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.
Acting
(1952)
Scaramouche
as Isabelle de Valmorin
(1952)
Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Martha Farnum
(1951)
It's a Big Country
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
(1951)
In Old Amarillo
as Granny Adams
(1951)
Bannerline
as Margaret Trimble
(1951)
My True Story
as Mme. Rousseau
(1950)
The Secret Fury
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
(1950)
The Milkman
as Mrs. Carter
(1950)
Sierra
as Aunt Susan
(1950)
Bunco Squad
as Jessica Royce
(1950)
Hills of Oklahoma
as Kate Carney
(1949)
Down Dakota Way
as Dolly Paxton
(1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Mary Nolan
(1948)
Sealed Verdict
as Mrs. Hockland
(1948)
Bodyguard
as Gene Dysen
(1948)
The Bride Goes Wild
as rs. Carruthers
(1948)
The Bride Goes Wild
as Mrs. Carruthers
(1947)
Life with Father
as Mrs. Whitehead
(1947)
The Egg and I
as Betty's Mother
(1947)
High Wall
as Mrs. Kenet
(1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Hills
(1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
(1947)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Emily Baggett
(1946)
Lover Come Back
as Ma Williams
(1946)
Lover Come Back
as 'Ma' Williams
(1946)
They Made Me a Killer
as 'Ma' Conley
(1946)
Roll on Texas Moon
as Cactus Kate Taylor
(1946)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Catherine Walsh
(1945)
The Unseen
as Mrs. Norris
(1945)
The Fighting Guardsman
as Mme. de Montrevel
(1945)
Grissly's Millions
as Leona Palmor
(1945)
A Song for Miss Julie
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
(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)
Lost Angel
as Mrs. Pringle
(1943)
Higher and Higher
as Georgia Keating
(1943)
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(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)
Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Bailey
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Minerva Sunday
(1942)
The Lady Is Willing
as Mrs. Cummings
(1942)
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Mrs. Westwood
(1942)
Jail House Blues
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
(1942)
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Morrell
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1941)
High Sierra
as Ma
(1941)
Paris Calling
as Madame Jennetier
(1941)
Mr. Dynamite
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
(1941)
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
(1941)
Nice Girl?
as Marrtha Peasley
(1941)
Let's Make Music
as Malvina Adams
(1941)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Aunt Della
(1941)
Footlight Fever
as Aunt Hattie Drake
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as Aunt Clarissa
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Sarah Lincoln
(1940)
Saturday's Children
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Jury Member
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1940)
Honeymoon Deferred
as Sarah Frome
(1940)
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Minerva
(1940)
Slightly Tempted
as Ethelreda Knox
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Sherman
(1939)
Five Came Back
as Martha Spengler
(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglass
(1939)
Full Confession
as Norah O'Keefe
(1939)
Disputed Passage
as Mrs. Cunningham
(1939)
The Girl from Mexico
as Della Lindsay
(1939)
Sorority House
as Mrs. Scott
(1939)
The Great Man Votes
as Phoebe Ainslee
(1939)
The Forgotten Woman
as Margaret Burke
(1939)
The Man Who Dared
as Jessie Carter
(1938)
Mannequin
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
(1938)
(1938)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Fletcher
(1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Jordan
(1938)
My Bill
as Aunt Caroline
(1938)
Girls on Probation
as Kate Heath
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Sally Phelps
(1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Cora Payne
(1937)
Dead End
as Mrs. Connell
(1937)
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
(1937)
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Harkins
(1937)
The Woman I Love
as Mme. Herbillion
(1936)
Theodora Goes Wild
as Aunt Mary
(1936)
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Landreth
(1936)
The King Steps Out
as Grand Duchess Sofia
(1936)
Don't Gamble with Love
as Grace
(1936)
The Final Hour
as Fortune Teller
(1936)
Lady of Secrets
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
(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)
Black-Eyed Susan
as Black-Eyed Susan
(1914)
Her Luck in London
as Nellie Harbourne
(1914)
The Suicide Club
as Zephyrine
(1914)
(1914)
Beautiful Jim
as Nancy Earle
(1914)
Inquisitive Ike
as Dora
(1914)
The Idol of Paris
as Flare-Flare
(1913)
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
as Maria Marten
(1913)
Bridegrooms Beware!
as Bride