Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

Nascimento : 1911-06-03, Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Morte : 1999-04-14

História

Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She is best remembered for playing the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama (1948). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Ellen Corby

Filmes

A Walton Easter
Grandma Walton
In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorperson in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new book. He and a very pregnant Janet are making plans to return to Walton's Mountain for the celebration of John and Olivia's 40th wedding anniversary. Accompanying them to see the place John-Boy lived as a child is Aurora, a Time magazine photographer, who is doing a story on John-Boy. Meanwhile, Elizabeth arrives back from her travels and announces to Drew, who is still working at the mill with Ben, that she is back to stay. She is very upset to find that Drew did not wait for her, and that he has a new girlfriend. Also, problems arise for John-Boy and Janet because the longer John-Boy stays on the mountain, the more he becomes convinced that he would like to settle down there, raise his family, and continue with his writing whereas Janet wants to stay in New York.
A Walton Wedding
Grandma Walton
In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. The two of them plan a small wedding and he invites the family and friends from Walton's Mountain to come to New York for the celebration. However, Janet's Aunt Flo has other ideas and begins to take over their wedding preparations. Added to the wedding plan stress, John-Boy is also trying to write an article about his Grandma, but decides that he needs to go home to escape the wedding preparations, as well as to reunite with his grandmother and fill in some gaps leaving Janet in New York trying to prevent her wedding from getting out of hand. But she too leaves the city and heads for Walton's Mountain to plan their wedding there.
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Grandma Walton
The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, trying to persuade his fiancée to marry him. Meanwhile, Ben and Cindy's daughter Virginia has died, and Cindy is finding life very lonely without her. She tells Ben that she would dearly love to adopt another baby, but Ben feels that it is not a good idea. Ben argues with his father about buying a new truck for their lumber company, but John keeps insisting that they can't afford it. Elsewhere, Erin now has three children and is separated from Paul. Her decision to start seeing another man causes some indignation among the other Walton family members. Ike and Corabeth become grandparents when Aimee has a daughter, while Elizabeth returns from Europe and reunites with Drew, her old beau.
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Esther Walton
Most of the Waltons have split up in the days approaching Thanksgiving 1947. But most of the family begins to arrive at Walton's Mountain begging with John-Boy recovering from a case of writers block in New York followed by Jason now a struggling musician as well as John Walton whom tries to get everyone together for the special event for Elizabeth, while newlyweds Erin and Paul plan to move out of the Walton homestead.
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Grandma Walton
Erin Walton is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for the war and married someone else, lived through his wife's death and would like to get Erin back, but Paul is not going to give her up so easily. Also Mary Ellen's boyfriend Jonesy who's a veterinarian is trying to establish a practice but everybody doesn't think he is competent. And Ben who has been minding the lumber business while their father's with their ailing mother in Arizona is having some problems and everybody's worried that he's digging himself a hole that he might not get out of.
All the Way Home
Great-Gandmaw
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Ma Floyd
A humanistic account of "the Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills", in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of family and duty.
Napoleão e Samantha
Gertrude
O menino Napoleão e seu avô Seth adotam um velho leão manso de um palhaço que vai embora da cidade. Quando Seth adoece e morre, o menino fica só na companhia do leão e da amiga Samantha, e precisa lutar para não ir para um orfanato.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Esther Walton
The Walton family is preparing for Christmas in the early 1930s. It's Christmas Eve, and they are waiting for Daddy Walton to come home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. Since he is late, everyone is worried and over the radio the mother and grandparents hear about an overturned bus and hurt travelers but keep this news from the rest of the family. The story is really a coming of age story about the oldest son John-Boy who must cut down the tree with his grandfather since his father isn't home and is eventually told about his missing father and sets out to find him. An all round heartwarming story, especially if you are a fan of The Waltons. A simple story about a simple family in simple times. Great family entertainment!
A Tattered Web
Mrs. Simmons
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.
Latigo, o Pistoleir‪o‬
Abigail
Garner está fugindo de problemas com mulheres, mas precisa de dinheiro para viajar. Então, ele chega a uma cidade e se passa por um famoso pistoleiro. O plano é faturar uma grana, pagar as dívidas e ir embora antes do verdadeiro pistoleiro aparecer.
Cannon
Teacher
In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man's wife of suspicion in his death.
