Elizabeth Patterson
1874-11-21 ( 150 years old ) in Savannah, Tennessee, USA

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 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.

Movies

The Oregon Trail 1959-08-31
Portrait of a Murderer 1958-02-27
Pal Joey 1957-10-25
The Ninth Day 1957-01-10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1955-09-01
Las Vegas Shakedown 1955-05-15
Three Lives 1953-09-17
Washington Story 1952-07-01
Little Women: Jo's Story 1950-12-25
Little Women: Meg's Story 1950-12-18
Katie Did It 1950-11-26
Bright Leaf 1950-06-16
Intruder in the Dust 1949-11-22
Song of Surrender 1949-10-27
Little Women 1949-03-10
Miss Tatlock's Millions 1948-11-19
Welcome Stranger 1947-06-13
Out of the Blue 1947-04-21
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim 1947-01-04
The Secret Heart 1946-12-25
I've Always Loved You 1946-12-02
Colonel Effingham's Raid 1946-01-24
Lady on a Train 1945-08-03
Together Again 1944-12-23
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944-08-09
Follow the Boys 1944-05-05
The Sky's the Limit 1943-07-13
I Married a Witch 1942-10-30
Lucky Legs 1942-10-01
My Sister Eileen 1942-09-24
Her Cardboard Lover 1942-07-16
Beyond the Blue Horizon 1942-06-25
Almost Married 1942-05-22
The Vanishing Virginian 1942-02-01
Belle Starr 1941-09-12
Kiss the Boys Goodbye 1941-08-01
Tobacco Road 1941-02-20
Michael Shayne: Private Detective 1940-12-19
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? 1940-11-01
Anne of Windy Poplars 1940-06-28
Earthbound 1940-06-06
Adventure in Diamonds 1940-03-08
Remember the Night 1940-01-19
The Cat and the Canary 1939-10-27
Bad Little Angel 1939-10-27
Our Leading Citizen 1939-08-23
Bulldog Drummond's Bride 1939-07-12
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939-04-04
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police 1939-03-29
Sons of the Legion 1938-09-18
Sing, You Sinners 1938-09-02
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938-03-25
Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938-03-18
Scandal Street 1938-02-11
Night Club Scandal 1937-11-11
Hold 'Em Navy 1937-11-04
High, Wide and Handsome 1937-07-21
Night of Mystery 1937-05-21
Go West Young Man 1936-11-18
Old Hutch 1936-09-25
The Return of Sophie Lang 1936-06-18
Small Town Girl 1936-04-10
Timothy's Quest 1936-01-31
Her Master's Voice 1936-01-17
So Red the Rose 1935-12-20
Men Without Names 1935-06-29
Chasing Yesterday 1935-05-03
Hide-Out 1934-08-24
Dinner at Eight 1933-12-22
Doctor Bull 1933-09-22
Golden Harvest 1933-09-21
Secret of the Blue Room 1933-07-20
Hold Your Man 1933-06-30
The Story of Temple Drake 1933-05-06
Infernal Machine 1933-04-08
They Just Had to Get Married 1933-01-05
No Man of Her Own 1932-12-30
Boo 1932-12-01
They Call It Sin 1932-11-05
Breach of Promise 1932-10-23
A Bill of Divorcement 1932-09-28
Life Begins 1932-09-10
Love Me Tonight 1932-08-18
Guilty as Hell 1932-08-05
New Morals for Old 1932-06-04
Miss Pinkerton 1932-05-27
So Big! 1932-04-30
Man Wanted 1932-04-23
The Expert 1932-03-05
Husband's Holiday 1931-12-19
Heaven on Earth 1931-11-27
Penrod and Sam 1931-10-01
The Smiling Lieutenant 1931-08-01
Daddy Long Legs 1931-06-05
Tarnished Lady 1931-05-01
The Cat Creeps 1930-11-10
The Big Party 1930-02-23
Harmony at Home 1930-01-12
The Lone Star Ranger 1930-01-05
South Sea Rose 1929-12-09
Words and Music 1929-08-18
The Dancing Town 1928-10-26
The Return of Peter Grimm 1926-12-07
The Boy Friend 1926-08-14

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