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Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Actor · Born 1874-11-21 · Savannah, Tennessee, USA

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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 Hab…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Miss Bessie
  2. I Love Lucy (1951) — Mrs. Willoughby
  3. Little Women (1949) — Hannah
  4. I Married a Witch (1942) — Margaret
  5. Dinner at Eight (1933) — Miss Copeland
  6. Remember the Night (1940) — Aunt Emma "Emmie"
  7. Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938) — Aunt Hedwige
  8. Love Me Tonight (1932) — First Aunt
  9. The Cat and the Canary (1939) — Aunt Susan
  10. Pal Joey (1957) — Mrs. Casey
  11. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) — Martha - Libby's Aunt
  12. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) — Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
  13. Adventures of Superman (1952)
  14. Tobacco Road (1941) — Ada Lester
  15. Lady on a Train (1945) — Aunt Charlotte Waring
  16. Intruder in the Dust (1949) — Miss Eunice Habersham
  17. A Bill of Divorcement (1932) — Aunt Hester Fairfield
  18. The Story of Temple Drake (1933) — Aunt Jennie
  19. Secret of the Blue Room (1933) — Mary, Cook
  20. 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
  21. My Sister Eileen (1942) — Grandma Sherwood
  22. No Man of Her Own (1932) — Mrs. Randall
  23. The Sky's the Limit (1943) — Mrs. Fisher
  24. Hold Your Man (1933) — Miss Tuttle
  25. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) — Mrs. MacGregor
  26. Bright Leaf (1950) — Tabitha Singleton
  27. The Oregon Trail (1959) — Maria Cooper
  28. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) — Aunt Blanche
  29. Go West Young Man (1936) — Aunt Kate Barnaby
  30. Belle Starr (1941) — Sarah
  31. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) — Aunt Blanche
  32. So Big! (1932) — Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
  33. Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) — Aunt Blanche
  34. Tall Story (1960) — Connie
  35. Boo (1932) — Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
  36. Out of the Blue (1947) — Miss Spring
  37. Man Wanted (1932) — Miss Harper
  38. Together Again (1944) — Jessie
  39. Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) — Aunt Olivia
  40. Small Town Girl (1936) — Ma Brannan