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Mary Elizabeth Patterson 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.
Birth Name
Mary Elizabeth Patterson
Born
Sunday, 22 November 1874
Died
Monday, 31 January 1966
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The New Breed | Mrs. Honeyman | 1961 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Millicent Melvane | 1960 |
| Tall Story | Connie | 1960 |
| Johnny Staccato | Beatrice George | 1959 |
| The Oregon Trail | Maria Cooper | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Lavinia Diamond | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Mrs. Kale | 1958 |
| Pal Joey | Mrs. Casey | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Aunt Ida / Mrs. Finch / Mrs. Leeder / Mrs. Middleton / Mrs. Pruitt | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Amelie De Vaux | 1956 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The New Breed | Mrs. Honeyman | 1961 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Millicent Melvane | 1960 |
| Tall Story | Connie | 1960 |
| Johnny Staccato | Beatrice George | 1959 |
| The Oregon Trail | Maria Cooper | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Lavinia Diamond | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Mrs. Kale | 1958 |
| Pal Joey | Mrs. Casey | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Aunt Ida / Mrs. Finch / Mrs. Leeder / Mrs. Middleton / Mrs. Pruitt | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Amelie De Vaux | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Mary Donovan | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Matty Rascher | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Grandmother / Miss Bessie | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Aunt Polly | 1955 |
| Las Vegas Shakedown | Mary Raff | 1955 |
| Science Fiction Theatre | Hannah | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Grandmother | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Amy Carey | 1955 |
| Climax! | Nellie Eldredge / Mrs. Garr / Jane Connor / Aunt Polly | 1954 |
| Willy | Agatha | 1954 |
| The Best in Mystery | (archive footage) | 1954 |
| Mayor of the Town | Agnes | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Madame Elaine | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Dunkel / Mrs. Matthews / Rebecca Hubner | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Mrs. Couche | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Ma / Mother Baker | 1952 |
| Adventures of Superman | Mrs. Peabody / Mrs. Clara Exbrook | 1952 |
| Washington Story | Miss Dee | 1952 |
| I Love Lucy | Mrs. Trumbull / Mrs. Willoughby | 1951 |
| Katie Did It | Aunt Priscilla Wakely | 1950 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Myrtle Webb / Mrs. Haggett | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Sargent / Dr. Gilley | 1950 |
| Bright Leaf | Tabitha Singleton | 1950 |
| Song of Surrender | Mrs. Beecham | 1949 |
| Intruder in the Dust | Miss Eunice Habersham | 1949 |
| Little Women | Hannah | 1949 |
| Miss Tatlock's Millions | Cora | 1948 |
| Studio One | Aunt March / Mabel | 1948 |
| Welcome Stranger | Mrs. Gilley | 1947 |
| Out of the Blue | Miss Spring | 1947 |
| The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Catherine Dennison | 1947 |
| The Secret Heart | Mrs. Stover | 1946 |
| I've Always Loved You | Mrs. Sompter | 1946 |
| Colonel Effingham's Raid | Cousin Emma | 1946 |
| Lady on a Train | Aunt Charlotte Waring | 1945 |
| Front Row Center | Mrs. Potter | 1945 |
| Together Again | Jessie | 1944 |
| Hail the Conquering Hero | Aunt Martha / Martha - Libby's Aunt | 1944 |
| Follow the Boys | Annie | 1944 |
| The Sky's the Limit | Mrs. Fisher | 1943 |
| I Married a Witch | Margaret | 1942 |
| Lucky Legs | Annabelle Dinwiddie | 1942 |
