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Elizabeth Patterson
Born · November 21, 1874
Died · January 31, 1966 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Savannah, Tennessee, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Elizabeth Patterson (November 22, 1874 – January 31, 1966) was an American theatre, film, and television character actress who gained popular recognition late in her career playing the elderly neighbor Matilda Trumbull on the television comedy series I Love Lucy. In 1926, at the age of 51, Patterson was cast in her first movie, a silent film, The Boy Friend. Transitioning successfully into the era of "talkies", she remained a very busy actress in Hollywood throughout the 1930s, averaging more than five films a year during that decade, usually in supporting roles. A few of her screen credits at that time include Tarnished Lady; Husband's Holiday; A Bill of Divorcement; So Big!; The Story of Temple Drake; Hold Your Man; Dinner at Eight; High, Wide, and Handsome; and No Man of Her Own. She also appeared in the role of Susan in two adaptations of John Willard's popular play The Cat and the Canary: The Cat Creeps in 1930 and The Cat and the Canary in 1939. Patterson continued to perform frequently in the 1940s, when she was cast in more than 30 additional films. Among her notable roles is her 1949 portrayal of the heroic character Eunice Habersham in the groundbreaking racial crime drama Intruder in the Dust, a film based on the William Faulkner novel of the same name and set in the Deep South. Although she would appear in a few more feature films in the 1950s, such as Washington Story and Pal Joey, Patterson by then began to focus her work increasingly on roles in the rapidly expanding medium of television. In 1952, at the age of 77, Patterson made her first appearance on the hit CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy in the episode "The Marriage License". Her character on I Love Lucy proved to be so popular among viewers, as well as useful to the writers of the series, that she continued in the role for three more years, often serving in episode storylines as a convenient babysitter for "Little Ricky". Prior to, during, and after her work on I Love Lucy, Patterson appeared in many other American television series during the 1950s and early 1960s. Her first credited performance on the "small screen" was in March 1950 in "The Walking Stick", a teleplay on the NBC anthology series The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre. During the 11 years after that initial televised performance to her final role on television in 1961, she portrayed characters in a variety of other series, including Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, Studio One in Hollywood, General Electric Theater, Stage 7, Lux Video Theatre, Crossroads, The Star and the Story, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Adventures of Superman, New York Confidential, 77 Sunset Strip, Johnny Stacatto, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Playhouse 90, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, and The New Breed. Patterson, who never married, lived at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel during her 35-year film and television career.. On January 31, 1966, she died at age 91 in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia. Her gravesite is in Savannah Cemetery in her hometown in Tennessee.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mrs. Melvane · (1 episode)
6.2
1960
Johnny Staccato
(1 episode)
5.6
1959
The Oregon Trail
Maria Cooper
5.3
1959
New York Confidential
(1 episode)
0.0
1959
77 Sunset Strip
(1 episode)
6.7
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
Portrait of a Murderer
Mrs. Finch
9.0
1958
Pal Joey
Mrs. Casey
6.2
1957
The Ninth Day
0.0
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(1 episode)
3.7
1956
Playwrights '56
(1 episode)
6.0
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Miss Bessie · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Grandmother · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Aunt Polly
4.2
1955
Las Vegas Shakedown
Mary Raff
5.2
1955
Climax!
Aunt Polly · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Jane Connor · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Nellie Eldredge · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Mrs. Garr · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Three Lives
Mrs. Adams
0.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Madame Elaine · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Cavalcade of America
Mrs. Couche · (1 episode)
3.5
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Ma / Mother Baker · (1 episode)
6.1
1952
Adventures of Superman
