Ellen Corby She is most widely remembered for the role of Grandma Esther Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama. She had bit parts in more than thirty films in the 1930s and 1940s, including Babes in Toyland and Its a Wonderful Life, her first credited acting role was in 1945, playing a maid in RKOs Cornered. Television roles included a classic portrayal as the elderly Mrs. Lesh, the crooked car peddler on The Andy Griffith Show, and appearances on Wagon Train, Cheyenne, Bewitched, Dragnet (several episodes), Rescue 8, The Restless Gun (two episodes), The Rifleman, Fury, The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, I Love Lucy, Dennis the Menace, Tightrope, Bonanza, Meet McGraw, The Virginian, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Batman, Get Smart, Gomer Pyle, The Addams Family, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Night Gallery. From 1965 to 1967, she had a recurring role in the NBC television series Please Dont Eat the Daisies, based on an earlier Doris Day film. She remained a regular on The Waltons through the end of the 1978-79 season, with Esther Walton struggling with her stroke deficits as Corby was in real life. Although Corby was able to communicate after her stroke, her characters lines were usually limited to one word or one-phrased dialogue, such as No or Home; her role dropped to recurring during The Waltons final two seasons, and she later resumed her role as Grandma Walton in five of the six Waltons reunion movies between 1982 and 1997.
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