Elisabeth Risdon
Acting
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
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movieScaramouche
1952
Isabelle de Valmorin
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
Martha Farnum
movieIt's a Big Country
1951
Diner on Train (uncredited)
movieBannerline
1951
Margaret Trimble
movieIn Old Amarillo
1951
Granny Adams
movieMy True Story
1951
Mme. Rousseau
movieThe Milkman
1950
Mrs. Carter
movieBunco Squad
1950
Jessica Royce
movieHills of Oklahoma
1950
Kate Carney
movieSierra
1950
Aunt Susan
movieThe Secret Fury
1950
Dr. R.W. Roberts
movieDown Dakota Way
1949
Dolly Paxton
movieEvery Girl Should Be Married
1948
Mary Nolan
movieSealed Verdict
1948
Mrs. Hockland
movieBodyguard
1948
Gene Dysen
movieThe Bride Goes Wild
1948
rs. Carruthers / Mrs. Carruthers
movieHigh Wall
1947
Mrs. Kenet
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
Mrs. Hills
movieLife with Father
1947
Mrs. Whitehead
movieThe Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
Emily Baggett
movieThe Egg and I
1947
Betty's Mother
movieThe Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
movieRoll on Texas Moon
1946
Cactus Kate Taylor
movieLover Come Back
1946
Ma Williams / 'Ma' Williams
movieThe Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
Catherine Walsh
movieThey Made Me a Killer
1946
'Ma' Conley
movieMama Loves Papa
1945
Jessie Todd
movieThe Unseen
1945
Mrs. Norris
movieThe Fighting Guardsman
1945
Mme. de Montrevel
movieA Song for Miss Julie
1945
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
movieGrissly's Millions
1945
Leona Palmor
movieBlonde Fever
1944
Mrs. Talford
movieTall in the Saddle
1944
Miss Elizabeth Martin
movieIn the Meantime, Darling
1944
Helen Corkery
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1944
Mrs. Polverdine
movieWeird Woman
1944
Dean Grace Gunnison
movieHigher and Higher
1943
Georgia Keating
movieLost Angel
1943
Mrs. Pringle
movieNever a Dull Moment
1943
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
movieMexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
Aunt Della Lindsay
movieRandom Harvest
1942
Mrs. Lloyd
movieJourney for Margaret
1942
Mrs. Bailey
movieMexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
Aunt Della Lindsay
movieMexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
Aunt Della Lindsay
movieI Live on Danger
1942
Mrs. Morrell
movieAre Husbands Necessary?
1942
Mrs. Westwood
movieReap the Wild Wind
1942
Mrs. Claiborne
movieMexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
Aunt Della Lindsay
movieThe Lady Is Willing
1942
Mrs. Cummings
movieThe Man Who Returned to Life
1942
Minerva Sunday
movieJail House Blues
1942
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
movieParis Calling
1941
Madame Jennetier
movieThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
Aunt Della
movieAt the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
movieFootlight Fever
1941
Aunt Hattie Drake
movieMr. Dynamite
1941
Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
movieNice Girl?
1941
Marrtha Peasley
movieLet's Make Music
1941
Malvina Adams
movieMexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Aunt Della Lindsay
movieSlightly Tempted
1940
Ethelreda Knox
movieThe Howards of Virginia
1940
Aunt Clarissa
movieSaturday's Children
1940
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
movieAbe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Sarah Lincoln
movieHoneymoon Deferred
1940
Sarah Frome
movieMexican Spitfire
1940
Aunt Della Lindsay
movieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Jury Member
movieThe Roaring Twenties
1939
Mrs. Sherman
movieDisputed Passage
1939
Mrs. Cunningham
movieFull Confession
1939
Norah O'Keefe
movieThe Forgotten Woman
1939
Margaret Burke
movieFive Came Back
1939
Martha Spengler
movieThe Man Who Dared
1939
Jessie Carter
movieThe Girl from Mexico
1939
Della Lindsay
movieSorority House
1939
Mrs. Scott
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Widow Douglass
movieThe Great Man Votes
1939
Phoebe Ainslee
movieTom Sawyer, Detective
1938
Aunt Sally Phelps
movieGirls on Probation
1938
Kate Heath
movieThe Affairs of Annabel
1938
Mrs. Fletcher
movieCowboy from Brooklyn
1938
Mrs. Jordan
movieMy Bill
1938
Aunt Caroline
movieMannequin
1938
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
movieDead End
1937
Mrs. Connell
movieThey Won't Forget
1937
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
movieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937
Cora Payne
movieMountain Justice
1937
Mrs. Harkins
movieThe Woman I Love
1937
Mme. Herbillion
movieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
Aunt Mary
movieCraig's Wife
1936
Mrs. Landreth
movieThe Final Hour
1936
Fortune Teller
movieThe King Steps Out
1936
Grand Duchess Sofia
movieLady of Secrets
1936
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
movieCrime and Punishment
1935
Mrs. Raskolnikov
movieGuard That Girl
1935
Aunt Catherine
movieThe Mother of Dartmoor
1916
Avesa Pomeroy
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
movieFlorence Nightingale
1915
Florence Nightingale
movieThe Suicide Club
1914
Zephyrine
Her Luck in London
1914
Nellie Harbourne
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
Black-Eyed Susan
Beautiful Jim
1914
Nancy Earle
The Idol of Paris
1914
Flare-Flare
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913
Maria Marten
movieMaria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913
Maria Marten