Among the popular film actors of the golden era of Hollywood, one can single out a wonderful actress, who was remembered as the grandmother of Esther Walton from the television series of the same name "The Waltons", who managed to captivate the viewer with her play, smile, and responsiveness.
Ellen Corby (née) is an American film actress who, during her active career, became an advanced scriptwriter, a sought-after performer of character heroines. She loved life, boldly looked adversity in the face, never gave up. She lived a long and happy life, full of new ideas, trends and ideas. She was appreciated by her colleagues in the shop, respected by friends and relatives. The little girl, who did not dream of cinema, managed to prove to herself and those around her that everything can be achieved by hard work, without disdaining any work.
Biography
The future screen star was born on June 3, 1911 in Racine, Wisconsin (California, USA). She grew up in a family of expatriates from Denmark, who often moved from state to state. True, a year after the birth of their daughter, the parents moved to Pennsylvania, where the girl received her primary education at a local school. She grew up as an inquisitive, gifted child, she read a lot, was engaged in dancing.
Her passion for amateur theater, school performances made their contribution to future creative activities. Despite her modesty, she was a single-minded girl who was destined to become famous in the process of becoming a person.
Career
In 1932, a young adult girl joined the RKO Studios film company. She tried herself in the role of a script dispatcher and at the same time participated in the corps de ballet. A year later, she moved to Hal Roach Studios, began to move up, gets the position of filmmaker. At the initial stage, her duties included processing the footage, storing it in an ordered payroll, according to the written plot. The girl did an excellent job with her duties, she was praised by the directors when editing the footage into the film.
This period of her creativity lasted for 12 years, during which she wrote many productions. Subsequently, beautiful and informative films were shot on her creation. She played dozens of diverse supporting heroines, released a few publications. There, a young woman meets her future spouse, found love and support. They signed in 1934, as soon as an opportunity arose in their busy schedule.
The next stage of the creative path came in the 40-50s, when the actress studied acting and got the main roles. On the account of the young woman there were several awards, recognition of the viewer, and positive reviews from critics. She could famously play a maid, a secretary or an old woman, transforming in such a way that the viewer believed and smiled, someone remembered their relatives and friends.
Operators gladly called her on television programs, serials, westerns. Many of the productions ended up receiving well-deserved awards. The most memorable were films in the adventure, comedy genre - "The Chase" (the role of Henrietta Porter), "The Adams Family" (a black comedy about a crazy family), "Caravan", "Beverly Hills Redneck", "Shooter", "Big Trees "," Napoleon and Samantha ".
The peak of active filming fell on 1933-1977, which allowed the young actress to reveal her potential, to be in demand and beloved. Later, due to heart problems, Ellen was forced to give up further heavy work, but continued to write scripts, advise young performers. She appeared less and less in the cinema, but with pleasure she came to television in various programs or sketches. As a result of a heart attack, she had speech problems, which she tried to overcome and improve over the years.
When Corby recovered a little after suffering a stroke, she continued shooting in short productions of her favorite TV series, programs about the unique Adams family, the Waltons. The most recent production for her was in 1997, a continuation of the series about Walton's grandmother called "Walton Easter". In this episode, she has already played the main character, like her, who suffered a stroke.
Personal life
A dizzying career made it possible to star in 221 films, a small part of the pictures were shot according to her own script. In the collection of awards, prestigious awards and other awards, there are two Golden Globes. They were awarded for Best Supporting Actress in Television in 1949 and 1974 for the films I Remember Mom, The Waltons. Later, these films were awarded more than once Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe awards in the period from 1949 to 1977.
Ellen was a beloved wife, a wonderful mother and a great artist. Her husband was Francis Corby, an eminent director and operator of comedy genres. Their family life lasted 10 years, but Ellen left her husband's surname after his death (1944), continued to act under it and write scripts. They raised two wonderful children.
For the past two years, Corby has spent in a nursing home, which was supported by a charity acting environment, under the tutelage of the Film and Television Foundation. The famous actress at that time passed away on April 14, 1999, at the age of 87, after a heart attack. The woman is buried in Woodland Hills, at the local cemetery "Memorial Park". She lived a great creative life, was able to do a lot for the cinema.