A Fine Pair
Maddy Walker
A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Script Girl
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Eu Acredito em Gnomos
Etta Pettibone (uncredited)
Sr. Mulrooney, dono de uma poderosa madeireira, busca seus dois netos - Rodney e Elisabeth - para uma viagem. No caminho, passam por uma floresta onde Elisabeth encontra um gnomo chamado Jasper e seu velho avô, que lhe pedem ajuda, pois são os únicos sobreviventes da devastação da madeireira.
A Espiã de Calcinhas de Renda
Anna Miller
Jennifer Nelson (Doris Day) e Bruce Templeton (Rod Taylor) se conhecem quando Bruce fisga sua fantasia de sereia deixando Jennifer em apuros nas águas da Ilha Catalina. Mais tarde, ela descobre que Bruce é o Chefão no seu trabalho (um laboratório de pesquisa). Bruce contrata Jennifer para ser sua biógrafa - apenas para tentar ganhar o seu afeto. No entanto, há um problema. O General Wallace Bleeker (Edward Andrews), amigo de Bruce, acredita que Jennifer é uma espiã russa, e a deixa sob vigilância.
Satã, O Urso Cinzento
Hazel Squires
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Neva Tremaine
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.
A Família Fuleira
Airline Passenger
Donna Peyton (Donna Butterworth), uma órfã de nove anos, herda uma fortuna de 30 milhões de dólares, mas precisa escolher um "pai" entre seus seis tios para poder tomar posse da herança.
Com a Maldade na Alma
Lily
A rica solteirona Charlotte Hollis vive com sua excêntrica empregada em uma mansão decadente no sul dos EUA. Evitada pelos moradores da cidade por causa da morte violenta de seu ex-marido, Charlotte recebe a visita de uma prima invejosa e seu marido.
The Strangler
Mrs. Kroll
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Os Quatro Heróis do Texas
Widow
Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) e Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) são dois comerciantes rivais, que lutam pelo melhor cassino da cidade e pela atenção de duas belas donzelas.
Almas nas Trevas
Irene
Narra as provações dos doentes mentais e seus cuidadores em uma enfermaria superlotada de um hospital. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Saintly Sinners
Mrs. McKenzie
Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ex-con Joseph Braden (Ron Hagerthy) has his car temporarily stolen by a pair of bank robbers who hide their loot in the vehicle's spare tire. After the car is repossessed, it's sold to the kindly Rev. Daniel Sheridan (Don Beddoe), who immediately sets out on a fishing trip. Not knowing that his new automobile was recently used in a heist, Father Dan gets the surprise of his life when he's suddenly stopped by a police officer.
Dama por Um Dia
Soho Sal
Conto de fadas de Damon Runyon, carinhoso e engraçado, contado pelo diretor Frank Capra. A preciosa Annie das Maçãs, uma mendiga com uma cesta de maçãs, é tão parte do centro de Nova York quanto a própria Broadway. O contrabandista Dave Dude é um fã das suas maçãs, ele acha que elas dão sorte. Mas Dave e sua namorada Queenie Martin precisam de muito mais do que sorte quando se descobre que Annie está em uma enrascada e só eles podem ajudar: a filha de Annie, Louise, que viveu toda sua vida em um convento espanhol pago pela pobre Annie, está vindo para a América com um Conde e seu filho. O filho do conde quer se casar com Louise, que acha que sua mãe faz parte da alta sociedade de Nova York. Cabe a Dave e Queenie e seus peculiares companheiros transformar Annie em uma dama e convencer o conde e seu filho que eles estão se unindo a elite de Nova York.
Rabo de Foguete
Mrs. Mabel Mayberry
Jerry Lewis é o alienígena Kreton, um ET atrapalhado e curioso por descobrir como é a vida na Terra. Sai escondido de seu planeta e aterrisa no quintal de um famoso jornalista de TV que não acredita em extra-terrestres. Kreton deseja fazer um estudo dos humanos e se apaixona pela filha (Joan Blackman) do jornalista, mas sua incapacidade provoca uma série de confusões e coloca a vida do jornalista de cabeça para baixo.
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Aunt Emily
Long distance telephone calls save the day when Aunt Emily tries to sell the farm, and when Harriet tries to decide whose proposal to accept, Tom's or Dick's.
