Ellen Corby: movies and TV shows
Ellen Corby has 243 credits in the archive: 105 films and 138 TV series, from 1933 to 2017. Highest rated: It's a Wonderful Life (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1933 – 2017 · busiest year: 1957 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mansfield 66/67 | Film | 4.8 | 106 | |
| 1997 | A Walton Easter | Grandma Walton | Film | 7.3 | 86 |
| 1995 | A Walton Wedding | Grandma Walton | Film | — | 84 |
| 1993 | A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Grandma Walton | Film | 7.3 | 82 |
| 1982 | A Wedding on Waltons Mountain | Grandma Walton | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1982 | A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain | Esther Walton | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 1981 | All the Way Home | Great-Gandmaw | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1980 | The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons | Film | 7.8 | 69 | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1974 | The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd | Ma Floyd | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Esther Walton | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | TV | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha | Gertrude | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1971 | The Partners | TV | 6.5 | 60 | |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Abigail | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Esther Walton | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Mrs. Simmons | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1971 | Cannon | Teacher | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Miss Patience | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Florence | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Kaufman | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1970 | Dan August | Agnes Oaks | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | The Little Old Lady | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Granny Gambler | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Hilberman | TV | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Mrs. Feathertree | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Camille Gearhardt | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Mrs. Cunningham | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 57 | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | TV | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Script Girl | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1968 | A Fine Pair | Maddy Walker | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Agnes Fairchild | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Mrs. Dilts | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Aunt Sara | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Molly Cobb | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific | Mrs. Walters | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | Etta Pettibone (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1967 | Rango | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1966 | Batman | Mrs. Green | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Madame Bloor | TV | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | TV | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Neva Tremaine | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1966 | The Glass Bottom Boat | Anna Miller | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly | Hazel Squires | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Agnes Davenport | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mrs. Stone | TV | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mary Carmichael | TV | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Elizabeth Page | TV | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Aunt Florrie Buell | TV | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Hannah Beecher | TV | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Mrs. Anderson | TV | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Emmie Pearson | TV | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 54 | |
| 1965 | Honey West | 'Nellie Peedy' | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Martha O'Reilly | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1965 | The Family Jewels | Airline Passenger | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Hilda Brock | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Mother | TV | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1964 | The Addams Family | Mother Lurch | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1964 | The Baileys of Balboa | Miss Engeldorf | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Lily | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1964 | The Strangler | Mrs. Kroll | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Mrs. Barlow | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Mrs. Murdock | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Miss Purdy | TV | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Charlotte | TV | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1963 | The Farmer's Daughter | TV | 6.0 | 52 | |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | TV | 8.0 | 52 | |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Widow | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Irene | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Emma Poke | TV | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | The Chief Nurse | TV | 7.8 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Miss Tanner | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Woman in Park | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Mrs. Clancy | TV | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1962 | Going My Way | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Mrs. Healy | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners | Mrs. McKenzie | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Ainsley Hallie | TV | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1961 | Hazel | Miss Minnie | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1961 | Hazel | Minerva Anderson | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 50 | |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Mrs. Brodek | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | Mrs. Peterson | TV | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Soho Sal | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Mrs. Peele | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | Hannah Blossom | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Addie Horton | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Maria | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Mrs. Mabel Mayberry | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1960 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | Aunt Emily | Film | — | 49 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Lorna Doone Mayberry | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Cora Milford | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | Miss Douglas | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Carrie Blyden | TV | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Sister Julia | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | TV | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mrs. Walters | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | Hazel Mason | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Mrs. Avery | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Mrs. Morgan | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Christine Moss | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | TV | 6.6 | 47 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Martha Ward | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Katy Clayton | TV | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1958 | Vertigo | Manager of McKittrick Hotel | Film | 8.1 | 47 |
| 1958 | Bronco | Emma Hardin | TV | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1958 | Macabre | Miss Kushins | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1958 | As Young As We Are | Nettie McPherson | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Old Lady Card Player | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Aunt Em | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Harriet Smith | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Miss Carter | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Elvira Moss | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Henrietta Porter | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Henrietta | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Ruth Purcell | TV | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Emma Birch | TV | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Mrs. Amy Morgan | TV | 4.4 | 46 |
