Details About Liz J. Patterson: Relationship, Net Worth

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Short Info

Fact	Selected by writer Booth Tarkington personally to perform in his Broadway production of "The Intimate Strangers" in 1921.

Liz J. Patterson (born December 18, 1941) is an American politician. She was the first woman to represent South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives and the first woman from South Carolina to be elected to Congress.

Patterson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Johnson) and James Patterson. She graduated from Furman University in 1963 and from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1966. She was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1966.

Patterson began her political career as a staff member for U.S. Representative James Mann. She was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1974, serving until she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. She served in the House from 1987 to 1993.

In Congress, Patterson served on the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. She was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Patterson did not seek re-election to the House in 1992, instead running for the U.S. Senate. She was defeated in the Democratic primary by incumbent Senator Ernest Hollings.

After her time in Congress, Patterson worked as a lobbyist and consultant.

Patterson is divorced and has two children.

General Info

Profession	Politician
Education	University of South Carolina
Nationality	American

Family

Parents

Olin D. Johnston

Accomplishments

Movies

Pal Joey, Remember the Night, Little Women, I Married a Witch, A Bill of Divorcement, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, No Man of Her Own, Tarnished Lady, Love Me Tonight, Tall Story, Dinner at Eight, My Sister Eileen, Sing You Sinners, Hail the Conquering Hero, Belle Starr, The Cat Creeps, Colonel Effingham...

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0666201

Quotes

#	Quote
1	Live television is the hardest work I ever did and I was a nervous wreck. You really have no time for learning and rehearsals. Swallowing the play whole, hanging on and just hoping that you will come on in the right place and say the right thing.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
2	Miss Patterson was also asked by novelist William Faulkner to play the elderly female lead in the movie made of his book, "Intruder In the Dust."
3	Selected by writer Booth Tarkington personally to perform in his Broadway production of "The Intimate Strangers" in 1921.
4	Daughter of Confederate soldier 'E. D. Patterson' who served in Co. D, 9th Alabama Inf. and who later became a judge.

