Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 26, 1887
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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Elisabeth Risdon
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts.
Born in London, England, Risdon graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1918 with high honours. She attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw and was cast as the lead in his biggest plays. Besides her performances for Shaw, she was leading lady for actors including George Arliss, Otis Skinner, and William Faversham. She was also under contract to the Theatre Guild for many years.
In later years, she taught drama to patients at a veterans administration hospital near her Brentwood home. She was married to the prolific silent film director George Loane Tucker who left her a widow in 1921. She later married actor Brandon Evans, who died in April 1958. She was the great-aunt of actress Wendy Barrie-Wilson.
Risdon died in December 1958 in St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, California from a cerebral haemorrhage. Her body was donated to medical science.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Isabelle de Valmorin |
| 1952 | Crossroads - U.S.A. | Martha Farnum |
| 1951 | Bannerline | Margaret Trimble |
| 1951 | In Old Amarillo | Granny Adams |
| 1951 | My True Story | Mme. Rousseau |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Diner on Train (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad | Jessica Royce |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Dr. R.W. Roberts |
| 1950 | Sierra | Aunt Susan |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma | Kate Carney |
| 1950 | The Milkman | Mrs. Carter |
| 1949 | Down Dakota Way | Dolly Paxton |
| 1948 | Bodyguard | Gene Dysen |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Mary Nolan |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | rs. Carruthers |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Mrs. Carruthers |
| 1948 | Sealed Verdict | Mrs. Hockland |
| 1947 | High Wall | Mrs. Kenet |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Mrs. Whitehead |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Mrs. Amanda Pritchard |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Mrs. Hills |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Emily Baggett |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Betty's Mother |
| 1946 | They Made Me a Killer | 'Ma' Conley |
| 1946 | Roll on Texas Moon | Cactus Kate Taylor |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Catherine Walsh |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Ma Williams |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | 'Ma' Williams |
| 1945 | Mama Loves Papa | Jessie Todd |
| 1945 | The Unseen | Mrs. Norris |
| 1945 | A Song for Miss Julie | Mrs. Ambrose Charteris |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman | Mme. de Montrevel |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Leona Palmor |
| 1944 | Weird Woman | Dean Grace Gunnison |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost | Mrs. Polverdine |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Miss Elizabeth Martin |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling | Helen Corkery |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever | Mrs. Talford |
| 1943 | Higher and Higher | Georgia Keating |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | |
| 1943 | Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event | Aunt Della Lindsay |
| 1943 | Never a Dull Moment | Mrs. Schuyler Manning III |
| 1943 | Lost Angel | Mrs. Pringle |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | Mrs. Lloyd |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Mrs. Claiborne |
| 1942 | Jail House Blues | Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Aunt Della Lindsay |
| 1942 | Are Husbands Necessary? | Mrs. Westwood |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger | Mrs. Morrell |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Aunt Della Lindsay |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Aunt Della Lindsay |
| 1942 | The Man Who Returned to Life | Minerva Sunday |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | Mrs. Bailey |
| 1942 | The Lady Is Willing | Mrs. Cummings |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Ma |
| 1941 | Mr. Dynamite | Limping Woman (aka "Achilles") |
| 1941 | Footlight Fever | Aunt Hattie Drake |
| 1941 | Let's Make Music | Malvina Adams |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Aunt Della |
| 1941 | At the Stroke of Twelve | Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Marrtha Peasley |
| 1941 | Paris Calling | Madame Jennetier |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Sarah Lincoln |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Aunt Clarissa |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire | Aunt Della Lindsay |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon) |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Aunt Della Lindsay |
| 1940 | Slightly Tempted | Ethelreda Knox |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Jury Member |
| 1940 | Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! | Minerva |
| 1940 | Honeymoon Deferred | Sarah Frome |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Mrs. Sherman |
| 1939 | Five Came Back | Martha Spengler |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Widow Douglass |
| 1939 | The Girl from Mexico | Della Lindsay |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes | Phoebe Ainslee |
| 1939 | The Forgotten Woman | Margaret Burke |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Norah O'Keefe |
| 1939 | The Man Who Dared | Jessie Carter |
| 1939 | Sorority House | Mrs. Scott |
| 1939 | Disputed Passage | Mrs. Cunningham |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon) |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Kate Heath |
| 1938 | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Aunt Sally Phelps |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Mrs. Fletcher |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Mrs. Jordan |
| 1938 | My Bill | Aunt Caroline |
| 1938 | Mad About Music | |
| 1937 | Dead End | Mrs. Connell |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow | Cora Payne |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon) |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Mrs. Harkins |
| 1937 | The Woman I Love | Mme. Herbillion |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Grand Duchess Sofia |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Mrs. Landreth |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Aunt Mary |
| 1936 | Don't Gamble with Love | Grace |
| 1936 | Lady of Secrets | Mrs. Emily Whittaker |
| 1936 | The Final Hour | Fortune Teller |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Mrs. Raskolnikov |
| 1935 | Guard That Girl | Aunt Catherine |
| 1916 | The Mother of Dartmoor | Avesa Pomeroy |
| 1916 | The Princess of Happy Chance | Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden |
| 1915 | Florence Nightingale | Florence Nightingale |
| 1915 | Love in a Wood | Rosiland |
| 1914 | The Cup Final Mystery | |
| 1914 | Her Luck in London | Nellie Harbourne |
| 1914 | Black-Eyed Susan | Black-Eyed Susan |
| 1914 | Beautiful Jim | Nancy Earle |
| 1914 | Inquisitive Ike | Dora |
| 1914 | The Idol of Paris | Flare-Flare |
| 1914 | The Suicide Club | Zephyrine |
| 1913 | Bridegrooms Beware! | Bride |
| 1913 | Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn | Maria Marten |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|