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.[1]
Elizabeth Patterson | |
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Born | Mary Elizabeth Patterson November 22, 1874 Savannah, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | January 31, 1966 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. | (aged 91)
Resting place | Savannah Cemetery, Savannah, Tennessee |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1890–1961 |
Early years edit
Born in Savannah, Tennessee, she was the child of Mildred (née McDougal) and Edmund D. Patterson, a Confederate army veteran.[2] Federal census records document that her father by 1880 was a lawyer and residing with his wife and children in the home of his father-in-law, Garrick Archibald McDougal, a widower, who was also a lawyer and farmer in Savannah.[2] That same census lists Elizabeth as the second child of the Pattersons' four offspring. She had an older sister, Annie Belle, and two younger brothers, Edmund and Archie.[2]
Stage edit
She was educated at Tennessee colleges in Pulaski and Columbia, where her participation in campus theater groups fostered a growing passion for drama.[3] Her parents soon sent her to Europe in hopes of diminishing her interest in theater; yet, Patterson's determination to become an actress was only reinforced during those travels, especially in Paris, where she attended productions of the Comédie Française.[3]
After returning from Europe, Patterson used money from a small inheritance to move to Chicago. There she joined a theatrical troupe and subsequently toured with repertory companies.[3] In 1913, she made her Broadway debut in the play Everyman. She remained active in New York City theatre through 1954.
Title | Year | Role | Theatre | Notes | Ref(s) |
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Everyman | 1913 | Children's Theatre | A 15th Century morality play | [4] | |
The Family Exit | 1917 | Comedy Theatre | [5] | ||
In the Zone | 1917 | Comedy Theatre | [6] | ||
Jonathan Makes a Wish | 1918 | Princess Theatre | [7] | ||
A Night in Avignon | 1919 | Punch and Judy Theatre | [8] | ||
The Piper | 1920 | Old Ursula | Fulton Theatre | [9] | |
The Intimate Strangers | 1921-1922 | Aunt Ellen | Henry Miller Theatre | Starring production for Billie Burke Produced by Florence Ziegfeld written by Booth Tarkington |
[10] |
The Lady Cristilinda | 1922-1923 | Froggy | Broadhurst Theatre | [11] | |
Magnolia | 1923 | Madame Rumford | Liberty Theatre | [12] | |
Gypsy Jim | 1924 | Mary Blake | 49th Street Theatre | [13] | |
Lazybones | 1924 | Rebecca Fanning | Vanderbilt Theatre | [14] | |
The Book of Charm | 1925 | Mrs. Harper | Comedy Theatre | [15] | |
A Puppet-Play | 1926 | The Queen | Nora Bayes Theatre | [16] | |
Spellbound | 1927 | Mrs. Underwood | Earl Carroll Theatre | [17] | |
Paradise | 1927-1928 | Margaret, Mrs. Elder | 48th Street Theatre | [18] | |
Carry On | 1928 | Aunt Mary Marston | Theatre Masque | [19] | |
Rope | 1928 | Mrs. Roxie Biggers | Biltmore Theatre | [20] | |
Box Seats | 1928 | Mrs. Slocum | Hayes Theater | [21] | |
The Marriage Bed | 1929 | Caroline Reid | Booth Theatre | [22] | |
Man's Estate | 1929 | Minnie Jordan | Biltmore Theatre | [23] | |
Solid South | 1930 | Geneva | Lyceum Theatre | [24] | |
Her Master's Voice | 1933-1934 | Mrs. Martin | Plymouth Theatre | [25] | |
Spring Freshet | 1934 | Clementina Lynch | Plymouth Theatre | [26] | |
Yankee Point | 1942 | Miz Bekins | Longacre Theatre | [27] | |
But Not Goodbye | 1944 | Amy Griggs | 48th Street Theatre | [28] | |
His and Hers | 1954 | Avis | 48th Street Theatre | [29] |
Film edit
In 1926, at the age of 51, Patterson was cast in her first movie, a silent film, The Boy Friend.[30] 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; Remember the Night; 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.[31]
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.[32] 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.