Macabre
Miss Kushins
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
As Young As We Are
Nettie McPherson
Scandal erupts in a small town when a high school teacher is romantically linked with one of her male students. Newly minted teacher Kim (Pippa Scott) is thrilled to land her first job, even though the principal warns her that the school has a rough reputation. Before classes begin, Kim dates a local, Hank (Robert Harland), and is horrified to learn that he's one of her students.
Um Corpo Que Cai
Manager of McKittrick Hotel
Em São Francisco, um detetive aposentado (James Stewart) que sofre de um terrível medo de alturas é encarregado de vigiar uma mulher (Kim Novak) com possíveis tendências suicidas, até que algo estranho acontece nesta missão.
All Mine to Give
Mrs. Raiden
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat-building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year-old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.
Rockabilly Baby
Mrs. Wellington
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea for a town youth center, and she is aided by Tom Griffith, the high school principal. At the town's annual picnic, to which Eleanor has bought a band, the town busy-body Eunice reveals what she had learned from Eleanor's past.
A Passagem da Noite
Mrs. Feeney
Ex-funcionário de uma estrada de ferro vê sua vida virar de pernas para o ar quando uma carga de um trem carregando US$ 10.000 é roubada por uma gangue.
God Is My Partner
Mrs. Dalton
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.
The Seventh Sin
Sister Saint Joseph
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to China (where he will fight a cholera epidemic) or face the scandal of a public divorce. She persuades him to reconsider and he proposes an alternative. If Paul's wife will agree to a divorce and he marries Carol within one week Walter will obtain a quiet divorce. Carol presents Walter's 'deal' to Paul, who regretfully declines, citing respect for his wife.Carol sees as her only choice to accompany Walter to the village, where she meets booze-soaked Tim. He soon introduces her to nuns at the local hospital-convent and Carol begins to re-evaluate her self-absorbed life and character. Working at the convent, Carol learns she is pregnant. She tells Walter she's unsure who is the father and he regrets her honesty. Shortly after, Walter contracts cholera and dies. Carol returns to Hong Kong and an uncertain future.
Stagecoach To Fury
Sarah Farrell
A group of stagecoach passengers are held hostage by bandits waiting for a shipment of gold they plan to steal.
Slightly Scarlet
Martha - June Lyons' Maid (uncredited)
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.
Trágica Fatalidade
Miss Hinkel
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Sabrina
Miss McCardie
Sabrina é a jovem filha do motorista da família Larrabee, que foi apaixonado por David Larrabee a vida toda. David é muito mimado e louco por mulheres, e ignorou a Sabrina durante anos. Sabrina vai para Paris por alguns anos e quando ela retorna é uma mulher muito atraente e sofisticada, e David fica rapidamente atraído por ela. Linus, o irmão de David, vê isso e teme que o casamento iminente de Davi com uma mulher muito rica pode estar ameaçado. Se o casamento for cancelado um grande negócio corporativo com a família da noiva também será cancelado. Então, Linus tenta manter Sabrina fora da vista de seu irmão, e a melhor maneira de fazer isso é ele mesmo cortejar Sabrina.
About Mrs. Leslie
Mrs. Croffman
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.
Romance de Minha Vida
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Amelia Gravesend
Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with a gorilla, a robot and a vampire
Untamed Heiress
Mrs. Flanny
Judy is the daughter of a famous opera singer who once bankrolled prospector Andrew "Cactus" Clayton. Now Clayton hopes to repay the favor, but first he must reclaim his stash of gold from the crooked Williams. Judy helps the old coot by taking on not only Williams, but duplicitous private detectives Walter Martin and Eddie Taylor, not to mention gangsters Spider Mike and Louie.
A Lion Is in the Streets
Singing Woman
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
The Vanquished
Mrs. Barbour
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.
Os Brutos Também Amam
Liz Torrey
Shane entra no meio de um conflito entre o criador de gado Ryker e um grupo de colonos, dentre eles os Starretts, cuja terra Ryker quer. Quando Shane espanca Chris, um capanga de Ryker, Ryker tenta comtratá-lo. Em seguida, Shane e Joe Starrett enfrentam toda a gang de Ryker. Então Ryker envia para Cheyenne o pistoleiro profissional Wilson. Ficamos sabendo da relação de Shane com Marian, a esposa de Joe. Shane deverá eliminar todas as armas do vale antes que possa montar seu cavalo e ir embora, com o pequeno Joey gritando "Shane... Shane... Volte!"
