Ellen Hansen
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 3, 1911 Racine, WI |
| Died | Apr 14, 1999 Woodland Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 87 |
Ellen Corby | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1933-1997 |
| Known for | Nosey neighbors, starchy schoolmarms, repressed spinsters, dowdy servants |
| Top Roles | Miss Davis, Miss Mary Stevens, Manager of McKittrick Hotel, Town Gossip, Felicite |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime, Film Noir, Family |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Christmas |
| Top Collaborators | Frank Capra (Director), Jack J. Gross (Producer), George Stevens (Director), Dore Schary (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Tony Curtis, Paulette Goddard, Anthony Harvey see more.. |
Ellen Corby Overview:
Character actress, Ellen Corby, was born Ellen Hansen on Jun 3, 1911 in Racine, WI. Corby died at the age of 87 on Apr 14, 1999 in Woodland Hills, CA .
MINI BIO:
After World War II Ellen Corby switched from being a script girl to being an actress and quickly cornered the market in nosey neighbors, bigoted townswomen, starchy schoolmarms, repressed spinsters and dowdy servants. Her tight dark hair and pinched features added character to dozens of films before she turned to television and became Grandma (and sometime scriptwriter) of The Waltons, a series for which she took two Emmy Awards to add to her Oscar nomination for I Remember Mama in 1948.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Corby was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1948 | Best Supporting Actress | I Remember Mama (1948) | Aunt Trina | Nominated |
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Ellen Corby Quotes:
Emma Barber:
That trained seal can sure ask a lot of questions. Who is this Pearl Harbor anyway? What is she, an inmate?
Mrs. Madigan: Praying, was ye! What are ye, hollering hyenas? I thought you was Catholics! Ye'd better get down on yer knees and say yer prayers like decent Christians. Or else!
Miss Mary Stevens: [to Wesley] Now, do you know the difference between a proper and improper fraction? Wesley, if you don't pay attention you'll never learn.
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Mrs. Madigan: Praying, was ye! What are ye, hollering hyenas? I thought you was Catholics! Ye'd better get down on yer knees and say yer prayers like decent Christians. Or else!
Miss Mary Stevens: [to Wesley] Now, do you know the difference between a proper and improper fraction? Wesley, if you don't pay attention you'll never learn.
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