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Ellen Corby

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Ellen Corby

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Also known as Ellen Hansen Corby, Ellen Hansen

American actress (1911-1999)

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  • Pebble of Gibraltar

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Film & TV

Acting · Racine, Wisconsin, USA

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…

Known for

  • Mansfield 66/672017
  • A Walton Easter — Grandma Walton1997
  • A Walton Wedding — Grandma Walton1995
  • A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion — Grandma Walton1993
  • A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain — Esther Walton1982
  • A Wedding on Waltons Mountain — Grandma Walton1982
  • All the Way Home — Great-Gandmaw1981
  • The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons1980
  • The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd — Ma Floyd1974
  • Dinah! — Self1974

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Key facts

Born
Ellen Hansen , ( 1911-06-03 ) June 3, 1911, Racine, Wisconsin , U.S.
Died
April 14, 1999 (1999-04-14) (aged 87), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California , U.S.
Occupations
Actress screenwriter
Years active
1933–1999
Spouse
Francis Corby, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1944 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) 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).

Early life

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