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Elizabeth Patterson

Born 21/11/1874 in Savannah, Tennessee, USA

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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.

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Filmography (Movies)

The Oregon Trail

Character:Maria Cooper

Release Date:31/08/1959

Portrait of a Murderer

Character:Mrs. Finch

Release Date:27/02/1958

Pal Joey

Character:Mrs. Casey

Release Date:25/10/1957

The Ninth Day

Character:

Release Date:10/01/1957

Rendezvous in Black

Character:Mrs. Middleton

Release Date:25/10/1956

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Character:Aunt Polly

Release Date:01/09/1955

Las Vegas Shakedown

Character:Mary Raff

Release Date:15/05/1955

Three Lives

Character:Mrs. Adams

Release Date:17/09/1953

Washington Story

Character:Miss Dee

Release Date:01/07/1952

Little Women: Jo's Story

Character:Aunt March

Release Date:25/12/1950

Little Women: Meg's Story

Character:Aunt March

Release Date:18/12/1950

Katie Did It

Character:Aunt Priscilla Wakely

Release Date:26/11/1950

Bright Leaf

Character:Tabitha Singleton

Release Date:16/06/1950

Intruder in the Dust

Character:Miss Eunice Habersham

Release Date:22/11/1949

Song of Surrender

Character:Mrs. Beecham

Release Date:27/10/1949

Little Women

Character:Hannah

Release Date:10/03/1949

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Character:Cora

Release Date:19/11/1948

Welcome Stranger

Character:Mrs. Gilley

Release Date:13/06/1947

Out of the Blue

Character:Miss Spring

Release Date:21/04/1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Character:Catherine Dennison

Release Date:04/01/1947

The Secret Heart

Character:Mrs. Stover

Release Date:25/12/1946

I've Always Loved You

Character:Mrs. Sompter

Release Date:02/12/1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Character:Cousin Emma

Release Date:24/01/1946

Lady on a Train

Character:Aunt Charlotte Waring

Release Date:03/08/1945

Together Again

Character:Jessie

Release Date:23/12/1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

Character:Martha - Libby's Aunt

Release Date:09/08/1944

Follow the Boys

Character:Annie

Release Date:05/05/1944

The Sky's the Limit

Character:Mrs. Fisher

Release Date:13/07/1943

I Married a Witch

Character:Margaret

Release Date:30/10/1942

Lucky Legs

Character:Annabelle Dinwiddie

Release Date:01/10/1942

My Sister Eileen

Character:Grandma Sherwood

Release Date:24/09/1942

Her Cardboard Lover

Character:Eva

Release Date:16/07/1942

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Character:Mrs. Daly

Release Date:25/06/1942

Almost Married

Character:Aunt Matilda Manning

Release Date:22/05/1942

The Vanishing Virginian

Character:Grandma

Release Date:01/02/1942

Belle Starr

Character:Sarah

Release Date:12/09/1941

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Character:Aunt Lily Lou Bethany

Release Date:01/08/1941

Tobacco Road

Character:Ada Lester

Release Date:20/02/1941

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Character:Aunt Olivia

Release Date:19/12/1940

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Character:Maggie Ambler

Release Date:01/11/1940

Anne of Windy Poplars

Character:Rebecca

Release Date:28/06/1940

Earthbound

Character:Becky Tilden

Release Date:06/06/1940

Adventure in Diamonds

Character:Nellie

Release Date:08/03/1940

Remember the Night

Character:Aunt Emma "Emmie"

Release Date:19/01/1940

The Cat and the Canary

Character:Aunt Susan

Release Date:27/10/1939

Bad Little Angel

Character:Mrs. Perkins

Release Date:27/10/1939

Our Leading Citizen

Character:Aunt Tillie

Release Date:23/08/1939

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

Character:Aunt Blanche

Release Date:12/07/1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Character:Mrs. MacGregor

Release Date:04/04/1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Character:Aunt Blanche