Woman They Almost Lynched
First Townswoman
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up.
Monsoon
Katie
A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father and brother. Hospitality proves in short supply and things take a turn for the worse when Julia's seductive younger sister arrives.
Meu Amigo, O Leão
Mrs. Ardley
A young man brings his pet lion with him when he's drafted into the army. Comedy.
Floresta Maldita
Sister Blackburn
Madeireiro inescrupuloso pretende roubar terras onde crescem sequoias gigantes centenárias, mas enfrenta oposição de grupo religioso que habita a região, liderado por jovem viúva.
The Barefoot Mailman
Miss Della (uncredited)
Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrove swamp in the out-of-the-way community. So he decides to con the locals, some of whom are not as honest as he....
The Sea Hornet
Mrs. Drinkwater
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan
Anjos e Piratas
Sister Veronica
Seria preciso um milagre para a equipe de beisebol Pittsburgh Pirates ganhar a bandeira da vitória. Mas quando uma mocinha pede um milagre, sua adorada equipe começa ganhando - e ela acredita que está sendo ajudada pelos Anjos (que) Entram em Campo! As preces da jovem Bridgit White (Donna Corcoran) são ouvidas quando o Arcanjo Gabriel diz ao gerente combativo dos Pirates, Guffy McGovern (Paul Douglas), que começarão a acontecer milagres se McGovern prescindir de sua presidência. Agora, no que parece ser um milagre, os Pirates começam ganhando, mas a vida de McGovern começa a se complicar quando uma repórter de jornal ouve por acaso Bridgit dizendo que vê as formas angelicais do antigo grande jogador de beisebol ajudando os Pirates neste clássico deleitoso.
Órfãos da Tempestade
Mrs. McGonigle
Pete Garvey improvisa uma agência de adoção de órfãos de guerra, em Paris, quando um ultimato de sua antiga noiva chama-o de volta para Boston, com dois órfãos adotados para derreter o coração dela.
Meus Braços Te Esperam
Miss Mary Stevens
Numa pequena cidade de Indiana, nos meados da década de 1910, a família Winfield acabou de se mudar para uma casa maior em um bairro agradável. O pai, o banqueiro George (Leon Ames), sua esposa Alice (Rosemary DeCamp), sua filha moleca crescida Marjorie (Doris Day), seu precoce e encrenqueiro filho Wesley (Billy Gray), e sua governanta exasperado Stella (Mary Wickes). Ninguém além de George está feliz com a mudança, até Marjorie encontrar seu novo vizinho, William Sherman (Gordon MacRae). Os dois ficam imediatamente atraídos um pelo outro, o que faz Margie mudar seu foco do beisebol para tentar tornar-se uma jovem senhorita educada. Teve uma continuação em 1953 com o filme Lua Prateada (By the Light of the Silvery Moon).
Goodbye, My Fancy
Miss Birdshaw
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
O Quarto Mandamento
Annie
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
A Dominadora
Lottie
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
Alma em Revolta
Jeanette Moore
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
Peggy
Mrs. Privet, the Librarian
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.
O Matador
Mrs. Devlin
Jimmy Ringo é o gatilho mais rápido do oeste, mas ele está ficando cansado de tudo e gostaria de se aposentar. Mas onde quer que vá, há sempre algum garoto durão que quer tentar vencê-lo num duelo.
À Margem da Vida
Emma Barber
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Captain China
Miss Endicott
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
A Sedutora Madame Bovary
Félicité
Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up with her.
Monstro de um Mundo Perdido
Orphanage matron (uncredited)
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
Quatro Destinos
Sophie
Durante a Guerra Civil Americana, quatro irmãs e a mãe sobrevivem com dificuldades enquanto o pai delas serve com o exército confederado. A história narra como as irmãs cresceram, superaram tragédias, se apaixonaram e descobriram seu lugar no mundo.
A Vida Íntima de uma Mulher
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
Rusty Saves a Life
Miss Simmons
Rusty, portrayed by a very busy canine thespian named Flame, does exactly what the film's title says he does. But before this prophecy can be fulfilled, the story spends a great deal of time with young Danny Mitchell (Ted Donaldson), who briefly turns to juvenile delinquency when he's denied an expected inheritance
Strike It Rich
Annie Harkins
When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when one of them grows dissatisfied with their lifestyle and quits so he can be with his new wife. Unfortunately for him, soon after he leaves, the other two find their gusher and become filthy rich. The impoverished quitter is envious and begins looking for an obscure law that will force his pals to share.
