# Patterson Dial > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patterson_Dial > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patterson_Dial.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson_Dial > Source revision: 1203353369 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actress}} {{more footnotes needed|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Patterson Dial | image = A Lady of Quality (1924) - 11.jpg | caption = From a 1923 film advertisement | birth_name = Elizabeth Patterson Dial | birth_date = May 19, 1902 | birth_place = Madison, Florida | death_date = March 23, 1945 (aged 42) | death_place = Los Angeles, California }} '''Elizabeth Patterson Dial''' (May 19, 1902 – March 23, 1945) was a writer and [silent film](/source/silent_film) actress of the 1920s. Later she married novelist [Rupert Hughes](/source/Rupert_Hughes). She was born Elizabeth Patterson Dial in [Madison, Florida](/source/Madison%2C_Florida). == Screen actress == Dial appeared in fourteen motion pictures, beginning with ''Gloria's Romance'' in 1916. The other films in which she appeared were in the three-year period from 1921 to 1924 and they included ''Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford'' (1921), ''Sonny'' (1922), ''Reno'' (1923), ''A Man's Mate'' (1924), and ''Married Flirts'' (1924). == Married to esteemed author == The actress became Mrs. Rupert Hughes on January 1, 1925. The famous author and Miss Dial were wed in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California) and took their honeymoon in [New York](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). Patterson was a well-known writer herself, under her maiden name. With Hughes, the husband and wife became noted in literary circles and formed a writing team. Hughes called her his ''right arm'', saying she assisted him with his work and carried out her own. She experienced intense depressions. During these times Patterson became morose because she felt her writing was not up to the goal she had set for herself. Her moodiness about her work usually lifted and she felt better. == Death == Patterson Dial died after taking a prescription [barbiturate](/source/barbiturate){{cite book |last=Hack |first=Richard |year=2007 |title=Hughes The Private Diaries, Memons and Letters |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emhBjp6-1wwC&pg=PA154 |publisher=Phoenix Books, Inc. |page=154 |isbn= 978-1597775496}} at the age of 42 in 1945. The circumstances were mysterious and the police could not determine whether it was an accident or suicide, as she also suffered from a heart condition. Mrs. Hughes was found unconscious in her bed at home, 4751 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, by a maid. She died en route to a hospital in an ambulance sent by [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California) Receiving Hospital. The Hughes had no children. == Filmography == {{div col}} * ''[Gloria's Romance](/source/Gloria's_Romance)'' (1916) * ''[Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford](/source/Get-Rich-Quick_Wallingford_(1921_film))'' (1921) * ''[Tol'able David](/source/Tol'able_David)'' (1921) * ''[The Seventh Day](/source/The_Seventh_Day_(1922_film))'' (1922) * ''[Sonny](/source/Sonny_(1922_film))'' (1922) * ''[Fury](/source/Fury_(1923_film))'' (1923) * ''[Souls for Sale](/source/Souls_for_Sale)'' (1923) * ''[The Silent Partner](/source/The_Silent_Partner_(1923_film))'' (1923) * ''[Reno](/source/Reno_(1923_film))'' (1923) * ''[A Lady of Quality](/source/A_Lady_of_Quality_(1924_film))'' (1924) * ''[Happiness](/source/Happiness_(1924_film))'' (1924) * ''[A Man's Mate](/source/A_Man's_Mate)'' (1924) * ''[Secrets](/source/Secrets_(1924_film))'' (1924) * ''[Married Flirts](/source/Married_Flirts)'' (1924) {{div col end}} == References == {{reflist}} ==Sources== * The ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'', "Sleeping Pills End Life of Rupert Hughes' Wife", March 24, 1945, Page A1. * ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'', "Mrs Hughes Dies; Wife Of Novelist", March 24, 1945, Page 32. * [Ogden, Utah](/source/Ogden%2C_Utah) ''Standard-Examiner'', "Rupert Hughes and Bride", January 1, 1925, Page 2. ==External links== {{commons category|Patterson Dial}} * {{IMDb name|0224495}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dial, Patterson}} Category:American silent film actresses Category:Writers from Florida Category:1902 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Actresses from Florida Category:20th-century American actresses Category:People from Madison, Florida Category:Drug-related deaths in California Category:Barbiturates-related deaths Category:20th-century American writers Category:20th-century American women writers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Patterson Dial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson_Dial) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson_Dial?action=history)). 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