Elizabeth Patterson
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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.
Fotos
Películas (107)
Tall Story
1960 · Connie
The Oregon Trail
1959 · Maria Cooper
Portrait of a Murderer
1958 · Mrs. Finch
Pal Joey
1957 · Mrs. Casey
The Ninth Day
1957 · Aunt Ida
Rendezvous in Black
1956 · Mrs. Middleton
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1955 · Aunt Polly
Las Vegas Shakedown
1955 · Mary Raff
Three Lives
1953 · Mrs. Adams
Washington Story
1952 · Miss Dee
Little Women: Jo's Story
1950 · Aunt March
Little Women: Meg's Story
1950 · Aunt March
Katie Did It
1950 · Aunt Priscilla Wakely
Bright Leaf
1950 · Tabitha Singleton
Intruder in the Dust
1949 · Miss Eunice Habersham
Song of Surrender
1949 · Mrs. Beecham
Little Women
1949 · Hannah
Miss Tatlock's Millions
1948 · Cora
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Mrs. Gilley
Out of the Blue
1947 · Miss Spring
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 · Catherine Dennison
The Secret Heart
1946 · Mrs. Stover
I've Always Loved You
1946 · Mrs. Sompter
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Cousin Emma
Lady on a Train
1945 · Aunt Charlotte Waring
Together Again
1944 · Jessie
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Martha - Libby's Aunt
Follow the Boys
1944 · Annie
The Sky's the Limit
1943 · Mrs. Fisher
I Married a Witch
1942 · Margaret
Lucky Legs
1942 · Annabelle Dinwiddie
My Sister Eileen
1942 · Grandma Sherwood
Her Cardboard Lover
1942 · Eva
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 · Mrs. Daly
Almost Married
1942 · Aunt Matilda Manning
The Vanishing Virginian
1942 · Grandma
Belle Starr
1941 · Sarah
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941 · Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
Tobacco Road
1941 · Ada Lester
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · Aunt Olivia
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940 · Maggie Ambler
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940 · Rebecca
Earthbound
1940 · Becky Tilden
Adventure in Diamonds
1940 · Nellie
Remember the Night
1940 · Aunt Emma
The Cat and the Canary
1939 · Aunt Susan
Bad Little Angel
1939 · Mrs. Perkins
Our Leading Citizen
1939 · Aunt Tillie
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939 · Aunt Blanche
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Mrs. MacGregor
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939 · Aunt Blanche
Sons of the Legion
1938 · Grandmother Lee
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938 · Aunt Hedwige
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Aunt Blanche
Scandal Street
1938 · Ada Smith
Night Club Scandal
1937 · Mrs. Elvira Ward
Hold 'Em Navy
1937 · Grandma Holland
High, Wide and Handsome
1937 · Grandma Cortlandt
Night of Mystery
1937 · Mrs. Tobias Greene
Go West Young Man
1936 · Aunt Kate Barnaby
Old Hutch
1936 · Sarah Hutchins
Three Cheers for Love
1936 · Wilma Chester
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936 · Araminta Sedley
Small Town Girl
1936 · Ma Brannan
Timothy's Quest
1936 · Vilda Cummins
Her Master's Voice
1936 · Mrs. Ellie Martin
So Red the Rose
1935 · Mary Cherry
Men Without Names
1935 · Ella Ferris
Chasing Yesterday
1935 · Mlle. Prefere
Hide-Out
1934 · 'Ma' Miller
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Miss Copeland
Doctor Bull
1933 · Aunt Patricia Banning
Golden Harvest
1933 · Lydia
Secret of the Blue Room
1933 · Mary, Cook
Hold Your Man
1933 · Miss Tuttle
The Story of Temple Drake
1933 · Aunt Jennie
Infernal Machine
1933 · Elinor's Aunt
They Just Had to Get Married
1933 · Lizzie
No Man of Her Own
1932 · Mrs. Randall
Boo
1932 · Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
They Call It Sin
1932 · Mrs. Cullen
Breach of Promise
1932 · Cora Pugmire
A Bill of Divorcement
1932 · Aunt Hester Fairfield
Life Begins
1932 · Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
1932 · First Aunt
Guilty as Hell
1932 · Elvira Ward
New Morals for Old
1932 · Aunty Doe
Miss Pinkerton
1932 · Juliet Mitchell
So Big!
1932 · Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
Man Wanted
1932 · Miss Harper
The Expert
1932 · Miss Crackenwald
Husband's Holiday
1931 · Mrs. Caroline Reid
Heaven on Earth
1931 · Vergie
Penrod and Sam
1931 · Schoolteacher (uncredited)
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1931 · Mrs. Lippett
Tarnished Lady
1931 · Mrs. Courtney
The Cat Creeps
1930 · Susan
The Big Party
1930 · Mrs. Goldfarb
Harmony at Home
1930 · Emma Haller
The Lone Star Ranger
1930 · Sarah Martin
South Sea Rose
1929 · Sarah
Words and Music
1929 · Dean Crockett
The Dancing Town
1928 · Ma Pepperall
The Return of Peter Grimm
1926 · Mrs. Bartholomey
The Boy Friend
1926 · Mrs. Harper
Series (16)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Mrs. Melvane
Johnny Staccato
1959
New York Confidential
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Mrs. Kale
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Miss Bessie, Grandmother
Climax!
1954 · Aunt Polly, Jane Connor, Nellie Eldredge, Mrs. Garr
General Electric Theater
1953 · Madame Elaine
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Mrs. Matthews
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Mrs. Couche
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Ma / Mother Baker
Adventures of Superman
1952
I Love Lucy
1951 · Mrs. Willoughby, Mrs. Trumbull
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Dr. Gilley, Mrs. Sargent