Elisabeth Risdon
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1887-04-26
- Died
- 1958-12-20
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Elizabeth Risden · Elizabeth Risdon · Elizabeth Evans
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
Movies (113)
Dead End
1937
as Mrs. Connell
Sierra
1950
as Aunt Susan
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Mrs. Sherman
Scaramouche
1952
as Isabelle de Valmorin
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
Sorority House
1939
as Mrs. Scott
High Wall
1947
as Mrs. Kenet
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Mrs. Claiborne
Random Harvest
1942
as Mrs. Lloyd
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Widow Douglass
The Unseen
1945
as Mrs. Norris
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Aunt Clarissa
High Sierra
1941
as Ma
Five Came Back
1939
as Martha Spengler
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Cora Payne
Life with Father
1947
as Mrs. Whitehead
Bodyguard
1948
as Gene Dysen
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Paris Calling
1941
as Madame Jennetier
Footlight Fever
1941
as Aunt Hattie Drake
Mama Loves Papa
1945
as Jessie Todd
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Mrs. Fletcher
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Mrs. Hills
The Forgotten Woman
1939
as Margaret Burke
The Egg and I
1947
as Betty's Mother
Mannequin
1938
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Mary Nolan
Mad About Music
1938
It's a Big Country
1951
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Mrs. Polverdine
Mountain Justice
1937
as Mrs. Harkins
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
The King Steps Out
1936
as Grand Duchess Sofia
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Aunt Mary
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Emily Baggett
Higher and Higher
1943
as Georgia Keating
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Phoebe Ainslee
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Mrs. Hockland
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Mrs. Cummings
Lost Angel
1943
as Mrs. Pringle
The Secret Fury
1950
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
My Bill
1938
as Aunt Caroline
Saturday's Children
1940
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
They Won't Forget
1937
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Sarah Lincoln
Nice Girl?
1941
as Marrtha Peasley
Weird Woman
1944
as Dean Grace Gunnison
Lover Come Back
1946
as Ma Williams / 'Ma' Williams
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as rs. Carruthers / Mrs. Carruthers
Full Confession
1939
as Norah O'Keefe
Lady of Secrets
1936
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Minerva
The Milkman
1950
as Mrs. Carter
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Landreth
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Minerva Sunday
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Jury Member
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mr. Dynamite
1941
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Disputed Passage
1939
as Mrs. Cunningham
The Girl from Mexico
1939
as Della Lindsay
Blonde Fever
1944
as Mrs. Talford
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Mrs. Bailey
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
as Mrs. Westwood
Jail House Blues
1942
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Mrs. Jordan
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Kate Carney
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Leona Palmor
The Woman I Love
1937
as Mme. Herbillion
I Live on Danger
1942
as Mrs. Morrell
Bunco Squad
1950
as Jessica Royce
Bannerline
1951
as Margaret Trimble
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Catherine Walsh
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Mme. de Montrevel
The Man Who Dared
1939
as Jessie Carter
A Song for Miss Julie
1945
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Girls on Probation
1938
as Kate Heath
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Helen Corkery
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Aunt Sally Phelps
They Made Me a Killer
1946
as 'Ma' Conley
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Aunt Della
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
as Grace
Let's Make Music
1941
as Malvina Adams
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
as Martha Farnum
Love in a Wood
1915
as Rosiland
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
as Cactus Kate Taylor
Her Luck in London
1914
as Nellie Harbourne
Down Dakota Way
1949
as Dolly Paxton
The Final Hour
1936
as Fortune Teller
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
as Sarah Frome
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
My True Story
1951
as Mme. Rousseau
Never a Dull Moment
1943
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Florence Nightingale
1915
as Florence Nightingale
Slightly Tempted
1940
as Ethelreda Knox
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916
as Avesa Pomeroy
Inquisitive Ike
1914
as Dora
The Suicide Club
1914
as Zephyrine
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Guard That Girl
1935
as Aunt Catherine
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
as Black-Eyed Susan
In Old Amarillo
1951
as Granny Adams
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913
as Maria Marten
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
as Bride
The Cup Final Mystery
1914
Beautiful Jim
1914
as Nancy Earle
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
The Idol of Paris
1914
as Flare-Flare
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913
as Maria Marten
About Elisabeth Risdon
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 performance… With 113 credits spanning from 1913 to 1952, Elisabeth Risdon has appeared in 113 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Dead End (1937) — as Mrs. Connell
- Sierra (1950) — as Aunt Susan
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) — as Mrs. Sherman
- Scaramouche (1952) — as Isabelle de Valmorin
- Tall in the Saddle (1944) — as Miss Elizabeth Martin
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