Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/3/1911
Place of Birth
Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
Ellen Corby
Biography
Known For
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Madame Bovary
as Félicité
Illegal
as Miss Hinkel
Slightly Scarlet
as Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Harriet Craig
as Lottie
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
Macabre
as Miss Kushins
Cornered
as Swiss Maid (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
Railroaded!
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
Little Women
as Sophie
They Won't Believe Me
Unknown Role
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hazel Squires
Pocketful of Miracles
as Soho Sal
Caged
as Emma Barber
Mighty Joe Young
as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Lily
The Dark Corner
as Maid (uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
as Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Career Timeline
1982
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Stone
The F.B.I.
as Mary Carmichael
The F.B.I.
as Elizabeth Page
The F.B.I.
as Aunt Florrie Buell
The F.B.I.
as Hannah Beecher
The F.B.I.
as Mrs. Anderson
Get Smart
as Agnes Davenport
Honey West
as 'Nellie Peedy'
Laredo
Role unknown
The Big Valley
as Emmie Pearson
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Martha O'Reilly
The Family Jewels
as Airline Passenger
1964
1963
1962
Going My Way
Role unknown
The Lucy Show
as Miss Tanner
The Lucy Show
as Woman in Park
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Emma Poke
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as The Chief Nurse
The Virginian
as Mrs. Clancy
Saints and Sinners
as Mrs. Healy
Saintly Sinners
as Mrs. McKenzie
1961
1960
1959
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Martha Ward
Macabre
as Miss Kushins
The Rifleman
as Mrs. Avery
The Rifleman
as Mrs. Morgan
The Texan
as Katy Clayton
The Donna Reed Show
as Christine Moss
Bronco
Role unknown
Peter Gunn
Role unknown
As Young As We Are
as Nettie McPherson
Vertigo
as Manager of McKittrick Hotel
1957
All Mine to Give
as Mrs. Raiden
Rockabilly Baby
as Mrs. Wellington
Trackdown
as Henrietta Porter
Trackdown
as Henrietta
Alcoa Theatre
as Elvira Moss
The Restless Gun
as Ruth Purcell
The Restless Gun
as Emma Birch
The Restless Gun
as Mrs. Amy Morgan
Perry Mason
as Old Lady Card Player
Wagon Train
as Aunt Em
Night Passage
as Mrs. Feeney
God Is My Partner
as Mrs. Dalton
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Harriet Smith
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Miss Carter
The Seventh Sin
as Sister Saint Joseph
1956
1955
Matinee Theater
Role unknown
Illegal
as Miss Hinkel
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Minerva Comstock
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Maggie Ryan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Marie McGurk
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Miss Samantha
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Emma
Cheyenne
as Hortense Durango
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mrs. Jane McGill
The Millionaire
as Nancy Marlborough
The Millionaire
as Bedelia Buckley
The Bob Cummings Show
as Nurse
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Woman at Burton Ridge Land Office
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Sally Benton
Studio 57
Role unknown
Lassie
as Pearlie Mae
Lassie
as Pearlie Mae Yochim
Lassie
as Bess Wright
Lassie
as Amy Baker
Sabrina
as Miss McCardie
Hey Mulligan
as Martha
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs. Croffman
Susan Slept Here
as Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
The Whistler
Role unknown
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
as Amelia Gravesend
Untamed Heiress
as Mrs. Flanny
1953
The Man Behind the Badge
Role unknown
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Singing Woman
Letter to Loretta
as Jennie
Revlon Mirror Theatre
as Mrs. Logan
Revlon Mirror Theatre
as Clara
The Vanquished
as Mrs. Barbour
Shane
as Liz Torrey
Woman They Almost Lynched
as First Townswoman
General Electric Theater
as Frankie, Joan's maid
General Electric Theater
as Ma Jericho
General Electric Theater
as Gracie Jordan
1952
My Hero
as Henrietta Sullivan
Monsoon
as Katie
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Aunt Ellen
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mabel
Four Star Playhouse
as Elsie
Four Star Playhouse
as Martha - Maid
Fearless Fagan
as Mrs. Ardley
The Big Trees
as Sister Blackburn
Chevron Theatre
Role unknown
1951
Dragnet
Role unknown
The Barefoot Mailman
as Miss Della (uncredited)
The Sea Hornet
as Mrs. Drinkwater
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Veronica
I Love Lucy
as Miss Hanna
The Red Skelton Show
as Little Old Lady
Here Comes the Groom
as Mrs. McGonigle
On Moonlight Bay
as Miss Mary Stevens
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss Birdshaw
The Mating Season
as Annie
1950
Harriet Craig
as Lottie
Lux Video Theatre
Role unknown
Lux Video Theatre
as Nurse
Lux Video Theatre
as Norah
Lux Video Theatre
as Aunt
Lux Video Theatre
as Lavinia Penniman
Lux Video Theatre
as Martha
Lux Video Theatre
as Harriet
Edge of Doom
as Jeanette Moore
Peggy
as Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
The Gunfighter
as Mrs. Devlin
Caged
as Emma Barber
Captain China
as Miss Endicott
1949
1948
1947
The Judge Steps Out
as Mother at Party (uncredited)
Forever Amber
as Marge
Railroaded!
as Mrs. Wills (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Fabulous Joe
as Cathy, the Maid
They Won't Believe Me
Role unknown
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
Living in a Big Way
as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
The Long Night
as Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
Born to Kill
as Maid (uncredited)
Beat the Band
as Gertrude's Mother
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ms. Davis (uncredited)
The Locket
as Ginny (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Crack-Up
as Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Lover Come Back
as Rita
Bedlam
as Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
as Maid (uncredited)
The Truth About Murder
as Betty
From This Day Forward
as Mother
The Spiral Staircase
as Neighbour (uncredited)