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