| 1957 | Night Passage | Mrs. Feeney | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1957 | All Mine to Give | Mrs. Raiden | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin | Sister Saint Joseph | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Mrs. Dalton | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1957 | Rockabilly Baby | Mrs. Wellington | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 45 | |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet | Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Sarah Farrell | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 44 | |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Hortense Durango | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Mrs. Jane McGill | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Nancy Marlborough | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Bedelia Buckley | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Maggie Ryan | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Marie McGurk | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Miss Samantha | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Emma | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show | Nurse | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Minerva Comstock | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1955 | Illegal | Miss Hinkel | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1954 | Lassie | Amy Baker | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1954 | Lassie | Pearlie Mae | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1954 | Lassie | Bess Wright | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1954 | Lassie | Pearlie Mae Yochim | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 1954 | The Whistler | TV | — | 43 | |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Miss McCardie | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1954 | Hey Mulligan | Martha | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Sally Benton | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1954 | Susan Slept Here | Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Mrs. Croffman | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1954 | The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | Amelia Gravesend | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1954 | Untamed Heiress | Mrs. Flanny | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1953 | You Are There | TV | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Jennie | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1953 | Shane | Liz Torrey | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge | TV | 6.3 | 42 | |
| 1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | Mrs. Logan | TV | — | 42 |
| 1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | Clara | TV | — | 42 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Frankie, Joan's maid | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ma Jericho | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Gracie Jordan | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1953 | A Lion Is in the Streets | Singing Woman | Film | 5.4 | 42 |
| 1953 | The Vanquished | Mrs. Barbour | Film | 4.9 | 42 |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched | First Townswoman | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Aunt Ellen | TV | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Elsie | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Martha - Maid | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mabel | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1952 | Chevron Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1952 | My Hero | Henrietta Sullivan | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1952 | The Big Trees | Sister Blackburn | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan | Mrs. Ardley | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 1952 | Monsoon | Katie | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Little Old Lady | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Miss Hanna | TV | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1951 | Dragnet | TV | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Sister Veronica | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Miss Birdshaw | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Mrs. McGonigle | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | Miss Mary Stevens | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Annie | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet | Mrs. Drinkwater | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Miss Della (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | TV | 6.7 | 39 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Nurse | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Norah | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Aunt | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Lavinia Penniman | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Martha | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Harriet | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Mrs. Devlin | Film | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1950 | Caged | Emma Barber | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Jeanette Moore | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1950 | Captain China | Miss Endicott | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig | Lottie | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1950 | Peggy | Mrs. Privet, the Librarian | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1949 | Little Women | Sophie | Film | 7.4 | 38 |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Orphanage matron (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1949 | Rusty Saves a Life | Miss Simmons | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | Nurse who reads paper to Susan | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Félicité | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Aunt Trina | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Colpeck's Secretary | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Agnes (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Hilda - Maid (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1948 | Strike It Rich | Annie Harkins | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1947 | Forever Amber | Marge | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Observer in Crowd (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful | Courtroom Spectator | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | Screaming Woman in Courtroom (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Maid (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way | Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1947 | Railroaded! | Mrs. Wills (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Mother at Party (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1947 | Beat the Band | Gertrude's Mother | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1947 | Hoppy's Holiday | Film | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Joe | Cathy, the Maid | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Ms. Davis (uncredited) | Film | 8.3 | 35 |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase | Neighbour (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1946 | Bedlam | Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Maid (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1946 | The Locket | Ginny (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Mother | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Reynold's Maid (Uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Rita | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1946 | The Truth About Murder | Betty | Film | 4.8 | 35 |
| 1945 | Cornered | Swiss Maid (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1941 | Twilight on the Trail | Film | 5.0 | 30 | |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | Bit Part (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1936 | The Broken Coin | Film | 9.0 | 25 | |
| 1935 | Speed Limited | Secretary | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1934 | Babes in Toyland | Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1933 | Sons of the Desert | Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 22 |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance | Telemarketer (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 22 |