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     • The show ran from 1972 to 1981, but Corby’s participation was cut short by a stroke in the late 1970s.
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   Why did Ellen Corby leave 'Grandma' on 'the Waltons'?

   • Here's what actually happened. The absence of "Grandma" on The Waltons has a sad explanation. In real life, actress Ellen Corby suffered a stroke in 1977. It left her with permanent speech and mobility problems, and there were fears that she may never return to The Waltons.

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   Is Ellen Corby still alive?

   • Ellen Corby, who won three Emmys for playing the strong grandmother on the hit 1970s series “The Waltons,” has died at the age of 87. In a career that spanned nearly 60 years, Corby generally played modest characters in a rich and textured way.

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   Did Ellen Corby become Esther Walton?

   • A show such as The Waltons needed talent from everyone on deck. Fortunately, to play the grandma of the family, they recruited Ellen Corby. Corby had already built a remarkable career for herself by the time she became Esther Walton. But what happened after the show?

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   Who was Ellen Corby?

   • Ellen Corby, who played the grandmother on the television series ''The Waltons,'' died on Wednesday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 87, a hospital spokesman said. Ms. Corby, who was born Ellen Hansen, spent 12 years as a script assistant before turning to acting.

   Ellen Corby, 87, Grandmother In 'The Waltons' Series on TV

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   Jan 9, 2021 · Published on January 9, 2021. 3 min read. Ellen Corby was a fixture of The Waltons as grandma Esther Walton. When Corby had a stroke in 1976, she missed a season and a half of the TV show. The...

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   Jul 28, 2023 · Star Ellen Corby was absent for over a year before returning in the season 6 finale. This is why "Grandma Walton" went missing. Actress Ellen Corby was "Grandma" on The Waltons. The character disappeared beginning in season 5. A real-life incident caused Corby's absence.

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   Sadly, she died on Wednesday, April 14, 1999 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. She was 87. To learn about her castmates on The Waltons, see the video below. By the time Ellen Corby joined 'The Waltons,' she had a sprawling career.

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   Jan 24, 2022 · Ellen Corby 'Adopted' Jon Walmsley as Her Grandson after Losing Her Husband & Not Having Kids. By Gracious Egedegbe. Jan 24, 2022 04:48 P.M. American Actress Ellen Corby was best known for her role as Grandma Walton on the CBS series "The Waltons." Off-the-screen, she played a real-life grandma to one of her cast members, Jon Walmsley.

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   Her role dropped to recurring during The Waltons' final two seasons, though she later resumed her role as Grandma Walton in five of the six Waltons reunion movies between 1982 and 1997. Personal life. Ellen Hansen married Francis Corby, a film director/cinematographer who was two decades her senior, in 1934; they divorced in 1944.

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   Apr 17, 1999 · The show ran from 1972 to 1981, but Corby’s participation was cut short by a stroke in the late 1970s. She eventually recovered enough to appear in many of the Walton reunion movies that ...

9. www.nytimes.com › 1999/04/18 › nyregionEllen Corby, 87, Grandmother In 'The Waltons' Series on TV

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   Apr 18, 1999 · Ellen Corby, who played the grandmother on the television series ''The Waltons,'' died on Wednesday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 87, a...