Release Date:29/03/1939

Sons of the Legion

Character:Grandmother Lee

Release Date:18/09/1938

Sing, You Sinners

Character:Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe

Release Date:02/09/1938

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Character:Aunt Hedwige

Release Date:25/03/1938

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Character:Aunt Blanche

Release Date:18/03/1938

Scandal Street

Character:Ada Smith

Release Date:11/02/1938

Night Club Scandal

Character:Mrs. Elvira Ward

Release Date:11/11/1937

Hold 'Em Navy

Character:Grandma Holland

Release Date:04/11/1937

High, Wide and Handsome

Character:Grandma Cortlandt

Release Date:21/07/1937

Night of Mystery

Character:Mrs. Tobias Greene

Release Date:21/05/1937

Go West Young Man

Character:Aunt Kate Barnaby

Release Date:18/11/1936

Old Hutch

Character:Sarah Hutchins

Release Date:25/09/1936

The Return of Sophie Lang

Character:Araminta Sedley

Release Date:18/06/1936

Small Town Girl

Character:Ma Brannan

Release Date:10/04/1936

Timothy's Quest

Character:Vilda Cummins

Release Date:31/01/1936

Her Master's Voice

Character:Mrs. Ellie Martin

Release Date:17/01/1936

So Red the Rose

Character:Mary Cherry

Release Date:20/12/1935

Men Without Names

Character:Ella Ferris

Release Date:29/06/1935

Chasing Yesterday

Character:Mlle. Prefere

Release Date:03/05/1935

Hide-Out

Character:'Ma' Miller

Release Date:24/08/1934

Dinner at Eight

Character:Miss Copeland

Release Date:22/12/1933

Doctor Bull

Character:Aunt Patricia Banning

Release Date:22/09/1933

Golden Harvest

Character:Lydia

Release Date:21/09/1933

Secret of the Blue Room

Character:Mary, Cook

Release Date:20/07/1933

Hold Your Man

Character:Miss Tuttle

Release Date:30/06/1933

The Story of Temple Drake

Character:Aunt Jennie

Release Date:06/05/1933

Infernal Machine

Character:Elinor's Aunt

Release Date:08/04/1933

They Just Had to Get Married

Character:Lizzie

Release Date:05/01/1933

No Man of Her Own

Character:Mrs. Randall

Release Date:30/12/1932

Boo

Character:Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")

Release Date:01/12/1932

They Call It Sin

Character:Mrs. Cullen

Release Date:05/11/1932

Breach of Promise

Character:Cora Pugmire

Release Date:23/10/1932

A Bill of Divorcement

Character:Aunt Hester Fairfield

Release Date:28/09/1932

Life Begins

Character:Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)

Release Date:10/09/1932

Love Me Tonight

Character:First Aunt

Release Date:18/08/1932

Guilty as Hell

Character:Elvira Ward

Release Date:05/08/1932

New Morals for Old

Character:Aunty Doe

Release Date:04/06/1932

Miss Pinkerton

Character:Juliet Mitchell

Release Date:27/05/1932

So Big!

Character:Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)

Release Date:30/04/1932

Man Wanted

Character:Miss Harper

Release Date:23/04/1932

The Expert

Character:Miss Crackenwald

Release Date:05/03/1932

Husband's Holiday

Character:Mrs. Caroline Reid

Release Date:19/12/1931

Heaven on Earth

Character:Vergie

Release Date:27/11/1931

Penrod and Sam

Character:Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Release Date:01/10/1931

The Smiling Lieutenant

Character:Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)

Release Date:01/08/1931

Daddy Long Legs

Character:Mrs. Lippett

Release Date:05/06/1931

Tarnished Lady

Character:Mrs. Courtney

Release Date:01/05/1931

The Cat Creeps

Character:Susan

Release Date:10/11/1930

The Big Party

Character:Mrs. Goldfarb

Release Date:23/02/1930

Harmony at Home

Character:Emma Haller

Release Date:12/01/1930

The Lone Star Ranger

Character:Sarah Martin

Release Date:05/01/1930

South Sea Rose

Character:Sarah

Release Date:09/12/1929

Words and Music

Character:Dean Crockett

Release Date:18/08/1929

The Dancing Town

Character:Ma Pepperall

Release Date:26/10/1928

The Return of Peter Grimm

Character:Mrs. Bartholomey

Release Date:07/12/1926

The Boy Friend

Character:Mrs. Harper

Release Date:14/08/1926

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