who played mrs. trumbull on i love lucy
Mary Elizabeth Patterson
title: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) text: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) 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". Born in 1874 in Savannah, Tennessee, Mary Elizabeth Patterson was the child of Mildred ("née" McDougal) and Edmund D. Patterson, a Confederate army veteran. 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 title: Elizabeth Patterson (actress) text: "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. The following year she was cast in a featured guest role as Mrs. Matilda Trumbull in the episode "No Children Allowed". Patterson's character of Mrs. Trumbull was initially an ornery curmudgeon who resided in the same New York apartment building as the title: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel text: a suite at the hotel. Actress Elizabeth Patterson, widely recognized for her role as Mrs. Trumbull on the classic comedy series "I Love Lucy", lived in the hotel during her 35-year film and television career. Other notable hotel guests include Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Max Baer Sr., Carole Lombard, Mary Martin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Prince, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel often uses the hotel as a prize for a game called "Hostel La Vista" that pits two tourists that are visiting Los Angeles staying in a nearby youth hostel against each other. In title: Kathryn Card text: was in the 1964 MGM musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". Card had a daughter, Ada Card. On March 1, 1964, Card died as a result of a fatal heart attack at the age of 71 at her home in Costa Mesa, California. She is interred in Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial Park in Costa Mesa. Kathryn Card Kathryn Card (October 4, 1892 – March 1, 1964) was an American radio, television and film actress who may be best remembered for her role as Mrs. MacGillicuddy, Lucy's mother on "I Love Lucy". Born in Butte, Montana, Card did radio roles in the title: Kathryn Card text: Kathryn Card Kathryn Card (October 4, 1892 – March 1, 1964) was an American radio, television and film actress who may be best remembered for her role as Mrs. MacGillicuddy, Lucy's mother on "I Love Lucy". Born in Butte, Montana, Card did radio roles in the late 1930s, notably "Uncle Walter's Doghouse", broadcast on NBC from 1939 to 1942. She played Grandma Barton in "The Bartons" from December 25, 1939, to September 11, 1942, and played three roles (Carrie, Sue, and Bess) on "Just Neighbors" May 30-September 23, 1938. In 1943, she was a cast member of "Helpmate", a daytime