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Elizabeth Patterson‌

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Birthday

calendar1874-11-21

Popularity

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Elizabeth Patterson

Savannah, Tennessee, USA

Elizabeth Patterson

Savannah, Tennessee, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1874-11-21

Popularity

star4.2

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight‌
star6.6
calendar 1932

Husband's Holiday

Husband's Holiday‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Together Again

Together Again‌
star5.4
calendar 1944

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen‌
star6.7
calendar 1942

Pal Joey

Pal Joey‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

The Story of Temple Drake

The Story of Temple Drake‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

Remember the Night

Remember the Night‌
star7.4
calendar 1940

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

Little Women

Little Women‌
star7.4
calendar 1949

The Sky's the Limit

The Sky's the Limit‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

Hide-Out

Hide-Out‌
star7.1
calendar 1934

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary‌
star6.9
calendar 1939

High, Wide and Handsome

High, Wide and Handsome‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust‌
star7.4
calendar 1949

Go West Young Man

Go West Young Man‌
star5.3
calendar 1936

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

Belle Starr

Belle Starr‌
star5.6
calendar 1941

Bad Little Angel

Bad Little Angel‌
star4.9
calendar 1939

Bright Leaf

Bright Leaf‌
star5.9
calendar 1950

Her Cardboard Lover

Her Cardboard Lover‌
star5.1
calendar 1942

Breach of Promise

Breach of Promise‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim‌
star8.5
calendar 1947

Sing, You Sinners

Sing, You Sinners‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

Las Vegas Shakedown

Las Vegas Shakedown‌
star5.2
calendar 1955

Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Adventure in Diamonds

Adventure in Diamonds‌
star5.2
calendar 1940

Harmony at Home

Harmony at Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

I've Always Loved You

I've Always Loved You‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton‌
star5.7
calendar 1932

Washington Story

Washington Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

The Expert

The Expert‌
star6.3
calendar 1932

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?‌
star4.3
calendar 1940

Sons of the Legion

Sons of the Legion‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Return of Sophie Lang

The Return of Sophie Lang‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

New Morals for Old

New Morals for Old‌
star4.2
calendar 1932

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs‌
star4.0
calendar 1931

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Kiss the Boys Goodbye‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

So Red the Rose

So Red the Rose‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Chasing Yesterday

Chasing Yesterday‌
star3.5
calendar 1935

The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart‌
star6.3
calendar 1946

Tarnished Lady

Tarnished Lady‌
star4.7
calendar 1931

Portrait of a Murderer

Portrait of a Murderer‌
star9.0
calendar 1958

Guilty as Hell

Guilty as Hell‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

Bulldog Drummond's Bride‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

Penrod and Sam

Penrod and Sam‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man‌
star6.1
calendar 1933

The Dancing Town

The Dancing Town‌
star6.0
calendar 1928

Old Hutch

Old Hutch‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight‌
star6.7
calendar 1933

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Words and Music

Words and Music‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Earthbound

Earthbound‌
star4.8
calendar 1940

The Return of Peter Grimm

The Return of Peter Grimm‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Miss Tatlock's Millions‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth‌
star3.0
calendar 1931

Men Without Names

Men Without Names‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Her Master's Voice

Her Master's Voice‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police‌
star6.1
calendar 1939

Boo

Boo‌
star5.1
calendar 1932

Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest‌
star3.0
calendar 1936

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

Night Club Scandal

Night Club Scandal‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Beyond the Blue Horizon‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Man Wanted

Man Wanted‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

Hold 'Em Navy

Hold 'Em Navy‌
star3.0
calendar 1937

Almost Married

Almost Married‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

South Sea Rose

South Sea Rose‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Ninth Day

The Ninth Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

Song of Surrender

Song of Surrender‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Secret of the Blue Room

Secret of the Blue Room‌
star5.4
calendar 1933

Life Begins

Life Begins‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

The Big Party

The Big Party‌
star2.0
calendar 1930

Lucky Legs

Lucky Legs‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Katie Did It

Katie Did It‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

Doctor Bull

Doctor Bull‌
star6.6
calendar 1933

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‌
star4.2
calendar 1955

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Colonel Effingham's Raid‌
star5.7
calendar 1946

Infernal Machine

Infernal Machine‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Golden Harvest

Golden Harvest‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

The Vanishing Virginian

The Vanishing Virginian‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Scandal Street

Scandal Street‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

So Big!

So Big!‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

The Lone Star Ranger

The Lone Star Ranger‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

The Cat Creeps

The Cat Creeps‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

The Smiling Lieutenant

The Smiling Lieutenant‌
star6.9
calendar 1931

Little Women: Meg's Story

Little Women: Meg's Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Little Women: Jo's Story

Little Women: Jo's Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

They Just Had to Get Married

They Just Had to Get Married‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Three Lives

Three Lives‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Tv Credits

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Johnny Staccato

Johnny Staccato‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman‌
star6.6
calendar 1952

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie‌
star3.7
calendar 1956

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

New York Confidential

New York Confidential‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951