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