Fighting Father Dunne
Colpeck's Secretary
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
The Noose Hangs High
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
I Remember Mama
Aunt Trina
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
The Judge Steps Out
Mother at Party (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Entre o Amor e o Pecado
Marge
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.
A Face do Perigo
Mrs. Wills
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Solteirão Cobiçado
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A juíza Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy) descobre que sua irmã adolescente, Susan (Shirley Temple), se apaixonou por Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), um artista de meia-idade que já foi julgado por ela. Quando Susan é encontrada no apartamento dele, ele é “condenado” a sair com Susan até ela perder atração por ele.
The Fabulous Joe
Cathy, the Maid
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
Meu Revólver é Lei
Story
Hoppy, California, and Lucky travel to Mesa City for a short vacation. California buys new clothes and carrying his old ones in a suitcase, bumps into escaping bank robbers in the dark. His suitcase gets switched with that of the robbers and he is seen with the money. Hoppy must find the money that has mysteriously disappeared and also the robbers so that he can clear California who is now in jail.
The Unfaithful
Courtroom Spectator
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
Vida à Larga
Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
Noite Eterna
Observer in Crowd (uncredited)
City police surround a building attempting to capture a suspected murder. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.
Nascido Para Matar
Maid (uncredited)
Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.
Beat the Band
Gertrude's Mother
Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
Do Céu Caiu Uma Estrela
Ms. Davis (uncredited)
Com tanto problemas a atormentá-lo, George Bailey está decidido em acabar com tudo de vez, embora seja véspera Natal. Enquanto os Anjos conversam sobre George, a sua vida passa em retrospectiva. Mas quando George está prestes a saltar de uma ponte, é salvo por Clarence, o seu Anjo da Guarda, que lhe mostra como seria a cidade se ele não tivesse feito tantas coisas boas. Será que Clarence consegue convencer George a regressar à sua família e esquecer o suicídio?
Sister Kenny
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Museu de Horrores
Reynold's Maid (Uncredited)
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Lover Come Back
Rita
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
Envolto nas Sombras
Maid (uncredited)
Investigador particular Bradford Galt mudou-se para Nova Iorque vindo de San Francisco depois de cumprir uma pena de prisão por culpa de seu parceiro advogado Tony Jardine. Quando ele descobre que alguém o está seguindo, e possivelmente tentando matá-lo, Galt acredita que Jardine está por trás disso. Ele descobre que é um pouco mais do que isso, e está cada vez mais feliz por ter sua atraente nova secretária Kathleen, por várias razões.
The Truth About Murder
Betty
A young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his wife.
From This Day Forward
Mother
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.
Silêncio nas Trevas
Neighbour (uncredited)
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Cornered
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Fogo Cruzado
Screenplay
Hoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude detectives from the east, to investigate the disappearances, without a trace, of several herds of cattle.
The Broken Coin
Bit Part (uncredited)
A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.
The Broken Coin
Story
A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.
Speed Limited
Secretary
A wealthy blonde gal in Las Vegas gets mixed up with a lady gangster and the G-man that is chasing the gangster.
Era Uma Vez Dois Valentes
Townswoman at Tom-Tom's Trial (uncredited)
Trata-se da primeira adaptação para as telas da aopereta composta por Victor Herbert e Glen MacDonough em 1903. Esta comédia musical em ritmo de conto de fadas conta a história do malvado Silas Barnaby, que ameaça despejar a viúva Peep caso sua filha Little Bo-Peep não aceite casar-se com ela. A moça é apaixonada por Tom-Tom Piper e oede ajuda a Stannie Dum e Ollie Dee para derrotar o vilão. A dupla tenta pegar dinheiro emprestado para pagar a hipoteca da viúva Peep, mas acabam optando por um plano mais ousado, fazendo Barnaby casar-se com Stannie! O enfurecido vilão então ameaça destruir a Terra dos Brinquedos.
Os Filhos do Deserto
Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
Dois homens enganam suas esposas para participarem de uma convenção. Um deles finge estar doente e consegue uma prescrição médica de um veterinário para poder viajar num “cruzeiro medicinal” ao Havaí.
Adorada Inimiga
Telemarketer (uncredited)
A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.