Pictures

Movies

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
The New Breed	1961	TV Series	Mrs. Honeyman
The Barbara Stanwyck Show	1961	TV Series	Millicent Melvane
Tall Story	1960		Connie
Playhouse 90	1956-1960	TV Series	Mrs. Pruitt / Mrs. Finch / Aunt Ida / ...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1958-1959	TV Series	Grandmother / Miss Bessie
Johnny Staccato	1959	TV Series	Beatrice George
The Oregon Trail	1959		Maria Cooper
77 Sunset Strip	1959	TV Series	Lavinia
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	1959	TV Series	Mrs. Kale
New York Confidential	1959	TV Series
Climax!	1955-1958	TV Series	Mrs. Garr / Nellie Eldredge / Jane Connor / ...
Matinee Theatre	1958	TV Series
Pal Joey	1957		Mrs. Casey
The Adventures of Jim Bowie	1957	TV Series	Amelie De Vaux
The Ford Television Theatre	1953-1957	TV Series	Mrs. Dunkel / Rebecca Hubner / Mrsd. Matthews
Crossroads	1956	TV Series	Mary Donovan
I Love Lucy	1952-1956	TV Series	Mrs. Trumbull / Mrs. Willoughby
Front Row Center	1956	TV Series	Mrs. Potter
Adventures of Superman	1955-1956	TV Series	Mrs. Clara Exbrook / Mrs. Peabody
Cavalcade of America	1956	TV Series	Mrs. Couche
The Star and the Story	1956	TV Series	Amy Carey
Playwrights '56	1956	TV Series	Matty Rascher
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	1955	TV Movie	Aunt Polly
Science Fiction Theatre	1955	TV Series	Hannah
Las Vegas Shakedown	1955		Mary Raff
Lux Video Theatre	1954-1955	TV Series	Mrs. Sargent / Dr. Gilley
Texaco Star Theatre	1955	TV Series
Stage 7	1955	TV Series	Grandmother
Willy	1955	TV Series	Agatha
Four Star Playhouse	1954	TV Series	Ma
Ponds Theater	1954	TV Series
Mayor of the Town	1954	TV Series	Agnes
General Electric Theater	1953	TV Series	Madame Elaine
Chevron Theatre	1953	TV Series
Three Lives	1953	Short
Washington Story	1952		Miss Dee
The Bigelow Theatre	1951	TV Series
Katie Did It	1951		Aunt Priscilla Wakely
Studio One in Hollywood	1950	TV Series	Aunt March
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse	1950	TV Series	Myrtle Webb / Mrs. Haggett
Armstrong Circle Theatre	1950	TV Series
Bright Leaf	1950		Tabitha Singleton
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre	1950	TV Series
Song of Surrender	1949		Mrs. Beecham
Intruder in the Dust	1949		Miss Eunice Habersham
Little Women	1949		Hannah
Miss Tatlock's Millions	1948		Cora
Welcome Stranger	1947		Mrs. Gilley
Out of the Blue	1947		Miss Spring
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	1947		Catherine Dennison
The Secret Heart	1946		Mrs. Stover
I've Always Loved You	1946		Mrs. Sompter
Colonel Effingham's Raid	1946		Cousin Emma
Lady on a Train	1945		Aunt Charlotte Waring
Together Again	1944		Jessie
Hail the Conquering Hero	1944		Aunt Martha
Follow the Boys	1944		Annie
The Sky's the Limit	1943/I		Mrs. Fisher
I Married a Witch	1942		Margaret
Lucky Legs	1942		Annabelle Dinwiddie
My Sister Eileen	1942		Grandma Sherwood
Her Cardboard Lover	1942		Eva
Beyond the Blue Horizon	1942		Mrs. Daly
Almost Married	1942		Aunt Matilda Manning
The Vanishing Virginian	1942		Grandma Yancey
Belle Starr	1941		Sarah
Kiss the Boys Goodbye	1941		Aunt Lily Lou Bethany
Tobacco Road	1941		Ada Lester
Michael Shayne: Private Detective	1940		Aunt Olivia
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?	1940		Aunt Maggie Ambler
Anne of Windy Poplars	1940		Rebecca
Earthbound	1940		Becky Tilden
Adventure in Diamonds	1940		Nellie
Remember the Night	1940		Aunt Emma
Bad Little Angel	1939		Mrs. Perkins
The Cat and the Canary	1939		Aunt Susan
Our Leading Citizen	1939		Aunt Tillie
Bulldog Drummond's Bride	1939		Aunt Blanche Clavering
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	1939		Mrs. Mac Gregor
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police	1939		Aunt Blanche Clavering
Sons of the Legion	1938		Grandmother Lee
Sing, You Sinners	1938		Mrs. Daisy Beebe aka Mother Beebe
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	1938		Aunt Hedwige
Bulldog Drummond's Peril	1938		Aunt Blanche Clavering
Scandal Street	1938		Ada Smith
Night Club Scandal	1937		Mrs. Elvira Ward
Hold 'Em Navy	1937		Grandma Holland
High, Wide, and Handsome	1937		Grandma Cortlandt
Night of Mystery	1937		Mrs. Tobias Greene
Go West Young Man	1936		Aunt Kate Barnaby
Old Hutch	1936		Mrs. Sarah Hutchins
Three Cheers for Love	1936		Wilma Chester
The Return of Sophie Lang	1936		Araminta Sedley
Small Town Girl	1936		Ma Brannan
Timothy's Quest	1936		Vilda Cummins
Her Master's Voice	1936		Mrs. Ellie Martin
Men Without Names	1935		Aunt Ella
So Red the Rose	1935		Mary Cherry
Chasing Yesterday	1935		Mlle. Prefere
Hide-Out	1934		'Ma' Miller
Ever in My Heart	1933		Clara Tuttle, Canteen Worker (uncredited)
Golden Harvest	1933		Lydia
Doctor Bull	1933		Aunt Patricia Banning
Dinner at Eight	1933		Miss Copeland
Secret of the Blue Room	1933		Mary, the cook
Hold Your Man	1933		Miss Tuttle
The Story of Temple Drake	1933		Aunt Jennie
Infernal Machine	1933		Elinor's Aunt
They Just Had to Get Married	1932		Lizzie
No Man of Her Own	1932		Mrs. Randall
The Conquerors	1932		Roger's Landlady (uncredited)
They Call It Sin	1932		Mrs. Cullen
Breach of Promise	1932		Cora Pugmire
A Bill of Divorcement	1932		Hester
Life Begins	1932		Mrs. Tubby (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight	1932		First Aunt
Guilty as Hell	1932		Elvira Ward
Miss Pinkerton	1932		Juliet Mitchell
New Morals for Old	1932		Aunty Doe
So Big!	1932		Mrs. Tebbit (uncredited)
Man Wanted	1932		Miss Harper, Lois' Secretary
The Expert	1932		Miss Crackenwald
Husband's Holiday	1931		Mrs. Caroline Reid
Heaven on Earth	1931		Vergie
Penrod and Sam	1931		The Teacher (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs	1931		Mrs. Lippett
The Smiling Lieutenant	1931		Baroness von Schwedel (uncredited)
Tarnished Lady	1931		Mrs. Courtney
The Cat Creeps	1930		Susan
The Big Party	1930		Mrs. Goldfarb
Harmony at Home	1930		Emma Haller
The Lone Star Ranger	1930		Sarah Martin
South Sea Rose	1929		Sarah
Words and Music	1929		Dean Crockett
The Gay Nineties; or, The Unfaithful Husband	1929	Short	The Town Gossip
The Dancing Town	1928	Short	Ma Pepperall
The Return of Peter Grimm	1926		Mrs. Bartholomey
The Boy Friend	1926		Mrs. Harper

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	1947	performer: "The Back Bay Polka" - uncredited
The Vanishing Virginian	1942	performer: "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" 1902 - uncredited
Kiss the Boys Goodbye	1941	performer: "Battle Hymn of The Republic" - uncredited
Remember the Night	1940	performer: "A Perfect Day" 1910 - uncredited
Sing, You Sinners	1938	"I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS"
Love Me Tonight	1932	performer: "Mimi" 1932, "The Son of a Gun Is Nothing But a Tailor" 1932 - uncredited
Penrod and Sam	1931	performer: "My Country 'Tis of Thee" 1832 - uncredited