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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 year during that decade, usually in...
Highest rated appearances
Pal Joey
as Mrs. Casey

Intruder in the Dust
as Miss Eunice Habersham

Song of Surrender
as Mrs. Beecham

Little Women
as Hannah

Miss Tatlock's Millions
as Cora

Welcome Stranger
as Mrs. Gilley

Out of the Blue
as Miss Spring

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Catherine Dennison

The Secret Heart
as Mrs. Stover

I've Always Loved You
as Mrs. Sompter

Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Cousin Emma

Lady on a Train
as Aunt Charlotte Waring

Together Again
as Jessie

Hail the Conquering Hero
as Martha - Libby's Aunt

Follow the Boys
as Annie

The Sky's the Limit
as Mrs. Fisher

I Married a Witch
as Margaret

Lucky Legs
as Annabelle Dinwiddie

My Sister Eileen
as Grandma Sherwood

Her Cardboard Lover
as Eva

Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Mrs. Daly

Almost Married
as Aunt Matilda Manning

The Vanishing Virginian
as Grandma

Belle Starr
as Sarah

Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Aunt Lily Lou Bethany

Tobacco Road
as Ada Lester

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Aunt Olivia

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Maggie Ambler

Anne of Windy Poplars
as Rebecca

Earthbound
as Becky Tilden

Adventure in Diamonds
as Nellie

Remember the Night
as Aunt Emma "Emmie"

The Cat and the Canary
as Aunt Susan

Bad Little Angel
as Mrs. Perkins

Our Leading Citizen
as Aunt Tillie

Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as Aunt Blanche

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. MacGregor

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Aunt Blanche

Sons of the Legion
as Grandmother Lee

Sing, You Sinners
as Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Aunt Hedwige

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Aunt Blanche

Scandal Street
as Ada Smith

Night Club Scandal
as Mrs. Elvira Ward

Hold 'Em Navy
as Grandma Holland

High, Wide and Handsome
as Grandma Cortlandt

Night of Mystery
as Mrs. Tobias Greene

Go West Young Man
as Aunt Kate Barnaby

Old Hutch
as Sarah Hutchins
Three Cheers for Love
as Wilma Chester

The Return of Sophie Lang
as Araminta Sedley

Small Town Girl
as Ma Brannan

Timothy's Quest
as Vilda Cummins

Her Master's Voice
as Mrs. Ellie Martin

So Red the Rose
as Mary Cherry

Men Without Names
as Ella Ferris

Chasing Yesterday
as Mlle. Prefere

Hide-Out
as 'Ma' Miller

Dinner at Eight
as Miss Copeland

Doctor Bull
as Aunt Patricia Banning

Golden Harvest
as Lydia

Secret of the Blue Room
as Mary, Cook

Hold Your Man
as Miss Tuttle

The Story of Temple Drake
as Aunt Jennie

Infernal Machine
as Elinor's Aunt

They Just Had to Get Married
as Lizzie

No Man of Her Own
as Mrs. Randall

Boo
as Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")

They Call It Sin
as Mrs. Cullen
Breach of Promise
as Cora Pugmire

A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield

Life Begins
as Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)

Love Me Tonight
as First Aunt

Guilty as Hell
as Elvira Ward

New Morals for Old
as Aunty Doe

Miss Pinkerton
as Juliet Mitchell

So Big!
as Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)

Man Wanted
as Miss Harper

The Expert
as Miss Crackenwald

Husband's Holiday
as Mrs. Caroline Reid

Heaven on Earth
as Vergie

Penrod and Sam
as Schoolteacher (uncredited)

The Smiling Lieutenant
as Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)

Daddy Long Legs
as Mrs. Lippett

Tarnished Lady
as Mrs. Courtney

The Cat Creeps
as Susan

The Big Party
as Mrs. Goldfarb

Harmony at Home
as Emma Haller

The Lone Star Ranger
as Sarah Martin