---
name: "Elizabeth Patterson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-patterson"
fi1m_id: "elizabeth-patterson"
imdb_id: "nm0666201"
tmdb_id: 83237
wikidata_id: "Q439601"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 November 1874"
died: "31 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:59:05.210513+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elizabeth Patterson

## Identity

Elizabeth Patterson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elizabeth-patterson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elizabeth-patterson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0666201
- **TMDB ID:** 83237
- **Wikidata ID:** Q439601
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Patterson_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83237

Actor. Born 21 November 1874 in Savannah, Tennessee, USA. Died 31 January 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 November 1874, Savannah, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 31 January 1966
- **Also known as:** Mary Elizabeth Patterson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Patterson_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83237

## Biography

Elizabeth Patterson, also credited as Mary Elizabeth Patterson, was an American character actress who worked in theatre, film and television. Born in Savannah, Tennessee, she began her stage career in the early twentieth century and made her film debut in the silent era with The Boy Friend (1926). She appeared in numerous supporting roles throughout the 1930s and 1940s, including as First Aunt in Love Me Tonight (1932).

Patterson gained wider recognition in later years for her recurring television role as neighbour Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy (1951). Her other notable film credits include Dinner at Eight (1933), Remember the Night (1940), The Cat and the Canary (1939), I Married a Witch (1942), Little Women (1949) and Intruder in the Dust (1949). She never married and died in Los Angeles in 1966.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), Fi1m 84, as First Aunt — [page](https://film.one/film/love-me-tonight.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Fi1m 78, as Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)

