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