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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The Boy Friend | 1926 | Mrs. Harper | MGM | [30] |
The Return of Peter Grimm | 1926 | Mrs. Bartholomey | Fox Film | [33] |
The Dancing Town | 1928 | Ma Pepperall 20-minute short significant as the film debut of Humphrey Bogart |
Paramount Pictures Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[34] |
The Gay Nineties, or, The Unfaithful Husband | 1929 | Town Gossip | Vitaphone short | [35] |
Words and Music | 1929 | Dean Crockett | Fox Film | [36] |
South Sea Rose | 1929 | Sarah | Fox Film | [37] |
The Lone Star Ranger | 1930 | Sarah Martin | Fox Film Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[38] |
The Cat Creeps | 1930 | Susan | Universal Pictures | [39] |
The Big Party | 1930 | Goldfarb | Fox Film | [40] |
Harmony at Home | 1930 | Haller | Fox Film | [41] |
The Smiling Lieutenant | 1931 | Baroness von Schwedel (uncredited) | Paramount Pictures Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[42] |
Penrod and Sam | 1931 | Teacher (uncredited) | Warner Bros. | [43] |
Husband's Holiday | 1931 | Mrs. Caroline Reid | Paramount Pictures | [44] |
Daddy Long Legs | 1931 | Mrs. Lippett | Fox Film | [45] |
Tarnished Lady | 1931 | Mrs. Courtney | Paramount Pictures | [46] |
Heaven on Earth | 1931 | Aunt Vergie | Universal Pictures | [47] |
New Morals for Old | 1932 | Aunty Doe | MGM | [48] |
They Call It Sin | 1932 | Mrs. Cullen | First National Pictures | [49] |
Guilty as Hell | 1932 | Elvira Ward | Paramount Pictures | [50] |
A Bill of Divorcement | 1932 | Hester | RKO Radio Pictures | [51] |
The Expert | 1932 | Miss Crackenwald | Warner Bros. | [52] |
Man Wanted | 1932 | Harper, Lois' secretary | Warner Bros. | [53] |
Love Me Tonight | 1932 | First Aunt | Paramount Pictures Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[54] |
No Man of Her Own | 1932 | Mrs. Randall | Paramount Pictures | [55] |
So Big | 1932 | Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited) | Warner Bros. | [56] |
Breach of Promise | 1932 | Cora Pugmire | Sono Art-World Wide Pictures | [57] |
Miss Pinkerton | 1932 | Juliet Mitchell | First National Pictures | [58] |
Life Begins | 1932 | Mrs. Tubby (uncredited) | First National Pictures | [59] |
The Conquerors | 1932 | Roger's Landlady (uncredited) | RKO Radio Pictures | [43] |
They Just Had to Get Married | 1932 | Aunt Lizzie | Universal Pictures | [60] |
Infernal Machine | 1933 | Elinor's Aunt | Fox Film Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[61] |
The Story of Temple Drake | 1933 | Aunt Jennie | Paramount Pictures | [62] |
Hold Your Man | 1933 | Miss Tuttle | MGM | [63] |
Secret of the Blue Room | 1933 | Mary, the cook | Universal Pictures | [64] |
Dinner at Eight | 1933 | Miss Copeland | MGM | [65] |
Doctor Bull | 1933 | Aunt Patricia Banning | Fox Film | [66] |
Golden Harvest | 1933 | Lydia | Paramount Pictures | [67] |
Ever in My Heart | 1933 | Clara Tuttle, Canteen Worker (uncredited) | Warner Bros. | [68] |
Hide-Out | 1934 | 'Ma' Miller | MGM | [69] |
Chasing Yesterday | 1935 | Mlle. Prefere | RKO Radio Pictures | [70] |
So Red the Rose | 1935 | Mary Cherry | Paramount Pictures | [71] |
Men Without Names | 1935 | Aunt Ella | Paramount Pictures | [72] |
Her Master's Voice | 1936 | Mrs. Ellie Martin | Walter Wanger Productions | [73] |
Timothy's Quest | 1936 | Vilda Cummins | Paramount Pictures | [74] |
Small Town Girl | 1936 | Ma Brannan | MGM | [75] |
The Return of Sophie Lang | 1936 | Araminta Sedley | Paramount Pictures | [76] |
Three Cheers for Love | 1936 | Wilma Chester | Paramount Pictures | [77] |
Old Hutch | 1936 | Mrs. Sarah Hutchins | MGM | [78] |
Go West, Young Man | 1936 | Aunt Kate Barnaby | Paramount Pictures | [79] |
Night of Mystery | 1937 | Mrs. Tobias Greene | Paramount Pictures | [80] |
High, Wide, and Handsome | 1937 | Grandma Cortlandt | Paramount Pictures | [81] |
Hold 'em Navy! | 1937 | Grandma Stackpole | Paramount Pictures | [82] |
Night Club Scandal | 1937 | Mrs. Elvira Ward | Paramount Pictures | [83] |
Scandal Street | 1938 | Ada Smith | Paramount Pictures | [84] |
Bulldog Drummond's Peril | 1938 | Aunt Blanche Clavering | Paramount Pictures | [85] |
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | 1938 | Aunt Hedwige | Paramount Pictures | [86] |
Sing, You Sinners | 1938 | Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe | Paramount Pictures | [87] |
