Private Life
Corby was married to Francis Corby, a film director 20 years her senior, from 1934 until they divorced in 1944. Francis Corby lived until 1956. The union was childless. She suffered a serious stroke in November 1976 but recovered and returned to her role onThe Waltons in March 1978. Her stroke was written into the show, with Grandma Walton also suffering a stroke and struggling to regain her speech. Her final role was in the Walton's reunion film A Walton Easter (1997).
Corby died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, aged 87, following several years of declining health. Her mausoleum is in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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