: A Walton Wedding (Feb 12, 1995) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode S11 Special: A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (Nov 21, 1993) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode S10 Special: A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (Nov 22, 1982) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode S10 Special: A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (Feb 22, 1982) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 8x23: The Valediction (Mar 13, 1980) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 8x18: The Inspiration (Jan 31, 1980) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x22: Grandma Comes Home (Mar 30, 1978) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode S01 Special: The Homecoming - A Christmas Story (Dec 19, 1971)
Guest starring as Ellen Corby
- Episode S08 Special: A Decade of The Waltons (May 22, 1980)
Love, American Style (1969)
Guest starring as Granny Gambler
- Episode 4x35: Love and Lady Luck (Nov 10, 1972)
Guest starring as The Little Old Lady
- Episode 2x48: Love and the Jury (Feb 19, 1971)
Mr. Terrific (1967)
Guest starring as Mrs. Walters
- Episode 1x03: I Can't Fly (Jan 23, 1967) [Co-Star]
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
- Episode 8x75: May 20-26, 1974 (May 20, 1974)
Get Smart (1965)
Guest starring as Agnes Davenport, Security Agent #11 (Ret.)
- Episode 1x21: Dear Diary (Feb 12, 1966) [Co-Star]
Honey West (1965)
Guest starring as Nellie Peedy
- Episode 1x23: Come to Me, My Litigation Baby (Feb 18, 1966)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)
Guest starring as Martha O'Reilly
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x24: Just While You're Resting (Mar 11, 1967)
- Episode 2x23: Help Wanted, Desperately (Mar 4, 1967)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Guest starring as Mother
- Episode 5x24: The Short Voyage Home (Mar 14, 1969)
The Addams Family (1964)
Guest starring as Mother Lurch
- Episode 1x17: Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family (Jan 15, 1965)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Guest starring as Miss Tanner
- Episode 2x04: Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault (Oct 21, 1963)
Guest starring as Woman in Park
- Episode 1x29: Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly (Apr 22, 1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Ellen Corby
- Episode 1976-05-26: May 26, 1976 (May 26, 1976)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Guest starring as Mrs. Emma Poke
- Episode 3x09: The Widow Poke Arrives (Nov 18, 1964)
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as Mrs. Clancy
- Episode 3x11: All Nice and Legal (Nov 25, 1964) [Co-Star]
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Ellen Corby
- Episode 16x59: Nov 25, 1976 (Nov 25, 1976)
Hazel (1961)
Guest starring as Miss Minnie
- Episode 3x04: You Ain't Fully Dressed Without a Smile (Oct 10, 1963)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Guest starring as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh
- Episode 3x27: Barney's First Car (Apr 1, 1963)
The Tall Man (1960)
Guest starring as Hannah Blossom
- Episode 1x23: The Reluctant Bridegroom (Feb 18, 1961)
Dennis the Menace (1959)
Guest starring as Miss Douglas
- Episode 2x03: Dennis and the Radio Set (Oct 16, 1960)
Bonanza (1959)
Guest starring as Lorna Doone Mayberry
- Episode 1x19: The Gunmen (Jan 23, 1960)
Guest starring as Cora Milford
- Episode 4x21: The Hayburner (Feb 17, 1963)
The Rifleman (1958)
Guest starring as Mrs. Avery
- Episode 2x21: The Spoiler (Feb 16, 1960)
Guest starring as Mrs. Morgan
- Episode 4x12: The High Country (Dec 18, 1961)
Trackdown (1957)
Guest starring as Henrietta Porter
(24 episodes)
- Episode 2x33: The Vote (May 6, 1959)
- Episode 2x30: The Trick (Apr 15, 1959)
- Episode 2x29: False Witness (Apr 8, 1959)
- Episode 2x27: Stranger in Town (Mar 25, 1959)
- Episode 2x25: Hard Lines (Mar 11, 1959)
- Episode 2x23: The Gang (Feb 25, 1959)
- Episode 2x21: The Feud (Feb 11, 1959)
- Episode 2x18: McCallin's Daughter (Jan 2, 1959)
- Episode 2x15: The Kid (Dec 12, 1958)
- Episode 2x14: Three-Legged Fox (Dec 5, 1958)
- Episode 2x13: Day of Vengeance (Nov 28, 1958)
- Episode 2x12: Sunday's Child (Nov 21, 1958)
- Episode 2x10: The Schoolteacher (Nov 7, 1958)
- Episode 2x09: The Avenger (Oct 31, 1958)
- Episode 2x08: Tenner Smith (Oct 24, 1958)
- Episode 2x04: The Set-Up (Sep 26, 1958)
- Episode 2x03: The Chinese Cowboy (Sep 19, 1958)
- Episode 2x02: Outlaw's Wife (Sep 12, 1958)
- Episode 2x01: Killer Take All (Sep 5, 1958)
- Episode 1x29: The Jailbreak (May 2, 1958)
- Episode 1x26: The Winter Boys (Apr 11, 1958)
- Episode 1x25: The Pueblo Kid (Apr 4, 1958)
- Episode 1x23: The House (Mar 21, 1958)
- Episode 1x22: The Judge (Mar 14, 1958)
The Restless Gun (1957)
Guest starring as Ruth Purcell
- Episode 2x34: A Trial for Jenny May (May 25, 1959)
Guest starring as Mrs. Amy Morgan
- Episode 1x29: The Crisis at Easter Creek (Apr 7, 1958)
Guest starring as Emma Birch
- Episode 1x27: The Suffragette (Mar 24, 1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Old Lady
- Episode 2x26: Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (May 9, 1959)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Aunt Em
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x01: Wagons Ho! (Sep 28, 1960) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x02: The Greenhorn Story (Oct 7, 1959) [Co-Star]
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
Guest starring as Minerva Comstock
- Episode 2x19: The Marriage Broker (Jun 12, 1957)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Guest starring as Maggie Ryan
- Episode 1x03: Triggers in Leash (Oct 16, 1955)
Guest starring as Emma
- Episode 5x33: Party Line (May 29, 1960)
Guest starring as Miss Samantha
- Episode 3x26: Bull in a China Shop (Mar 30, 1958)
Guest starring as Marie McGurk
- Episode 2x06: Toby (Nov 4, 1956)
Cheyenne (1955)
Guest starring as Hortense Durango
- Episode 7x01: The Durango Brothers (Sep 24, 1962)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Guest starring as Mrs. Jane McGill
- Episode 2x17: Shootin' Woman (Jan 1, 1957)
The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
Guest starring as Nurse
- Episode 4x10: Bob Wins the Olympics (Dec 3, 1957)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
(2 episodes)
- Episode 14x25: The Mystery of Edward Simms (2) (Apr 7, 1968)
- Episode 14x24: The Mystery of Edward Simms (1) (Mar 31, 1968)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
Guest starring as Sally Benton
- Episode 3x31: Stagecoach Sally (Apr 19, 1957)
The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
Guest starring as Amity Bailey
- Episode 6x01: Head for Cover (Oct 21, 1956)
Dragnet (1951)
Guest starring as Thelma Keene
- Episode 3x22: The Big Ham (Jan 28, 1954)
Guest starring as Margaret Beckar
- Episode 3x11: The Big Will (Nov 12, 1953)
I Love Lucy (1951)
Guest starring as Miss Hanna
- Episode 6x03: Lucy Meets Orson Welles (Oct 15, 1956)
Crew Credits
The Waltons (1971)
Episode crew as Story
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x15: The Search (Jan 1, 1976)
- Episode 2x03: The Separation (Sep 27, 1973)