Corinne Conley was born in upstate Le Roy, New York, but was raised in Radford, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1949 with a degree in Dramatic Arts. She went on to spend the majority of her career in Canada and is notable for having won the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists' Best Actress Award. Her television, film, and voice career has spanned more than half a century, beginning in 1953. Her credits include Anne with an E (2017), Old Stock (2012), The Dark Years (2007), Christmas Rush (2002), RFK (2002), The Defenders: Payback (1997), Wind at My Back (1996), Butterbox Babies (1995), Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993), War of the Worlds (1988), Hollywood Wives (1985), Quincy, M.E. (1976), CHiPs (1977), Corinne Conley, Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961), Encounter (1952), On Camera (1954), and The Berenstain Bears (1985).