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Acting

Ellen Corby

Career: Active from 1936 to 1993, with a break from 1982 to 1992, busiest in 1957 and 1958 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Vertigo
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 139 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ellen Corby Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Psychological
4.4, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 3
Social Commentary 3
Gentle Humor 2
Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

202

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

3 titles · average score 72

A Walton Easter

72

as Grandma Walton

A Walton Wedding

as Grandma Walton

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

72

as Grandma Walton

1980s

3 titles · average score 60

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

61

as Esther Walton

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

60

as Grandma Walton

All the Way Home

as Great-Gandmaw

1970s

12 titles · average score 65

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

as Ma Floyd

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Esther Walton

Napoleon and Samantha

55

as Gertrude

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

81

as Esther Walton

Support Your Local Gunfighter

63

as Abigail

TV show

Cannon

62

as Teacher

A Tattered Web

51

as Mrs. Simmons

The Odd Couple

52

TV show · as Florence

Night Gallery

85

TV show · as Miss Patience

Nanny and the Professor

69

TV show · as Mrs. Kaufman

Dan August

71

TV show · as Agnes Oaks

1960s

62 titles · average score 63

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Mrs. Feathertree

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Camille Gearhardt / Mrs. Cunningham

A Fine Pair

47

as Maddy Walker

Ironside

45

TV show · as Agnes Fairchild

The Night of the Grizzly

59

as Hazel Squires

Batman

73

TV show · as Mrs. Green

Get Smart

84

TV show · as Agnes Davenport

The Addams Family

91

TV show · as Mother Lurch

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Mrs. Barlow / Mrs. Murdock

The Beverly Hillbillies

47

TV show · as Emma Poke

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as The Chief Nurse

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Myrt 'Hubcaps' Lesh

1950s

83 titles · average score 65

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Lorna Doone Mayberry / Cora Milford

Vertigo

91

as Manager of McKittrick Hotel

Macabre

49

as Miss Kushins

The Rifleman

77

TV show · as Mrs. Morgan / Mrs. Avery

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Old Lady Card Player

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Aunt Em

Illegal

64

as Miss Hinkel

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Emma / Miss Samantha

Lassie

64

TV show · as Pearlie Mae / Amy Baker

I Love Lucy

81

TV show · as Miss Hanna

On Moonlight Bay

64

as Miss Mary Stevens

Caged

63

as Emma Barber

1940s

34 titles · average score 65

Rusty Saves a Life

as Miss Simmons

Little Women

69

as Sophie

Mighty Joe Young

72

as Orphanage matron (uncredited)

Strike It Rich

as Annie Harkins

Hoppy's Holiday

Story

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

61

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Forever Amber

40

as Marge

It's a Wonderful Life

89

as Ms. Davis (uncredited)

Bedlam

77

as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

Sister Kenny

71

as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)

The Spiral Staircase

79

as Neighbour (uncredited)

Twilight on the Trail

Screenplay

1930s

5 titles · average score 79

The Broken Coin

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Speed Limited

as Secretary

Babes in Toyland

84

as Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)

Sons of the Desert

88

as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)

Rafter Romance

63

as Telemarketer (uncredited)