Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby
Birth name	Ellen Hansen
Born	June 3, 1911 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Died	April 14, 1999 in Woodland Hills, California, USA from natural causes
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Waltons	Esther Walton	1972–1979	1	2	3	4	5		7

Recurring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Trackdown	Henrietta Potter	1958–1959

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
General Electric Theater	Maid	3x33 - Star in the House	June 5, 1955
I Love Lucy	Miss Hanna	6x03 - Lucy Meets Orson Wells	October 15, 1956
The Roy Rogers Show	Amity Bailey	6x01 - Head for Cover	October 21, 1956
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	Sally Benson	3x31 - Stagecoach Sally	April 19, 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Harriet Smith	2x01 - The Space Society	January 2, 1958
Bronco	Emma Hardin	1x03 - The Turning Point	October 21, 1958
Peter Gunn	Irma Gaffney	1x31 - Love Me to Death	April 27, 1959
Perry Mason	Woman	2x26 - The Case of the Dangerous Dowager	May 9, 1959
Wagon Train	Aunt Em	3x02 - The Greenhorn Story	October 7, 1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Miss Carter	4x11 - Marked for Murder	December 14, 1959
Bonanza	Lorna Doone Mayberry	1x19 - The Gunmen	January 23, 1960
The Rifleman	Mrs. Avery	2x21 - The Spoiler	February 16, 1960
Hennesey		1x27 - We're Glad It's You	April 11, 1960
Wagon Train	Aunt Em	4x01 - Wagons Ho!	September 28, 1960
Dennis the Menace	Mrs. Tucker	2x03 - Dennis and the Radio Set	October 16, 1960
General Electric Theater	Ma Jericho	9x07 - The Graduation Dress	October 30, 1960
Thriller	Mrs. Peel	1x09 - Girl with a Secret	November 15, 1960
Tales of Wells Fargo	Kate Wiggam	5x12 - The Bride and the Bandit	December 12, 1960
Hennesey	Mrs. Hammer	2x19 - The Apartment	February 20, 1961
Frontier Circus	Abby	1x04 - Dr. Sam	October 26, 1961
General Electric Theater	Gracie Jordan	10x10 - Money and the Minister	November 26, 1961
The Rifleman	Mrs. Morgan	4x12 - The High Country	December 18, 1961
Follow the Sun	Annabelle Witherspoon	1x15 - Mele Kalikamaka to You	December 24, 1961
87th Precinct	Mrs. Brodek	1x22 - Feel of the Trigger	February 26, 1962
Dr. Kildare	Miss Hallie Ainsley	2x07 - Breakdown	November 8, 1962
Bonanza	Cora Milford	4x21 - The Hayburner	February 17, 1963
Hazel	Miss Minnie	3x04 - You Ain't Fully Dressed Without a Smile	October 10, 1963
Hazel	Miss Minnie	3x17 - Hot Potato a la Hazel	January 9, 1964
The Beverly Hillbillies	Emma Poke	3x09 - The Widow Poke Arrives	November 18, 1964
Daniel Boone	Hilda Brock	1x13 - The Hostages	January 7, 1965
The Addams Family	Mother Lurch	1x17 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family	January 15, 1965
The Donna Reed Show	Christine Moss	7x23 - The Gift Shop	February 18, 1965
Ben Casey	Mrs. Jacoby	4x27 - Journeys End in Lovers Meeting	April 19, 1965
The F.B.I.	Mrs. Stone	1x16 - The Forests of the Night	January 2, 1966
The Fugitive	Mrs. Barlow	3x20 - Stroke of Genius	February 1, 1966
Get Smart	Agnes Davenport	1x21 - Dear Diary	February 12, 1966
Honey West	Nellie Peedy	1x23 - Come to Me, My Litigation Baby	February 18, 1966
The Fugitive	Mrs. Murdock	4x04 - The Sharp Edge of Chivalry	October 4, 1966
The F.B.I.	Mrs. Mary Carmichael	2x08 - Collision Course	November 13, 1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.	Madame Bloor	1x17 - The Moulin Ruse Affair	January 17, 1967
The F.B.I.	Elizabeth Page	2x27 - The Satellite	April 2, 1967
The Felony Squad	Mrs. Smory	2x22 - Nightmare on a Dead-End Street	February 19, 1968
Batman	Mrs. Green	3x24 - The Joker's Flying Saucer	February 29, 1968
The F.B.I.	Aunt Florie Buell	4x07 - The Nightmare	November 10, 1968
The F.B.I.	Hannah Beecher	4x11 - The Butcher	December 8, 1968
Hawaii Five-O	Mrs. Feathertree	1x10 - Yesterday Died and Tomorrow Won't Be Born	December 19, 1968
Ironside	Gladys Prescott	2x16 - Why the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Met on Thursday	January 23, 1969
Nanny and the Professor	Mrs Kaufman	1x10 - I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree	March 25, 1970
The F.B.I.	Mrs. Anderson	6x05 - The Savage Wilderness	October 18, 1970
Dan August	Agnes Oaks	1x20 - The Worst Crime	February 11, 1971

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story	Grandma Walton	December 19, 1971	The Waltons
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion	Grandma Walton	November 21, 1993	The Waltons
A Walton Wedding	Grandma Walton	February 12, 1995	The Waltons
A Walton Easter	Grandma Walton	March 30, 1997	The Waltons

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Hollywood Squares		May 20-24, 1974

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

(2 Wins in 5 Nominations)

• Won: Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1949)

I Remember Mama

• Won: Best Supporting Actress – Television (1974)

The Waltons

Primetime Emmy Awards

(3 Wins in 6 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1973, 1975, 1976)

The Waltons