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Ellen Corby

1911 - 1999

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Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Corby has received more than 2,841,584 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ellen Corby is the 3,529th most popular actor (up from 4,500th in 2019), the 5,413th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,989th in 2019) and the 1,658th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ellen Corby ranks 3,529 out of 9,996. Before her are Richard Roxburgh, Saïd Taghmaoui, Om Puri, Christina Pickles, Vincent Gardenia, and Friedrich Ludwig Schröder. After her are Nathalie Emmanuel, David Dencik, Adam Brody, Stina Ekblad, Gary Cole, and Edward Platt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Ellen Corby ranks 193. Before her are Mahmoud Taleghani, Ralph Kirkpatrick, André Navarra, Masayuki Mori, Hédi Amara Nouira, and Sándor Bíró. After her are Nicolae Kovács, Brian O'Nolan, Leif Erickson, Jean Shiley, Bel Kaufman, and Lisa Fonssagrives. Among people deceased in 1999, Ellen Corby ranks 154. Before her are Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Jürgen Moser, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Minoru Chiaki, Madeline Kahn, and Rolf Liebermann. After her are Josefina Pla, Quentin Crisp, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Betty Robinson, Greg, and Sarah Kane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Corby ranks 5,413 out of 18,182. Before her are Hal Needham (1931), Edward Cook (1888), Darren Young (1983), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Ramsey Clark (1927), and Sandra Faber (1944). After her are Buster Douglas (1960), Adam Brody (1979), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Louis Brandeis (1856), Robert Kerman (1947), and Marlyn Meltzer (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ellen Corby ranks 1,658. Before her are Alexandra Hedison (1969), Jennifer Hudson (1981), Joe Spano (1946), Bo Hopkins (1942), Geoff Pierson (1949), and Dixie Carter (1939). After her are Adam Brody (1979), Gary Cole (1956), Edward Platt (1916), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), and BD Wong (1960).

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