Ellen Corby
# Ellen Corby

Ellen Hansen Corby (Racine, Wisconsin, 3 de junio de 1911-Los Ángeles, California, 14 de abril de 1999) fue una actriz estadounidense, que se hizo conocida por su papel como Esther Walton en la serie de los años setenta The Waltons.

## Biografía

Ellen Hansen nació en Racine, Wisconsin, de padres inmigrantes de Dinamarca. Se crio en Filadelfia. Desde pequeña tuvo interés en el teatro, mientras que la escuela secundaria la llevó a Atlantic City en 1932, donde trabajó brevemente como corista. Se mudó a Hollywood en ese mismo año y consiguió un trabajo como chica script en RKO Studios y Hal Roach Studios, donde trabajó a menudo en las comedias Our Gang, junto a su esposo, el cineasta Francis Corby. Mantuvo esa posición durante los próximos doce años, y tomó clases de actuación en el lateral. El 14 de abril de 1997, Corby fallece en su residencia de Woodland Hills en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, California, a sus 87 años.

## Filmografía

| Década 1930 Rafter Romance (1933) Sons of the Desert (1933) Twisted Rails (1934) Speed Limited (1935) The Broken Coin (1936) | Década 1940 Cornered (1945) The Scarlet Horseman (1946) The Spiral Staircase (1946) From This Day Forward (1946) The Dark Corner (1946) The Truth About Murder (1946) Bedlam (1946) In Old Sacramento (1946) Lover Come Back (1946) Till the End of Time (1946) Cuban Pete (1946) Crack-Up (1946) Amor sublime (1946) The Locket (1946) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Beat the Band (1947) Born to Kill (1947) The Long Night (1947) Living in a Big Way (1947) They Wont Believe Me (1947) The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947) The Fabulous Joe (1947) Driftwood (1947) Railroaded! (1947) Forever Amber (1947) If You Knew Susie (1948) I Remember Mama (1948) The Noose Hangs High (1948) Fighting Father Dunne (1948) The Dark Past (1948) Strike It Rich (1949) Rusty Saves a Life (1949) A Woman's Secret (1949) Mujercitas (1949) The Judge Steps Out (1949) Mighty Joe Young (1949) Madame Bovary (1949) |
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| Década 1950 Captain China (1950) Caged (1950) The Gunfighter (1950) Peggy (1950) Edge of Doom (1950) Harriet Craig (1950) Stars over Hollywood (1950) Angels in the Outfield (1951) The Barefoot Mailman (1951) Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) Here Comes the Groom (1951) The Mating Season (1951) On Moonlight Bay (1951) The Sea Hornet (1951) Stars over Hollywood (1951) Fearless Fagan (1952) Monsoon (1952) Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952) A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) Dragnet (1953) Letter to Loretta (1953) Shane (1953) The Story of Three Loves (1953) Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) The Vanquished (1953) You Are There (1953) Sabrina (1954) About Mrs. Leslie (1954) The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954) Dragnet (1954) The Ford Television Theatre (1954) Four Star Playhouse (1954) Lux Video Theatre (1954) Susan Slept Here (1954) Untamed Heiress (1954) General Electric Theater (1954) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) Illegal (1955) The Millionaire (1955) Stage 7 (1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) The Go-Getter (1956) I Love Lucy (1956) Lux Video Theatre (1956) Matinee Theater (1956) The Millionaire (1956) The Roy Rogers Show (1956) Stagecoach to Fury (1956) Slightly Scarlet (1956) The People's Choice (1956, 1958) The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957) All Mine to Give (1957) God Is My Partner (1957) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957) Mr. Adams and Eve (1957) Night Passage (1957) The Joseph Cotten Show (1957) Rockabilly Baby (1957) The Seventh Sin (1957) The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957) Trackdown (1957–1959) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) As Young as We Are (1958) Decision (1958) Macabre (1958) The Restless Gun (1958) Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958) The Texan, as Katy Clayton en "The Lord Will Provide" (1958) Vertigo (1958) Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson, as Mrs. Walters Lock Up (1959) Wagon Train (1959) The Restless Gun (1959) Perry Mason (1959) Trackdown (1959) Peter Gunn (1959) 77 Sunset Strip (1959) | Década de 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) Bonanza (1960) The Chevy Mystery Show (1960) General Electric Theater (1960) Hot off the Wire (1960) The Rebel (1960) Lock Up (1960) The Rifleman (1960) Tales of Wells Fargo (1960) Boris Karloff's Thriller (1960) Tightrope (1960) Visit to a Small Planet (1960) Wagon Train (1960) Dennis the Menace (1960) Hennesey (1960-1961) Follow the Sun (1961) Frontier Circus (1961) General Electric Theater (1961) Lassie (1961) Pocketful of Miracles (1961) The Rifleman (1961) Surfside 6 (1961) The Tab Hunter Show (1961) The Tall Man (1961) Cheyenne (1962) The Dick Powell Show (1962) Dr. Kildare (1962) Saintly Sinners (1962) 87th Precinct (1962) The Andy Griffith Show (1963) Bonanza (1963) The Caretakers (1963) The Lucy Show (1963) McKeever and the Colonel (1963) 4 for Texas (1963) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) The Beverly Hillbillies (1964) Destry (1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) The Strangler (1964) The Virginian (1964) The Addams Family (1965) Ben Casey (1965) Daniel Boone (1965) The Donna Reed Show (1965) The Family Jewels (1965) The Farmer's Daughter (1965) Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966) The F.B.I. (1966) The Fugitive (1966) Get Smart (1966) The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) Honey West (1966) Laredo (1966) Lassie (1966) The Night of the Grizzly (1966) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967) The Big Valley (1967) The F.B.I. (1967) The Gnome-Mobile (1967) The Invaders (1967) Ironside (1967) Mr. Terrific (1967) Rango (1967) Batman (1968) The F.B.I. (1968) The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968) Hawaii Five-O (1968) The High Chaparral (1968) Lassie (1968) The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) The Mystery of Edward Sims (1968) Adam-12 (1969) Angel in My Pocket (1969) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1969) Lancer (1969) The Outsider (1969) Ruba al prossimo tuo (1969) |
| Década 1970 The F.B.I. (1970) Bracken's World (1970) Nanny and the Professor (1970) Adam-12 (1971) Cannon (1971) The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) Love, American Style (1971) The Odd Couple (1971) Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) A Tattered Web (1971) The Partners (1971) Love, American Style (1972) Napoleon and Samantha (1972) Night Gallery (1972) The Waltons (1972) Tenafly (1973) The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974) | Década 1980 All the Way Home (1981) Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982) A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982) | Década 1990 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993) A Walton Wedding (1995) A Walton Easter (1997) |

## Como escritora

* The Broken Coin (1936)
* Twilight on the Trail (1941)
* Hoppy's Holiday (1947)

## Premios y distinciones

### Premios Óscar

| Año | Categoría | Película | Resultado |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | Mejor actriz de reparto | Nunca la olvidaré | Nominado |
