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