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Ellen Corby
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American actress (1911-1999)
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Ellen Corby was an American actress and screenwriter who worked in film and television. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1911, she began her career in 1933. She was a native English speaker and wrote in English. Her work period ended in 1999.
Corby was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is also credited as an author, with works including *Pebble of Gibraltar*. She died of a stroke in Woodland Hills in 1999. Her remains were buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Pebble of Gibraltar
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Film & TV
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ellen
- Family name
- Hansen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Racine
- Place of death
- Woodland Hills
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Edgar Bergen Ellen Corby The Homecoming Waltons 1974 (cropped).JPG
Show 11 more facts
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Ellen Corby
- date of birth
- 1911-06-03
- date of death
- 1999-04-14
- cause of death
- stroke
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- name in native language
- Ellen Corby
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
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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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