Name
Elisabeth Risdon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-04-26
Deathday
1958-12-20 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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.
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- 1942 Random Harvest as Mrs. Lloyd
- 1938 Mannequin as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1947 High Wall as Mrs. Kenet
- 1941 High Sierra as Ma
- 1937 Dead End as Mrs. Connell
- 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow as Cora Payne
- 1947 Life with Father as Mrs. Whitehead
- 1945 Mama Loves Papa as Jessie Todd
- 1946 They Made Me a Killer as 'Ma' Conley
- 1943 Higher and Higher as Georgia Keating
- 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Sarah Lincoln
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties as Mrs. Sherman
- 1948 Bodyguard as Gene Dysen
- 1935 Crime and Punishment as Mrs. Raskolnikov
- 1945 The Unseen as Mrs. Norris
- 1942 Reap the Wild Wind as Mrs. Claiborne
- 1950 Bunco Squad as Jessica Royce
- 1944 Weird Woman as Dean Grace Gunnison
- 1939 Five Came Back as Martha Spengler
- 1937 They Won't Forget as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- 1944 The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Polverdine
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia as Aunt Clarissa
- 1941 Mr. Dynamite as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
- 1946 Roll on Texas Moon as Cactus Kate Taylor
- 1950 The Secret Fury as Dr. R.W. Roberts
- 1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglass
- 1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Catherine Walsh
- 1950 Sierra as Aunt Susan
- 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
- 1940 Mexican Spitfire as Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1942 Jail House Blues as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
- 1913 Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn as Maria Marten
- 1914 The Cup Final Mystery
- 1913 Bridegrooms Beware! as Bride
- 1914 Inquisitive Ike as Dora
- 1914 Black-Eyed Susan as Black-Eyed Susan
- 1914 Her Luck in London as Nellie Harbourne
- 1914 Beautiful Jim as Nancy Earle
- 1914 The Idol of Paris as Flare-Flare
- 1940 Saturday's Children as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1941 Footlight Fever as Aunt Hattie Drake
- 1941 Let's Make Music as Malvina Adams
- 1936 The King Steps Out as Grand Duchess Sofia
- 1950 Hills of Oklahoma as Kate Carney
- 1938 Girls on Probation as Kate Heath
- 1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1951 Bannerline as Margaret Trimble
- 1946 Lover Come Back as Ma Williams
- 1941 The Mexican Spitfire's Baby as Aunt Della
- 1945 A Song for Miss Julie as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
- 1942 Are Husbands Necessary? as Mrs. Westwood
- 1937 Mountain Justice as Mrs. Harkins
- 1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective as Aunt Sally Phelps
- 1942 I Live on Danger as Mrs. Morrell
- 1937 The Woman I Love as Mme. Herbillion
- 1939 The Girl from Mexico as Della Lindsay
- 1935 Guard That Girl as Aunt Catherine
- 1942 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost as Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West as Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1942 Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1939 The Great Man Votes as Phoebe Ainslee
- 1938 The Affairs of Annabel as Mrs. Fletcher
- 1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn as Mrs. Jordan
- 1939 The Forgotten Woman as Margaret Burke
- 1939 Full Confession as Norah O'Keefe
- 1936 Craig's Wife as Mrs. Landreth
- 1936 Theodora Goes Wild as Aunt Mary
- 1952 Scaramouche as Isabelle de Valmorin
- 1940 Slightly Tempted as Ethelreda Knox
- 1939 The Man Who Dared as Jessie Carter
- 1939 Sorority House as Mrs. Scott
- 1952 Crossroads - U.S.A. as Martha Farnum
- 1938 My Bill as Aunt Caroline
- 1915 Florence Nightingale as Florence Nightingale
- 1942 The Man Who Returned to Life as Minerva Sunday
- 1945 The Fighting Guardsman as Mme. de Montrevel
- 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Jury Member
- 1944 Tall in the Saddle as Miss Elizabeth Martin
- 1948 Every Girl Should Be Married as Mary Nolan
- 1944 In the Meantime, Darling as Helen Corkery
- 1943 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event as Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1947 Mourning Becomes Electra as Mrs. Hills
- 1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Minerva
- 1943 Never a Dull Moment as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
- 1945 Grissly's Millions as Leona Palmor
- 1915 Love in a Wood as Rosiland
- 1948 The Bride Goes Wild as Mrs. Carruthers
- 1948 The Bride Goes Wild as rs. Carruthers
- 1942 Journey for Margaret as Mrs. Bailey
- 1941 At the Stroke of Twelve as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
- 1941 Nice Girl? as Marrtha Peasley
- 1944 Blonde Fever as Mrs. Talford
- 1949 Down Dakota Way as Dolly Paxton
- 1951 In Old Amarillo as Granny Adams
- 1936 Don't Gamble with Love as Grace
- 1951 My True Story as Mme. Rousseau
- 1939 Disputed Passage as Mrs. Cunningham
- 1943 Lost Angel as Mrs. Pringle
- 1916 The Mother of Dartmoor as Avesa Pomeroy
- 1940 Honeymoon Deferred as Sarah Frome
- 1950 The Milkman as Mrs. Carter
- 1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Emily Baggett
- 1941 Paris Calling as Madame Jennetier
- 1947 The Egg and I as Betty's Mother
- 1948 Sealed Verdict as Mrs. Hockland
- 1914 The Suicide Club as Zephyrine
- 1936 Lady of Secrets as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
- 1942 The Lady Is Willing as Mrs. Cummings
- 1936 The Final Hour as Fortune Teller
- 1951 It's a Big Country as Diner on Train (uncredited)
- 1938 Mad About Music
- 1946 Lover Come Back as 'Ma' Williams
- 1916 The Princess of Happy Chance as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
- 1913 Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn as Maria Marten