## Complete filmography (123)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as Mrs. Melvane
- *Tall Story* (1960), as Connie
- *Johnny Staccato* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Oregon Trail* (1959), as Maria Cooper
- *New York Confidential* (1959), series, Actor
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, as Mrs. Kale
- *Portrait of a Murderer* (1958), as Mrs. Finch
- *Pal Joey* (1957), as Mrs. Casey
- *The Ninth Day* (1957), Actor
- *Rendezvous in Black* (1956), as Mrs. Middleton
- *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor
- *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Miss Bessie, Grandmother
- *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1955), as Aunt Polly
- *Las Vegas Shakedown* (1955), as Mary Raff
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Aunt Polly, Jane Connor, Nellie Eldredge, Mrs. Garr
- *Three Lives* (1953), as Mrs. Adams
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Madame Elaine
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Mrs. Matthews
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Mrs. Couche
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Ma / Mother Baker
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, Actor
- *Washington Story* (1952), as Miss Dee
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, as Mrs. Willoughby, Mrs. Trumbull
- *Little Women: Jo's Story* (1950), as Aunt March
- *Little Women: Meg's Story* (1950), as Aunt March
- *Katie Did It* (1950), as Aunt Priscilla Wakely
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Dr. Gilley, Mrs. Sargent
- *Bright Leaf* (1950), as Tabitha Singleton
- *Intruder in the Dust* (1949), as Miss Eunice Habersham
- *Song of Surrender* (1949), as Mrs. Beecham
- *Little Women* (1949), as Hannah
- *Miss Tatlock's Millions* (1948), as Cora
- *Welcome Stranger* (1947), as Mrs. Gilley
- *Out of the Blue* (1947), as Miss Spring
- *The Shocking Miss Pilgrim* (1947), as Catherine Dennison
- *The Secret Heart* (1946), as Mrs. Stover
- *I've Always Loved You* (1946), as Mrs. Sompter
- *Colonel Effingham's Raid* (1946), as Cousin Emma
- *Lady on a Train* (1945), as Aunt Charlotte Waring
- *Together Again* (1944), as Jessie
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), as Martha - Libby's Aunt
- *Follow the Boys* (1944), as Annie
- *The Sky's the Limit* (1943), as Mrs. Fisher
- *I Married a Witch* (1942), as Margaret
- *Lucky Legs* (1942), as Annabelle Dinwiddie
- *My Sister Eileen* (1942), as Grandma Sherwood
- *Her Cardboard Lover* (1942), as Eva
- *Beyond the Blue Horizon* (1942), as Mrs. Daly
- *Almost Married* (1942), as Aunt Matilda Manning
- *The Vanishing Virginian* (1942), as Grandma
- *Belle Starr* (1941), as Sarah
- *Kiss the Boys Goodbye* (1941), as Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
- *Tobacco Road* (1941), as Ada Lester
- *Michael Shayne: Private Detective* (1940), as Aunt Olivia
- *Who Killed Aunt Maggie?* (1940), as Maggie Ambler
- *Anne of Windy Poplars* (1940), as Rebecca
- *Earthbound* (1940), as Becky Tilden
- *Adventure in Diamonds* (1940), as Nellie
- *Remember the Night* (1940), as Aunt Emma "Emmie"
- *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), as Aunt Susan
- *Bad Little Angel* (1939), as Mrs. Perkins
- *Our Leading Citizen* (1939), as Aunt Tillie
- *Bulldog Drummond's Bride* (1939), as Aunt Blanche
- *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), as Mrs. MacGregor
- *Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police* (1939), as Aunt Blanche
- *Sons of the Legion* (1938), as Grandmother Lee
- *Sing, You Sinners* (1938), as Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
- *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938), as Aunt Hedwige
- *Bulldog Drummond's Peril* (1938), as Aunt Blanche
- *Scandal Street* (1938), as Ada Smith
- *Night Club Scandal* (1937), as Mrs. Elvira Ward
- *Hold 'Em Navy* (1937), as Grandma Holland
- *High, Wide and Handsome* (1937), as Grandma Cortlandt
- *Night of Mystery* (1937), as Mrs. Tobias Greene
- *Go West Young Man* (1936), as Aunt Kate Barnaby
- *Old Hutch* (1936), as Sarah Hutchins
- *Three Cheers for Love* (1936), as Wilma Chester
- *The Return of Sophie Lang* (1936), as Araminta Sedley
- *Small Town Girl* (1936), as Ma Brannan
- *Timothy's Quest* (1936), as Vilda Cummins
- *Her Master's Voice* (1936), as Mrs. Ellie Martin
- *So Red the Rose* (1935), as Mary Cherry
- *Men Without Names* (1935), as Ella Ferris
- *Chasing Yesterday* (1935), as Mlle. Prefere
- *Hide-Out* (1934), as 'Ma' Miller
- *Dinner at Eight* (1933), as Miss Copeland
- *Doctor Bull* (1933), as Aunt Patricia Banning
- *Golden Harvest* (1933), as Lydia
- *Secret of the Blue Room* (1933), as Mary, Cook
- *Hold Your Man* (1933), as Miss Tuttle
- *The Story of Temple Drake* (1933), as Aunt Jennie
- *Infernal Machine* (1933), as Elinor's Aunt
- *They Just Had to Get Married* (1933), as Lizzie
- *No Man of Her Own* (1932), as Mrs. Randall
- *Boo* (1932), as Susan (edited from "The Cat Creeps")
- *They Call It Sin* (1932), as Mrs. Cullen
- *Breach of Promise* (1932), as Cora Pugmire
- *A Bill of Divorcement* (1932), as Aunt Hester Fairfield
- *Life Begins* (1932), as Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), as First Aunt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/love-me-tonight.md)
- *Guilty as Hell* (1932), as Elvira Ward
- *New Morals for Old* (1932), as Aunty Doe
- *Miss Pinkerton* (1932), as Juliet Mitchell
- *So Big!* (1932), as Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
- *Man Wanted* (1932), as Miss Harper
- *The Expert* (1932), as Miss Crackenwald
- *Husband's Holiday* (1931), as Mrs. Caroline Reid
- *Heaven on Earth* (1931), as Vergie
- *Penrod and Sam* (1931), as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), as Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)
- *Daddy Long Legs* (1931), as Mrs. Lippett
- *Tarnished Lady* (1931), as Mrs. Courtney
- *The Cat Creeps* (1930), as Susan
- *The Big Party* (1930), as Mrs. Goldfarb
- *Harmony at Home* (1930), as Emma Haller
- *The Lone Star Ranger* (1930), as Sarah Martin
- *South Sea Rose* (1929), as Sarah
- *Words and Music* (1929), as Dean Crockett
- *The Dancing Town* (1928), as Ma Pepperall
- *The Return of Peter Grimm* (1926), as Mrs. Bartholomey
- *The Boy Friend* (1926), as Mrs. Harper

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