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Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999)
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Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999)
CAGED (1950) dir. John Cromwell After participating in a botched armed robbery, newlywed and newlywidowed 19-year-old Marie Allen is put behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison. (link in title)
Series Premiere
The D.A. - The People Vs Drake - NBC - September 17, 1971
Crime Drama
Running Time: 30 minutes
Written by Sidney Morse
Produced by Robert H. Forward
Directed by Harry Harris
Stars:
Robert Conrad as Paul Ryan
Harry Morgan as H. M. "Staff" Stafford
Ned Romero as Ned Romero
Julie Cobb as Katherine Benson (Credits Only)
Tom Geas as Norman Keel
Ellen Corby as Dottie Casson
Pamela McMyler as Mrs. Drake
Booth Colman as Dr. Edward Parkins
Lew Brown as Sgt Wilson
Victor Izay as Judge Simmons
Sonja Dunson as Charlotte Hill
George Wyner as Mark Weldon
Odessa Cleveland as Receptionist
Austin Kelly as Willard Drake
Harold Lloyd— Look at this little dweeb. His limbs are like Popsicle sticks someone taped to a noodle. His face is so downtrodden and cherubic. His entire schtick was "scrungle extraordinaire."
Ellen Corby (It's a Wonderful Life, Pocketful of Miracles)—Girl was SO scrawny and scrungly and I love her so much. Probably best known for playing the grandma on the Waltons in the '70s, Ellen Corby was a hell of a scrungle. In It's a Wonderful Life she's the saddest, wettest little lady who asks for $17.50 during the run on the bank and in Pocketful of Miracles she's one of Bette Davis's scrappy friends from the street. Both parts are relatively small but she absolutely makes the most of them and is so memorable and fun to watch. (Also fun fact she was queer and lived with her gf/partner for 40+ years!) She was so scrawny and scrappy and scrungly and I want her to fight me in the street.
Who is the scrungliest little guy?
Harold Lloyd
Ellen Corby
This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.
[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]
Eleonor Parker in Caged! (1950)
Jayne Mansfield-Ellen Corby-Edward G. Robinson "Ilegal" (Illegal) 1955, de Lewis Allen.
Madame Bovary (1949) – Vincente Minnelli