Ellen Corby was born Ellen Hansen on June 3, 1911, in Racine, Wisconsin. She began her career as a bit player in the film
Speed Limited in 1940. Ellen would not be seen on the big screen again until 1945 in
Cornered. In 1946, she appeared in 14 films, although mostly in small, minor roles. One of them was in the Christmas classic
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Her mother died on September 9, 1963, at the age of 76. The loss of Ellen's mother left an emptiness that could never be filled. "A great deal of me disappeared with her. She was a large part of my life-much more than my husband ever was.
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