Elizabeth Patterson

Actor Nov 21 (died age 91) Savannah, Tennessee, USA 1926–1960 (34 year career)

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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 Holl…

Known For

Film

Little Women

Hannah

Film

I Married a Witch

Margaret

Film

Remember the Night

Aunt Emma "Emmie"

Film

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Aunt Hedwige

Film

Dinner at Eight

Miss Copeland

Film

Hail the Conquering Hero

Martha - Libby's Aunt

Film

The Cat and the Canary

Aunt Susan

Film

Love Me Tonight

First Aunt

Filmography

Acting (120)

Movies (105)

The Oregon Trail

1959

as Maria Cooper

5.5

Portrait of a Murderer

as Mrs. Finch

Pal Joey

as Mrs. Casey

The Ninth Day

Rendezvous in Black

as Mrs. Middleton

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Aunt Polly

Las Vegas Shakedown

as Mary Raff

Three Lives

as Mrs. Adams

Washington Story

as Miss Dee

Bright Leaf

as Tabitha Singleton

Little Women: Jo's Story

1950

as Aunt March

Little Women: Meg's Story

1950

as Aunt March

Katie Did It

1950

as Aunt Priscilla Wakely

Little Women

as Hannah

Song of Surrender

as Mrs. Beecham

Intruder in the Dust

1949

as Miss Eunice Habersham

7.3

Miss Tatlock's Millions

as Cora

Welcome Stranger

as Mrs. Gilley

Out of the Blue

as Miss Spring

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947

as Catherine Dennison

8.5

The Secret Heart

1946

as Mrs. Stover

6.3

I've Always Loved You

1946

as Mrs. Sompter

6.4

Colonel Effingham's Raid

1946

as Cousin Emma

5.7

Lady on a Train

1945

as Aunt Charlotte Waring

6.6

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

as Martha - Libby's Aunt

Together Again

as Jessie

Follow the Boys

as Annie

The Sky's the Limit

as Mrs. Fisher

Beyond the Blue Horizon

as Mrs. Daly

I Married a Witch

as Margaret

My Sister Eileen

as Grandma Sherwood

Lucky Legs

as Annabelle Dinwiddie

Her Cardboard Lover

1942

as Eva

4.4

The Vanishing Virginian

1942

as Grandma

6.0

Almost Married

1942

as Aunt Matilda Manning

Tobacco Road

as Ada Lester

Belle Starr

as Sarah

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

1941

as Aunt Lily Lou Bethany

5.0

Remember the Night

1940

as Aunt Emma "Emmie"

7.3

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940

as Aunt Olivia

6.5

Anne of Windy Poplars

as Rebecca

Earthbound

as Becky Tilden

Adventure in Diamonds

1940

as Nellie

5.2

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Maggie Ambler

Bad Little Angel

as Mrs. Perkins

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939

as Mrs. MacGregor

6.2

The Cat and the Canary

as Aunt Susan

Our Leading Citizen

as Aunt Tillie

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

1939

as Aunt Blanche

6.1

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939

as Aunt Blanche

6.1

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

as Aunt Blanche

Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Aunt Hedwige

Sing, You Sinners

as Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe

6.7

Scandal Street

1938

as Ada Smith

Sons of the Legion

as Grandmother Lee

Hold 'Em Navy

as Grandma Holland

Night of Mystery

as Mrs. Tobias Greene

Night Club Scandal

1937

as Mrs. Elvira Ward

3.8

High, Wide and Handsome

as Grandma Cortlandt

Small Town Girl

as Ma Brannan

Go West Young Man

as Aunt Kate Barnaby

Her Master's Voice

as Mrs. Ellie Martin

The Return of Sophie Lang

as Araminta Sedley

Timothy's Quest

as Vilda Cummins

Old Hutch

as Sarah Hutchins

So Red the Rose

as Mary Cherry

Men Without Names

as Ella Ferris

Chasing Yesterday

as Mlle. Prefere

Hide-Out

as 'Ma' Miller

Hold Your Man

as Miss Tuttle

Infernal Machine

as Elinor's Aunt

Golden Harvest

as Lydia

Dinner at Eight

as Miss Copeland

Secret of the Blue Room

1933

as Mary, Cook

5.5

Doctor Bull

1933

as Aunt Patricia Banning

6.5

The Story of Temple Drake

1933

as Aunt Jennie

6.4

They Just Had to Get Married

1933

as Lizzie

A Bill of Divorcement

1932

as Aunt Hester Fairfield

Man Wanted

as Miss Harper

Love Me Tonight

as First Aunt

So Big!

as Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)

Miss Pinkerton

as Juliet Mitchell

Life Begins

as Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

as Mrs. Randall

The Expert

as Miss Crackenwald

They Call It Sin

as Mrs. Cullen

New Morals for Old

as Aunty Doe

Boo

as Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")

Guilty as Hell

as Elvira Ward

Breach of Promise

as Cora Pugmire

Husband's Holiday

1931

as Mrs. Caroline Reid

Heaven on Earth

1931

as Vergie

3.0

The Smiling Lieutenant

1931

as Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)

Daddy Long Legs

as Mrs. Lippett

Tarnished Lady

as Mrs. Courtney

Penrod and Sam

as Schoolteacher (uncredited)

The Big Party

as Mrs. Goldfarb

Harmony at Home

as Emma Haller

The Cat Creeps

as Susan

The Lone Star Ranger

as Sarah Martin

Words and Music

as Dean Crockett

South Sea Rose

1929

as Sarah

The Dancing Town

1928

as Ma Pepperall

6.0

The Return of Peter Grimm

1926

as Mrs. Bartholomey

The Boy Friend

1926

as Mrs. Harper

Television (15)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Mrs. Melvane

Johnny Staccato

New York Confidential

1959

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Miss Bessie

Playwrights '56

Climax!

as Aunt Polly

General Electric Theater

as Madame Elaine

Four Star Playhouse

as Ma / Mother Baker

Adventures of Superman

Cavalcade of America

as Mrs. Couche

I Love Lucy

as Mrs. Willoughby

Lux Video Theatre

as Dr. Gilley