| My Sister Eileen | Grandma Sherwood | 1942 |
| Her Cardboard Lover | Eva | 1942 |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Mrs. Daly | 1942 |
| Almost Married | Aunt Matilda Manning | 1942 |
| The Vanishing Virginian | Grandma | 1942 |
| Belle Starr | Sarah | 1941 |
| Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Aunt Lily Lou Bethany | 1941 |
| Tobacco Road | Ada Lester | 1941 |
| Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Aunt Olivia | 1941 |
| Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Aunt Maggie Ambler / Maggie Ambler | 1940 |
| Anne of Windy Poplars | Rebecca | 1940 |
| Earthbound | Becky Tilden | 1940 |
| Adventure in Diamonds | Nellie | 1940 |
| Remember the Night | Aunt Emma | 1940 |
| The Cat and the Canary | Aunt Susan / Aunt Susan Tilbury | 1939 |
| Bad Little Angel | Mrs. Perkins | 1939 |
| Our Leading Citizen | Aunt Tillie | 1939 |
| Bulldog Drummond's Bride | Aunt Blanche Clavering / Aunt Blanche | 1939 |
| The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mrs. Mac Gregor / Mrs. MacGregor | 1939 |
| Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police | Aunt Blanche Clavering / Aunt Blanche | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939 |
| Sons of the Legion | Grandmother Lee | 1938 |
| Sing, You Sinners | Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe | 1938 |
| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Aunt Hedwige | 1938 |
| Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Aunt Blanche Clavering / Aunt Blanche | 1938 |
| Scandal Street | Ada Smith | 1938 |
| Night Club Scandal | Mrs. Elvira Ward | 1937 |
| Hold 'Em Navy | Grandma Holland | 1937 |
| High, Wide and Handsome | Grandma Cortlandt | 1937 |
| Night of Mystery | Mrs. Tobias Greene / Dr. Von Blon | 1937 |
| Go West Young Man | Aunt Kate Barnaby | 1936 |
| Old Hutch | Mrs. Sarah Hutchins / Sarah Hutchins | 1936 |
| Three Cheers for Love | Wilma Chester | 1936 |
| The Return of Sophie Lang | Araminta Sedley | 1936 |
| Small Town Girl | Ma Brannan | 1936 |
| Timothy's Quest | Vilda Cummins | 1936 |
| Men Without Names | Aunt Ella | 1935 |
| So Red the Rose | Mary Cherry | 1935 |
| Chasing Yesterday | Mlle. Prefere | 1935 |
| Hide-Out | 'Ma' Miller | 1934 |
| Ever in My Heart | Clara Tuttle--Canteen Worker | 1933 |
| Golden Harvest | Lydia | 1933 |
| Doctor Bull | Aunt Patricia Banning | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Miss Copeland | 1933 |
| Secret of the Blue Room | Mary - the Cook / Mary, Cook | 1933 |
| Hold Your Man | Miss Tuttle | 1933 |
| The Story of Temple Drake | Aunt Jennie | 1933 |
| They Just Had to Get Married | Lizzie | 1933 |
| No Man of Her Own | Mrs. Randall | 1932 |
| Boo! | Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps") | 1932 |
| The Conquerors | Roger's Landlady | 1932 |
| Breach of Promise | Cora Pugmire | 1932 |
| They Call It Sin | Mrs. Cullen | 1932 |
| A Bill of Divorcement | Hester / Aunt Hester Fairfield | 1932 |
| Life Begins | Mrs. Tubby | 1932 |
| Love Me Tonight | First Aunt | 1932 |
| Guilty as Hell | Elvira Ward | 1932 |
| New Morals for Old | Aunty Doe | 1932 |
| Miss Pinkerton | Juliet Mitchell | 1932 |
| So Big! | Mrs. Tebbit | 1932 |
| Man Wanted | Miss Harper, Lois' Secretary / Miss Harper | 1932 |
| The Expert | Miss Crackenwald | 1932 |
| Husband's Holiday | Mrs. Caroline Reid | 1931 |
| Heaven on Earth | Aunt Vergie / Vergie | 1931 |
| Penrod and Sam | The Teacher | 1931 |
| The Smiling Lieutenant | Baroness von Schwedel | 1931 |
| Daddy Long Legs | Mrs. Lippett | 1931 |
| Tarnished Lady | Mrs. Courtney | 1931 |
| The Cat Creeps | Susan | 1930 |
| The Big Party | Mrs. Goldfarb | 1930 |
| The Lone Star Ranger | Sarah Martin | 1930 |
| South Sea Rose | Sarah | 1929 |
| The Dancing Town | Ma Pepperall | 1928 |
| The Boy Friend | Mrs. Harper | 1926 |
