Mt. Pleasant’s Most Famous Actress Elizabeth Patterson
In character as Little Rickie’s babysitter Mrs. Matilda Trumball in the 1950s.
Mary Elizabeth Patterson born Nov. 22, 1874 in Savannah, TN and died Jan. 31, 1966 in Los Angeles, CA.
Elizabeth Patterson, Broadway, motion picture, and television actress, was born in Savannah, Tennessee, on November 22, 1875. She was the daughter of a Civil War veteran and subsequent judge in Hardin County. She attended Hardin County schools through high school. (Not long after high school, Judge Patterson moved his family to Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee.) Opening the door to Patterson’s interest in dramatics was enhanced by theatricals and drama at colleges in Pulaski and Columbia. Patterson’s parents disapproved of a theatrical career and sent her to Europe to show her other things. However, she had the chance to see great French plays at the Comédie Française and came back even more determined to go into the theater.
Elizabeth Patterson (tennessee.edu)
ACTING CREDITS
Lucille Ball and Elizabeth Patterson on the set of I Love Lucy.
Mrs. Harper in the 1926 Romance Comedy Film
THE BOY FRIEND