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Elizabeth Patterson

Ur. 21 listopada 1874Zm. 31 stycznia 1966Savannah, Tennessee, USA

Biografia

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.

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Filmografia

Filmy i seriale od najnowszych

123 pozycji

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Serial • 1960

jako Mrs. Melvane

Tall Story

Film • 1960

jako Connie

Johnny Staccato

Serial • 1959

The Oregon Trail

Film • 1959

jako Maria Cooper

New York Confidential

Serial • 1959

77 Sunset Strip

Serial • 1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Serial • 1958

jako Mrs. Kale

Portrait of a Murderer

Film • 1958

jako Mrs. Finch

Kumpel Joey

Film • 1957

jako Mrs. Casey

The Ninth Day

Film • 1957

Rendezvous in Black

Film • 1956

jako Mrs. Middleton

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Serial • 1956

Playwrights '56

Serial • 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Serial • 1955

jako Miss Bessie

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Film • 1955

jako Aunt Polly

Las Vegas Shakedown

Film • 1955

jako Mary Raff

Climax!

Washington Story

Film • 1952

jako Miss Dee

I Love Lucy

Serial • 1951

jako Mrs. Willoughby

Little Women: Jo's Story

Film • 1950

jako Aunt March

Little Women: Meg's Story

Film • 1950

jako Aunt March

Katie Did It

Film • 1950

jako Aunt Priscilla Wakely

Lux Video Theatre

Serial • 1950

jako Dr. Gilley

Bright Leaf

Film • 1950

jako Tabitha Singleton

Intruder in the Dust

Film • 1949

jako Miss Eunice Habersham

Song of Surrender

Film • 1949

jako Mrs. Beecham

Małe kobietki

Film • 1949

jako Hannah

Miss Tatlock's Millions

Film • 1948

jako Cora

Welcome Stranger

Film • 1947

jako Mrs. Gilley

Out of the Blue

Film • 1947

jako Miss Spring

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Film • 1947

jako Catherine Dennison

The Secret Heart

Film • 1946

jako Mrs. Stover

I've Always Loved You

Film • 1946

jako Mrs. Sompter

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Film • 1946

jako Cousin Emma

Lady on a Train

Film • 1945

jako Aunt Charlotte Waring

Together Again

Film • 1944

jako Jessie

Hail the Conquering Hero

Film • 1944

jako Martha - Libby's Aunt

Follow the Boys

Film • 1944

jako Annie

The Sky's the Limit

Film • 1943

jako Mrs. Fisher

Ożeniłem się z czarownicą

Film • 1942

jako Margaret

Lucky Legs

Film • 1942

jako Annabelle Dinwiddie

My Sister Eileen

Film • 1942

jako Grandma Sherwood

Her Cardboard Lover

Film • 1942

jako Eva

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Film • 1942

jako Mrs. Daly

Almost Married

Film • 1942

jako Aunt Matilda Manning

The Vanishing Virginian

Film • 1942

jako Grandma

Belle Starr

Film • 1941

jako Sarah

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Film • 1941

jako Aunt Lily Lou Bethany

Tobacco Road

Film • 1941

jako Ada Lester

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Film • 1940

jako Aunt Olivia

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Film • 1940

jako Maggie Ambler

Anne of Windy Poplars

Film • 1940

jako Rebecca

Earthbound

Film • 1940

jako Becky Tilden

Adventure in Diamonds

Film • 1940

jako Nellie

Remember the Night

Film • 1940

jako Aunt Emma

The Cat and the Canary

Film • 1939

jako Aunt Susan

Bad Little Angel

Film • 1939

jako Mrs. Perkins

Our Leading Citizen

Film • 1939

jako Aunt Tillie

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

Film • 1939

jako Aunt Blanche

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Film • 1939

jako Mrs. MacGregor

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Film • 1939

jako Aunt Blanche

Sons of the Legion

Film • 1938

jako Grandmother Lee

Sing, You Sinners

Film • 1938

jako Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe

Ósma żona Sinobrodego

Film • 1938

jako Aunt Hedwige

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Film • 1938

jako Aunt Blanche

Scandal Street

Film • 1938

jako Ada Smith

Night Club Scandal

Film • 1937

jako Mrs. Elvira Ward

Hold 'Em Navy

Film • 1937

jako Grandma Holland

High, Wide and Handsome

Film • 1937

jako Grandma Cortlandt

Night of Mystery

Film • 1937

jako Mrs. Tobias Greene

Go West Young Man

Film • 1936

jako Aunt Kate Barnaby

Old Hutch

jako Mrs. Randall

Boo

Film • 1932

jako Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")

They Call It Sin

jako Mrs. Bartholomey

The Boy Friend

Film • 1926

jako Mrs. Harper