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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I can't go anywhere without meeting someone I worked with. When the children on 'The Waltons' heard that I worked with Laurel and Hardy, I was in.
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In March of 2000, she was left out of the yearly "In Memoriam" segment of the
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards. Ellen, who was once nominated for an Oscar for her Supporting Role in
I Remember Mama, had really only played small bit parts in motion pictures for twenty years, before she became majorly noticed on television's
The Waltons...
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