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