Elizabeth Patterson
Born in Savannah, Tennessee, USA — Nov 21 1874• Died Jan 31 1966
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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…
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Aunt Polly
I Love Lucy
Mrs. Willoughby
Four Star Playhouse
Ma / Mother Baker
77 Sunset Strip
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Miss Bessie
Adventures of Superman
Cavalcade of America
Mrs. Couche
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Mrs. Kale
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mrs. Melvane
Lux Video Theatre
Dr. Gilley
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Johnny Staccato
New York Confidential
Playwrights '56
General Electric Theater
Madame Elaine
Lady on a Train
Aunt Charlotte Waring
Little Women
Hannah
Dinner at Eight
Miss Copeland
Remember the Night
Aunt Emma "Emmie"
I Married a Witch
Margaret
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Aunt Hedwige
Belle Starr
Sarah
Tobacco Road
Ada Lester
Follow the Boys
Annie
So Big!
Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
Grandma Sherwood
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. MacGregor
Small Town Girl
Ma Brannan
Golden Harvest
Lydia
The Story of Temple Drake
Aunt Jennie
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
Pal Joey
Mrs. Casey
A Bill of Divorcement
Aunt Hester Fairfield
Bright Leaf
Tabitha Singleton
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Aunt Olivia
Chasing Yesterday
Mlle. Prefere
Together Again
Jessie
The Cat and the Canary
Aunt Susan
Hail the Conquering Hero
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Earthbound
Becky Tilden
The Smiling Lieutenant
Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
Life Begins
Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Tarnished Lady
Mrs. Courtney
Washington Story
Miss Dee
High, Wide and Handsome
Grandma Cortlandt
The Return of Sophie Lang
Araminta Sedley
Anne of Windy Poplars
Rebecca
The Sky's the Limit
Mrs. Fisher
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Catherine Dennison
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Cousin Emma
Intruder in the Dust
Miss Eunice Habersham
Miss Pinkerton
Juliet Mitchell
Doctor Bull
Aunt Patricia Banning
Sons of the Legion
Grandmother Lee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Aunt Polly
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Mrs. Daly
Words and Music
Dean Crockett
Lucky Legs
Annabelle Dinwiddie
Scandal Street
Ada Smith
The Oregon Trail
Maria Cooper
Hold Your Man
Miss Tuttle
Bad Little Angel
Mrs. Perkins
I've Always Loved You
Mrs. Sompter
Guilty as Hell
Elvira Ward
Sing, You Sinners
Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
The Ninth Day
Timothy's Quest
Vilda Cummins
So Red the Rose
Mary Cherry
Rendezvous in Black
Mrs. Middleton
Secret of the Blue Room
Mary, Cook
Love Me Tonight
First Aunt
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Maggie Ambler
Katie Did It
Aunt Priscilla Wakely
Three Lives
Mrs. Adams
Night Club Scandal
Mrs. Elvira Ward
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Aunt Blanche
The Expert
Miss Crackenwald
The Return of Peter Grimm
Mrs. Bartholomey
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Aunt Blanche
Men Without Names
Ella Ferris
Harmony at Home
Emma Haller
Hide-Out
'Ma' Miller
Las Vegas Shakedown
Mary Raff
The Lone Star Ranger
Sarah Martin
Go West Young Man
Aunt Kate Barnaby
Boo
Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
Our Leading Citizen
Aunt Tillie
They Call It Sin
Mrs. Cullen
Man Wanted
Miss Harper
The Dancing Town
Ma Pepperall
Heaven on Earth
Vergie
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Cora
The Big Party
Mrs. Goldfarb
Infernal Machine
Elinor's Aunt
New Morals for Old
Aunty Doe
Song of Surrender
Mrs. Beecham
Adventure in Diamonds
Nellie
No Man of Her Own
Mrs. Randall
Old Hutch
Sarah Hutchins
Her Cardboard Lover
Eva
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Aunt Blanche
The Cat Creeps
Susan
Welcome Stranger
Mrs. Gilley
South Sea Rose
Sarah
Husband's Holiday
Mrs. Caroline Reid
Daddy Long Legs
Mrs. Lippett
The Boy Friend
Mrs. Harper
The Secret Heart
Mrs. Stover
The Vanishing Virginian
Grandma
They Just Had to Get Married
Lizzie
Hold 'Em Navy
Grandma Holland
Her Master's Voice
Mrs. Ellie Martin
Portrait of a Murderer
Mrs. Finch
Almost Married
Aunt Matilda Manning
Little Women: Meg's Story
Aunt March
Little Women: Jo's Story
Aunt March
Night of Mystery
Mrs. Tobias Greene
Out of the Blue
Miss Spring
Breach of Promise
Cora Pugmire