Elizabeth Patterson

Acting

Народився 21 листопада 1874, 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.

Фільмографія

• 1960Tall Story — Connie
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Mrs. Melvane
• Johnny Staccato
• New York Confidential
• 1959The Oregon Trail — Maria Cooper
• 77 Sunset Strip
• 1958Portrait of a Murderer — Mrs. Finch
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse — Mrs. Kale
• 1957Pal Joey — Mrs. Casey
• 1957The Ninth Day
• 1956Rendezvous in Black — Mrs. Middleton
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1955Las Vegas Shakedown — Mary Raff
• Playwrights '56
• 1955The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Aunt Polly
• Альфред Гічкок представляє — Miss Bessie, Grandmother
• Climax! — Aunt Polly, Jane Connor, Nellie Eldredge, Mrs. Garr
• General Electric Theater — Madame Elaine
• 1953Three Lives — Mrs. Adams
• Adventures of Superman
• Cavalcade of America — Mrs. Couche
• Four Star Playhouse — Ma / Mother Baker
• The Ford Television Theatre — Mrs. Matthews
• 1952Washington Story — Miss Dee
• I Love Lucy — Mrs. Willoughby, Mrs. Trumbull
• 1950Bright Leaf — Tabitha Singleton
• 1950Katie Did It — Aunt Priscilla Wakely
• 1950Little Women: Jo's Story — Aunt March
• 1950Little Women: Meg's Story — Aunt March
• Lux Video Theatre — Dr. Gilley, Mrs. Sargent
• 1949Intruder in the Dust — Miss Eunice Habersham
• 1949Song of Surrender — Mrs. Beecham
• 1949Маленькі жінки — Hannah
• 1948Miss Tatlock's Millions — Cora
• 1947Out of the Blue — Miss Spring
• 1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim — Catherine Dennison
• 1947Welcome Stranger — Mrs. Gilley
• 1946Colonel Effingham's Raid — Cousin Emma
• 1946I've Always Loved You — Mrs. Sompter
• 1946The Secret Heart — Mrs. Stover
• 1945Lady on a Train — Aunt Charlotte Waring
• 1944Follow the Boys — Annie
• 1944Hail the Conquering Hero — Martha - Libby's Aunt
• 1944Together Again — Jessie
• 1943The Sky's the Limit — Mrs. Fisher
• 1942Almost Married — Aunt Matilda Manning
• 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon — Mrs. Daly
• 1942Her Cardboard Lover — Eva
• 1942I Married a Witch — Margaret
• 1942Lucky Legs — Annabelle Dinwiddie
• 1942My Sister Eileen — Grandma Sherwood
• 1942The Vanishing Virginian — Grandma
• 1941Belle Starr — Sarah
• 1941Kiss the Boys Goodbye — Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
• 1941Tobacco Road — Ada Lester
• 1940Adventure in Diamonds — Nellie
• 1940Anne of Windy Poplars — Rebecca
• 1940Earthbound — Becky Tilden
• 1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective — Aunt Olivia
• 1940Remember the Night — Aunt Emma
• 1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie? — Maggie Ambler
• 1939Bad Little Angel — Mrs. Perkins
• 1939Bulldog Drummond's Bride — Aunt Blanche
• 1939Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police — Aunt Blanche
• 1939Our Leading Citizen — Aunt Tillie
• 1939The Cat and the Canary — Aunt Susan
• 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell — Mrs. MacGregor
• 1938Bluebeard's 8th Wife — Aunt Hedwige
• 1938Bulldog Drummond's Peril — Aunt Blanche
• 1938Scandal Street — Ada Smith
• 1938Sing, You Sinners — Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
• 1938Sons of the Legion — Grandmother Lee
• 1937High, Wide and Handsome — Grandma Cortlandt
• 1937Hold 'Em Navy — Grandma Holland
• 1937Night Club Scandal — Mrs. Elvira Ward
• 1937Night of Mystery — Mrs. Tobias Greene
• 1936Go West Young Man — Aunt Kate Barnaby
• 1936Her Master's Voice — Mrs. Ellie Martin
• 1936Old Hutch — Sarah Hutchins
• 1936Small Town Girl — Ma Brannan
• 1936The Return of Sophie Lang — Araminta Sedley
• 1936Three Cheers for Love — Wilma Chester
• 1936Timothy's Quest — Vilda Cummins
• 1935Chasing Yesterday — Mlle. Prefere
• 1935Men Without Names — Ella Ferris
• 1935So Red the Rose — Mary Cherry
• 1934Hide-Out — 'Ma' Miller
• 1933Dinner at Eight — Miss Copeland
• 1933Doctor Bull — Aunt Patricia Banning
• 1933Golden Harvest — Lydia
• 1933Hold Your Man — Miss Tuttle
• 1933Infernal Machine — Elinor's Aunt
• 1933Secret of the Blue Room — Mary, Cook
• 1933The Story of Temple Drake — Aunt Jennie
• 1933They Just Had to Get Married — Lizzie
• 1932A Bill of Divorcement — Aunt Hester Fairfield
• 1932Boo — Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
• 1932Breach of Promise — Cora Pugmire
• 1932Guilty as Hell — Elvira Ward
• 1932Life Begins — Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
• 1932Love Me Tonight — First Aunt
• 1932Man Wanted — Miss Harper
• 1932Miss Pinkerton — Juliet Mitchell
• 1932New Morals for Old — Aunty Doe
• 1932No Man of Her Own — Mrs. Randall
• 1932So Big! — Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
• 1932The Expert — Miss Crackenwald
• 1932They Call It Sin — Mrs. Cullen
• 1931Daddy Long Legs — Mrs. Lippett
• 1931Heaven on Earth — Vergie
• 1931Husband's Holiday — Mrs. Caroline Reid
• 1931Penrod and Sam — Schoolteacher (uncredited)
• 1931Tarnished Lady — Mrs. Courtney
• 1931The Smiling Lieutenant — Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)
• 1930Harmony at Home — Emma Haller
• 1930The Big Party — Mrs. Goldfarb
• 1930The Cat Creeps — Susan
• 1930The Lone Star Ranger — Sarah Martin
• 1929South Sea Rose — Sarah
• 1929Words and Music — Dean Crockett
• 1928The Dancing Town — Ma Pepperall
• 1926The Boy Friend — Mrs. Harper
• 1926The Return of Peter Grimm — Mrs. Bartholomey