Sons of the Legion | 1938 | Grandmother Lee | Paramount Pictures | [88] |
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police | 1939 | Aunt Blanche Clavering | Paramount Pictures | [89] |
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | 1939 | Mrs. Mac Gregor | 20th Century Fox | [90] |
Bulldog Drummond's Bride | 1939 | Aunt Blanche Clavering | Paramount Pictures | [91] |
Our Leading Citizen | 1939 | Aunt Tillie | Paramount Pictures | [92] |
The Cat and the Canary | 1939 | Aunt Susan | Paramount Pictures | [31] |
Bad Little Angel | 1939 | Mrs. Perkins | MGM | [93] |
Remember the Night | 1940 | Aunt Emma | Paramount Pictures Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[94] |
Adventure in Diamonds | 1940 | Nellie | Paramount Pictures | [95] |
Earthbound | 1940 | Becky Tilden | 20th Century Fox | [96] |
Anne of Windy Poplars | 1940 | Rebecca | RKO Radio Pictures | [97] |
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | 1940 | Aunt Maggie Ambler | Republic Pictures | [98] |
Michael Shayne, Private Detective | 1940 | Aunt Olivia | 20th Century Fox | [43] |
Tobacco Road | 1941 | Ada Lester | 20th Century Fox | [99] |
Kiss the Boys Goodbye | 1941 | Aunt Lily Lou Bethany | Paramount Pictures | [100] |
Belle Starr | 1941 | Sarah | 20th Century Fox | [101] |
The Vanishing Virginian | 1942 | Grandma | MGM | [102] |
Almost Married | 1942 | Aunt Matilda Manning | Universal Pictures | [103] |
Beyond the Blue Horizon | 1942 | Mrs. Daly | Paramount Pictures | [104] |
Her Cardboard Lover | 1942 | Eva | MGM | [105] |
My Sister Eileen | 1942 | Grandma Sherwood | Columbia Pictures | [106] |
Lucky Legs | 1942 | Annabelle Dinwiddie | Columbia Pictures | [107] |
I Married a Witch | 1942 | Margaret | Paramount Pictures | [108] |
The Sky's the Limit | 1943 | Mrs. Fisher | RKO Radio Pictures | [109] |
Follow the Boys | 1944 | Annie | Universal Pictures | [110] |
Hail the Conquering Hero | 1944 | Aunt Martha | Paramount Pictures | [111] |
Together Again | 1944 | Jessie | Columbia Pictures | [112] |
Lady on a Train | 1945 | Aunt Charlotte Waring | Universal Pictures | [113] |
Colonel Effingham's Raid | 1946 | Cousin Emma | 20th Century Fox | [114] |
The Secret Heart | 1946 | Mrs. Stover | MGM | [115] |
I've Always Loved You | 1946 | Mrs. Sompter | Republic Pictures Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
[116] |
Welcome Stranger | 1947 | Mrs. Gilley | Paramount Pictures | [117] |
Out of the Blue | 1947 | Miss Spring | Eagle-Lion Films | [118] |
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | 1947 | Catherine Dennison | 20th Century Fox | [119] |
Miss Tatlock's Millions | 1948 | Cora | Paramount Pictures | [120] |
Song of Surrender | 1949 | Mrs. Beecham | Paramount Pictures | [121] |
Little Women | 1949 | Hannah | MGM | [122] |
Intruder in the Dust | 1949 | Miss Eunice Habersham | 1949 premiere-1950 general release MGM |
[32] |
Bright Leaf | 1950 | Tabitha Singleton | Warner Bros. | [123] |
Katie Did It | 1951 | Aunt Priscilla Wakely | Universal Pictures | [124] |
Washington Story | 1952 | Miss Dee | MGM | [125] |
Las Vegas Shakedown | 1955 | Mary Raff | William F. Broidy Pictures | [126] |
Pal Joey | 1957 | Mrs. Casey | Columbia Pictures | [127] |
The Oregon Trail | 1959 | Maria Cooper | 20th Century Fox | [128] |
Tall Story | 1960 | Connie | Warner Bros. | [129] |
Television edit
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". In that installment, Patterson's character, Mrs. Willoughby, is the wife of the Greenwich, Connecticut, justice of the peace (played by character actor Irving Bacon) who remarries Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. In that role, she most notably sings an off-key version of "I Love You Truly" during the wedding ceremony.[130] The following year she was cast in a featured guest role as Mrs. Matilda Trumbull in the episode "No Children Allowed".[131] Patterson's character of Mrs. Trumbull was initially an ornery curmudgeon who resided in the same New York apartment building as the Ricardos. In that installment, she threatened to make trouble for the Ricardos since the building did not allow children. At the end of the episode, however, her character softens as she holds for the first time the Ricardos' baby, "Little Ricky"; and, as a result, Mrs. Trumbull becomes friends with both the Ricardos and the building's owners, Fred and Ethel Mertz.