(2 episodes)
6.7
1952
Washington Story
Miss Dee
6.0
1952
I Love Lucy
Mrs. Willoughby · (1 episode)
7.9
1951
I Love Lucy
Mrs. Trumbull · (10 episodes)
7.9
1951
Little Women: Jo's Story
Aunt March
0.0
1950
Little Women: Meg's Story
Aunt March
0.0
1950
Katie Did It
Aunt Priscilla Wakely
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Dr. Gilley · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Sargent · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Bright Leaf
Tabitha Singleton
5.9
1950
Intruder in the Dust
Miss Eunice Habersham
7.3
1949
Song of Surrender
Mrs. Beecham
0.0
1949
Little Women
Hannah
7.4
1949
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Cora
5.9
1948
Welcome Stranger
Mrs. Gilley
6.6
1947
Out of the Blue
Miss Spring
6.6
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Catherine Dennison
8.5
1947
The Secret Heart
Mrs. Stover
6.3
1946
I've Always Loved You
Mrs. Sompter
6.4
1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Cousin Emma
5.7
1946
Lady on a Train
Aunt Charlotte Waring
6.5
1945
Together Again
Jessie
5.4
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
Martha - Libby's Aunt
7.0
1944
Follow the Boys
Annie
5.3
1944
The Sky's the Limit
Mrs. Fisher
6.2
1943
I Married a Witch
Margaret
6.8
1942
Lucky Legs
Annabelle Dinwiddie
0.0
1942
My Sister Eileen
Grandma Sherwood
6.7
1942
Her Cardboard Lover
Eva
5.1
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Mrs. Daly
0.0
1942
Almost Married
Aunt Matilda Manning
0.0
1942
The Vanishing Virginian
Grandma
6.0
1942
Belle Starr
Sarah
5.6
1941
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
5.0
1941
Tobacco Road
Ada Lester
6.6
1941
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Aunt Olivia
6.5
1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Maggie Ambler
4.3
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
Rebecca
5.8
1940
Earthbound
Becky Tilden
4.8
1940
Adventure in Diamonds
Nellie
5.2
1940
Remember the Night
Aunt Emma
7.3
1940
The Cat and the Canary
Aunt Susan
7.0
1939
Bad Little Angel
Mrs. Perkins
4.9
1939
Our Leading Citizen
Aunt Tillie
0.0
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Aunt Blanche
6.3
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. MacGregor
5.9
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Aunt Blanche
6.1
1939
Sons of the Legion
Grandmother Lee
5.0
1938
Sing, You Sinners
Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
6.7
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Aunt Hedwige
7.0
1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Aunt Blanche
5.7
1938
Scandal Street
Ada Smith
0.0
1938
Night Club Scandal
Mrs. Elvira Ward
4.0
1937
Hold 'Em Navy
Grandma Holland
3.0
1937
High, Wide and Handsome
Grandma Cortlandt
6.3
1937
Night of Mystery
Mrs. Tobias Greene
0.0
1937
Go West Young Man
Aunt Kate Barnaby
5.3
1936
Old Hutch
Sarah Hutchins
0.0
1936
The Return of Sophie Lang
Araminta Sedley
6.0
1936
Small Town Girl
Ma Brannan
6.2
1936
Timothy's Quest
Vilda Cummins
3.0
1936
Her Master's Voice
Mrs. Ellie Martin
6.0
1936
So Red the Rose
Mary Cherry
6.5
1935
Men Without Names
Aunt Ella
6.0
1935
Chasing Yesterday
Mlle. Prefere
3.5
1935
Hide-Out
'Ma' Miller
7.1
1934
Dinner at Eight
Miss Copeland
6.7
1933
Doctor Bull
Aunt Patricia Banning
6.5
1933
Golden Harvest
Lydia
5.0
1933
Secret of the Blue Room
Mary, Cook
5.6
1933
Hold Your Man
Miss Tuttle
6.1
1933
The Story of Temple Drake
Aunt Jennie
6.5
1933
Infernal Machine
Elinor's Aunt
0.0
1933
They Just Had to Get Married
Lizzie
0.0
1933
No Man of Her Own
Mrs. Randall
6.5
1932
Boo
Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
5.1
1932
They Call It Sin
Mrs. Cullen
5.8
1932
Breach of Promise
Cora Pugmire
0.0
1932
A Bill of Divorcement
Aunt Hester Fairfield
6.2
1932
Life Begins
Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
6.0
1932
Love Me Tonight
First Aunt
6.6
1932
Guilty as Hell
Elvira Ward
5.8
1932
New Morals for Old
Aunty Doe
4.2
1932
Miss Pinkerton
Juliet Mitchell
5.7
1932
So Big!
Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
5.8
1932
Man Wanted
Miss Harper
5.5
1932
The Expert
Miss Crackenwald
6.3
1932
Husband's Holiday
Mrs. Caroline Reid
0.0
1931
Heaven on Earth
Vergie
3.0
1931
Penrod and Sam
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
6.0
1931
The Smiling Lieutenant
Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
6.9
1931
Daddy Long Legs
Mrs. Lippett
4.0
1931
Tarnished Lady
Mrs. Courtney
4.7
1931
The Cat Creeps
Susan
6.0
1930
The Big Party
Mrs. Goldfarb
2.0
1930
Harmony at Home
Emma Haller
0.0
1930
The Lone Star Ranger
Sarah Martin
5.0
1930
South Sea Rose
Sarah
0.0
1929
Words and Music
Dean Crockett
0.0
1929
The Dancing Town
Ma Pepperall
6.0
1928
The Return of Peter Grimm
Mrs. Bartholomey
0.0
1926
The Boy Friend
Mrs. Harper
0.0
1926