Elizabeth Patterson
Birthday
1874/11/21
Day of death
1966/01/31 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Savannah, Tennessee, USA
Also know as
Mary Elizabeth Patterson
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 Holl...Read more
Acting
(1945) Lady on a Train
as Aunt Charlotte Waring
(1932) Love Me Tonight
as First Aunt
(1931) Husband's Holiday
as Mrs. Caroline Reid
(1938) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
as Aunt Hedwige
(1944) Together Again
as Jessie
(1942) My Sister Eileen
as Grandma Sherwood
(1957) Pal Joey
as Mrs. Casey
(1944) Follow the Boys
as Annie
(1933) The Story of Temple Drake
as Aunt Jennie
(1944) Hail the Conquering Hero
as Martha - Libby's Aunt
(1940) Remember the Night
as Aunt Emma
(1932) No Man of Her Own
as Mrs. Randall
(1949) Little Women
as Hannah
(1943) The Sky's the Limit
as Mrs. Fisher
(1934) Hide-Out
as 'Ma' Miller
(1941) Tobacco Road
as Ada Lester
(1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. MacGregor
(1939) The Cat and the Canary
as Aunt Susan
(1937) High, Wide and Handsome
as Grandma Cortlandt
(1949) Intruder in the Dust
as Miss Eunice Habersham
(1936) Go West Young Man
as Aunt Kate Barnaby
(1932) A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
(1941) Belle Starr
as Sarah
(1939) Bad Little Angel
as Mrs. Perkins
(1950) Bright Leaf
as Tabitha Singleton
(1942) Her Cardboard Lover
as Eva
(1932) Breach of Promise
as Cora Pugmire
(1940) Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Aunt Olivia
(1936) Small Town Girl
as Ma Brannan
(1947) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Catherine Dennison
(1938) Sing, You Sinners
as Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
(1947) Welcome Stranger
as Mrs. Gilley
(1955) Las Vegas Shakedown
as Mary Raff
(1940) Anne of Windy Poplars
as Rebecca
(1938) Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Aunt Blanche
(1940) Adventure in Diamonds
as Nellie
(1930) Harmony at Home
as Emma Haller
(1946) I've Always Loved You
as Mrs. Sompter
(1932) Miss Pinkerton
as Juliet Mitchell
(1952) Washington Story
as Miss Dee
(1932) The Expert
as Miss Crackenwald
(1940) Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Maggie Ambler
(1938) Sons of the Legion
as Grandmother Lee
(1937) Night of Mystery
as Mrs. Tobias Greene
(1936) The Return of Sophie Lang
as Araminta Sedley
(1932) New Morals for Old
as Aunty Doe
(1931) Daddy Long Legs
as Mrs. Lippett
(1941) Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
(1935) So Red the Rose
as Mary Cherry
(1935) Chasing Yesterday
as Mlle. Prefere
(1946) The Secret Heart
as Mrs. Stover
(1931) Tarnished Lady
as Mrs. Courtney
(1958) Portrait of a Murderer
as Mrs. Finch
(1932) They Call It Sin
as Mrs. Cullen
(1932) Guilty as Hell
as Elvira Ward
(1939) Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as Aunt Blanche
(1931) Penrod and Sam
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
(1933) Hold Your Man
as Miss Tuttle
(1928) The Dancing Town
as Ma Pepperall
(1936) Old Hutch
as Sarah Hutchins
(1933) Dinner at Eight
as Miss Copeland
(1926) The Boy Friend
as Mrs. Harper
(1929) Words and Music
as Dean Crockett
(1940) Earthbound
as Becky Tilden
(1926) The Return of Peter Grimm
as Mrs. Bartholomey
(1948) Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Cora
(1931) Heaven on Earth
as Vergie
(1935) Men Without Names
as Aunt Ella
(1936) Her Master's Voice
as Mrs. Ellie Martin
(1939) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Aunt Blanche
(1932) Boo
as Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
(1936) Timothy's Quest
as Vilda Cummins
(1947) Out of the Blue
as Miss Spring
(1937) Night Club Scandal
as Mrs. Elvira Ward
(1942) Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Mrs. Daly
(1939) Our Leading Citizen
as Aunt Tillie
(1932) Man Wanted
as Miss Harper
(1937) Hold 'Em Navy
as Grandma Holland
(1942) Almost Married
as Aunt Matilda Manning
(1929) South Sea Rose
as Sarah
(1957) The Ninth Day
as ---
(1942) I Married a Witch
as Margaret
(1949) Song of Surrender
as Mrs. Beecham
(1933) Secret of the Blue Room
as Mary, Cook
(1932) Life Begins
as Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
(1930) The Big Party
as Mrs. Goldfarb
(1942) Lucky Legs
as Annabelle Dinwiddie
(1950) Katie Did It
as Aunt Priscilla Wakely
(1959) The Oregon Trail
as Maria Cooper
(1933) Doctor Bull
as Aunt Patricia Banning
(1955) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
(1946) Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Cousin Emma
(1933) Infernal Machine
as Elinor's Aunt
(1933) Golden Harvest
as Lydia
(1942) The Vanishing Virginian
as Grandma
(1938) Scandal Street
as Ada Smith
(1932) So Big!
as Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
(1930) The Lone Star Ranger
as Sarah Martin
(1930) The Cat Creeps
as Susan
(1931) The Smiling Lieutenant
as Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
(1950) Little Women: Jo's Story
as Aunt March
(1950) Little Women: Meg's Story
as Aunt March
(1933) They Just Had to Get Married
as Lizzie
(1953) Three Lives
as Mrs. Adams
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Mrs. Willoughby
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Madame Elaine
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Miss Bessie
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dr. Gilley
(1954) Climax!
as Aunt Polly
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Mrs. Couche
(1959) New York Confidential
as ---
(1955) Playwrights '56
as ---
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Mrs. Melvane
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Sargent
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Ma / Mother Baker
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Grandmother
(1954) Climax!
as Jane Connor
(1954) Climax!
as Nellie Eldredge
(1954) Climax!
as Mrs. Garr
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Mrs. Trumbull