Patterson's 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". In the fall of 1956, with I Love Lucy in its final season, Patterson made her last appearance as Mrs. Trumbull in "Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums".[132] Her character was mentioned one last time in the 1957 episode "Lucy Raises Chickens". In that installment, Fred and Ethel decide to follow the Ricardos and move to Connecticut to be near them, and Mrs. Trumbull's sister moves into 623 East 68th Street to manage the apartment building for the Mertzes.
Episode | Date | Role | Ref(s) |
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"Marriage License" | April 7, 1952 | Mrs. Willoughby | [130] |
"No Children Allowed" | April 20, 1953 | Mrs. Matilda Trumbull | [131] |
"Lucy's Last Birthday" | May 11, 1953 | Mrs. Trumbull | [133] |
"Never Do Business with Friends" | June 29, 1953 | Mrs. Trumbull | [134] |
"Too Many Crooks" | November 30, 1953 | Mrs. Trumbull | [135] |
"Business Manager" | October 4, 1954 | Mrs. Trumbull | [136] |
"Ricky's Movie Offer" | November 8, 1954 | Mrs. Trumbull | [137] |
"California, Here We Come" | January 10, 1955 | Mrs. Trumbull | [138] |
"Homecoming" | November 7, 1955 | Mrs. Trumbull | [138] |
"Bon Voyage" | January 16, 1956 | Mrs. Trumbull | [139] |
"Little Ricky Learns to Play the Drums" | October 8, 1956 | Mrs. Trumbull | [132] |
Program | Date | Notes | Ref(s) |
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The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | March 20, 1950 | Episode: "The Walking Stick" | [citation needed] |
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | December 1, 1950 | Episode: "Our Town" | [citation needed] |
Studio One in Hollywood | December 25, 1950 | Aunt March Episode: "Little Women" |
[citation needed] |
Three Lives (Short) | 1953 | United Jewish Appeal | [citation needed] |
General Electric Theater | November 29, 1953 | Madame Elaine Episode: "The Marriage Fix" |
[citation needed] |
Lux Video Theatre | September 2 1954 | Dr. Gilley Episode: "Welcome Stranger" |
[citation needed] |
Stage 7 | February 13, 1955 | Grandmother Episode: The Legacy |
[citation needed] |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 1955 | TV movie Aunt Polly |
[43] |
Adventures of Superman | 1955-1956 | Episodes: Mrs. Peabody "Olsen's Millions" (June 4, 1955); Mrs. Clara Exbrook "The Unlucky Number" (February 25, 1956) |
[140] |
The Star and the Story | January 21, 1956 | Amy Carey Episode: "The Unforgivable" |
[citation needed] |
Crossroads | December 14, 1956 | Episode:"Tenement saint" | [141] |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | October 18, 1957 | Episode "Fortune for Madame" | [142] |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | March 30, 1958 November 15, 1959 |
Season 3 Episode 26: "Bull in a China Shop" (1958) as Miss Bessie Season 5 Episode 8: "The Blessington Method" (1959) as Grandmother |
[citation needed] |
Johnny Stacatto | October 29, 1951 | Episode: Evil | [143] |
Playhouse 90 | January 10, 1957, May 7, 1959, July 18, 1961 | Episodes: "The Ninth Day", "Diary of a Nurse", "Tomorrow" | [144][145][146] |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | February 13, 1961 | Millicent Melvane Episode: "Big Career" |
[citation needed] |
Personal life and death edit
Patterson, who never married, lived at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel during her 35-year film and television career.[147] On January 31, 1966, she died at age 91 in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia.[148] Her gravesite is in Savannah Cemetery in her hometown in Tennessee.[149]
See also edit
Bibliography edit
- Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55783-551-2.
