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Ellen Corby

1911 - 1999

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Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Corby is the 3,325th most popular actor (up from 3,931st in 2019), the 5,533rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,842nd in 2019) and the 1,561st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ellen Corby ranks 3,325 out of 13,578. Before her are Adam Cheng, Manuel Ojeda, Carol Potter, Ana Belén, Kim Tae-hee, and Anna Kendrick. After her are Oleg Vidov, Richard Roxburgh, Dorothy Lamour, Nicole Courcel, Dennis Franz, and Alan Thicke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Ellen Corby ranks 192. Before her are Arkady Raikin, Wolfgang Larrazábal, Michel Pablo, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Allan Pettersson, and Viktor Nekrasov. After her are Said Akl, Mahmoud Taleghani, Mario Perazzolo, Paris Pişmiş, Antonio Sastre, and Franz Wagner. Among people deceased in 1999, Ellen Corby ranks 149. Before her are Teuvo Aura, Nise da Silveira, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Allen Stack, František Vláčil, and Joshua Nkomo. After her are Harry Edison, Susan Strasberg, Nilde Iotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Umberto Maglioli, and Jehan Buhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Corby ranks 5,533 out of 20,380. Before her are Roy Buchanan (1939), Carol Potter (1948), Robert Cornelius (1809), David Sanborn (1945), Anna Kendrick (1985), and Billy Hart (1940). After her are Dorothy Lamour (1914), Dennis Franz (1944), Lindsey Vonn (1984), Vince Neil (1961), Harry Edison (1915), and Sam Francis (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ellen Corby ranks 1,561. Before her are Dick Miller (1928), Denis O'Hare (1962), Janet Hubert (1956), Diana Hyland (1936), Carol Potter (1948), and Anna Kendrick (1985). After her are Dorothy Lamour (1914), Dennis Franz (1944), Harry Langdon (1884), John Carroll Lynch (1963), Peter Jacobson (1965), and T.J. Miller (1981).

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