Ellen Corby

American actress (1911-1999)

June 3, 1911 (April 14, 1999)

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The Strangler

U.S. 1964. Crime drama by Burt Topper with Victor Buono, David McLean, Davey Davison. An unbalanced murderer takes revenge on other women for the tyranny of a possessive mother.

Runtime: 89 min.

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Vertigo

U.S. 1958. Thriller by Alfred Hitchcock with James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes. A retired detective is upset by the apparent suicide of a woman he was assigned to watch.

Runtime: 127 min.

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The Big Trees

U.S. 1952. Adventures by Felix E. Feist with Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore. In 1900, a community of Quakers, in California, objects to unscrupulous loggers cutting down thousand-year-old redwood trees.

Runtime: 89 min.

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The Mating Season

U.S. 1951. Comedy by Mitchell Leisen with John Lund, Gene Tierney, Thelma Ritter. A young woman, married to an administrator of modest origin, takes on her mother-in-law as a maid.

Runtime: 101 min.

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Caged

U.S. 1950. Social drama by John Cromwell with Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby. A young woman, imprisoned for a minor theft, is under the influence of the environment.

Runtime: 93 min.