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