- Muir, John Kenneth (2008). The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3755-9.
References and notes edit
- ^ Some references, including the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, state that Elizabeth Patterson was born in 1875; however, the United States Census of 1880, Patterson's California death certificate, the inscription on her elaborate grave marker in Tennessee, and other records confirm that her birth year was 1874.
- ^ a b c "United States Census of 1880", Fourth Civil District, Hardin County, Tennessee, enumeration dates June 22-23, 1880. Digital copy of original enumeration page available at FamilySearch, a free online genealogical database provided as a public service by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Scott. "Elizabeth Patterson (1875–1966)". Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "Everyman". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Family Exit". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "In the Zone". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Makes a Wish". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "A Night in Avignon". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Piper". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Intimate Strangers". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Lady Cristilinda". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Magnolia". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Gypsy Jim". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Lazybones". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Book of Charm". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "A Puppet-Play". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Spellbound". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Paradise". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Carry On". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Rope". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Box Seats". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Marriage Bed". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Man's Estate". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Solid South". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Her Master's Voice". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Spring Freshet". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Yankee Point". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "But Not Goodbye". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "His and Hers". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b "The Boy Friend". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b "The Cat and the Canary". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b "Intruder in the Dust". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Return of Peter Grimm". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Dancing Town". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Gay Nineties". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Words and Music". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "South Sea Rose". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Lone Star Ranger". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Cat Creeps". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Big Party]". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Harmony at Home". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Smiling Lieutenant". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Monush 2003, p. 587.
- ^ "Husband's Holiday". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Daddy Long Legs". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Tarnished Lady". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Heaven on Earth". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "New Morals for Old". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "They Call It Sin". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Guilty as Hell". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "A Bill of Divorcement". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Expert". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Man Wanted". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Love Me Tonight". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "No Man of Her Own". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "So Big". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Breach of Promise". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Miss Pinkerton". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Life Begins". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "They Just Had to Get Married". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Infernal Machine". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Story of Temple Drake". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hold Your Man". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Secret of the Blue Room". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Dinner at Eight". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Doctor Bull". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Golden Harvest". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Ever in My Heart". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hide-Out". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Chasing Yesterday". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "So Red the Rose". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Men Without Names". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Her Master's Voice". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Timothy's Quest". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Small Town Girl". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Return of Sophie Lang". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Three Cheers for Love". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Old Hutch". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Go West, Young Man". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Night of Mystery". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "High, Wide, and Handsome". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hold 'em Navy". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Night Club Scandal". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Scandal Street". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bulldog Drummond's Peril". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Sing, You Sinners". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Sons of the Legion". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bulldog Drummond's Bride". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Our Leading Citizen". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bad Little Angel". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Remember the Night". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Adventure in Diamonds". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Earthbound". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Anne of Windy Poplars". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Who Killed Aunt Maggie?". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Tobacco Road". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Kiss the Boys Goodbye". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Belle Starr". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Vanishing Virginian". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Almost Married". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Beyond the Blue Horizon". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Her Cardboard Lover". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "My Sister Eileen". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Lucky Legs". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "I Married a Witch". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Sky's the Limit". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Follow the Boys". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hail the Conquering Hero". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Together Again". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Lady on a Train". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Colonel Effingham's Raid". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Secret Heart". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "I've Always Loved You". UCLA Film & Television Archive. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Welcome Stranger". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Out of the Blue". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Miss Tatlock's Millions". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Song of Surrender". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Little Women". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bright Leaf". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Katie Did It". TCM. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Washington Story". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Las Vegas Shakedown". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Pal Joey". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
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External links edit
- Elizabeth Patterson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Elizabeth Patterson at IMDb
- Elizabeth Patterson at Find a Grave
- Elizabeth Patterson buys grapefruit orchard