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Elisabeth Risdon
Born · April 26, 1887
Died · December 20, 1958 (71 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Bio
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.
Scaramouche
Isabelle de Valmorin
7.1
1952
Crossroads - U.S.A.
Martha Farnum
0.0
1952
It's a Big Country
Diner on Train (uncredited)
5.3
1951
Bannerline
Margaret Trimble
6.0
1951
In Old Amarillo
Granny Adams
6.0
1951
My True Story
Mme. Rousseau
6.0
1951
The Milkman
Mrs. Carter
8.0
1950
Bunco Squad
Jessica Royce
5.9
1950
Hills of Oklahoma
Kate Carney
0.0
1950
Sierra
Aunt Susan
5.3
1950
The Secret Fury
Dr. R.W. Roberts
5.4
1950
Down Dakota Way
Dolly Paxton
7.0
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mary Nolan
6.4
1948
Sealed Verdict
Mrs. Hockland
5.5
1948
Bodyguard
Gene Dysen
6.0
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
Mrs. Carruthers
6.0
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
rs. Carruthers
6.0
1948
High Wall
Mrs. Kenet
6.2
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mrs. Hills
6.3
1947
Life with Father
Mrs. Whitehead
6.5
1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Emily Baggett
6.6
1947
The Egg and I
Betty's Mother
7.0
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
8.5
1947
Roll on Texas Moon
Cactus Kate Taylor
6.0
1946
Lover Come Back
Ma Williams
6.2
1946
Lover Come Back
'Ma' Williams
6.2
1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Catherine Walsh
5.9
1946
They Made Me a Killer
'Ma' Conley
5.6
1946
Mama Loves Papa
Jessie Todd
0.0
1945
The Unseen
Mrs. Norris
4.5
1945
The Fighting Guardsman
Mme. de Montrevel
0.0
1945
A Song for Miss Julie
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
1.0
1945
Grissly's Millions
Leona Palmor
6.0
1945
Blonde Fever
Mrs. Talford
4.4
1944
Tall in the Saddle
Miss Elizabeth Martin
6.5
1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Helen Corkery
5.0
1944
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Polverdine
6.7
1944
Weird Woman
Dean Grace Gunnison
6.0
1944
Higher and Higher
Georgia Keating
6.1
1943
Lost Angel
Mrs. Pringle
7.5
1943
Never a Dull Moment
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
6.0
1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Aunt Della Lindsay
5.7
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
6.4
1943
Random Harvest
Mrs. Lloyd
7.3
1942
Journey for Margaret
Mrs. Bailey
6.6
1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Aunt Della Lindsay
5.2
1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Aunt Della Lindsay
4.4
1942
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Morrell
5.7
1942
Are Husbands Necessary?
Mrs. Westwood
0.0
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Mrs. Claiborne
6.4
1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Aunt Della Lindsay
3.0
1942
The Lady Is Willing
Mrs. Cummings
6.5
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Minerva Sunday
6.0
1942
Jail House Blues
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
0.0
1942
Paris Calling
Madame Jennetier
5.4
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Aunt Della
4.3
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
5.0
1941
Footlight Fever
Aunt Hattie Drake
6.0
1941
Mr. Dynamite
Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
0.0
1941
Nice Girl?
Marrtha Peasley
5.3
1941
High Sierra
Ma
7.1
1941
Let's Make Music
Malvina Adams
5.6
1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Aunt Della Lindsay
4.6
1940
Slightly Tempted
Ethelreda Knox
0.0
1940
The Howards of Virginia
Aunt Clarissa
6.4
1940
Saturday's Children
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
6.4
1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Minerva
6.0
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Sarah Lincoln
7.0
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
Sarah Frome
6.0
1940
Mexican Spitfire
Aunt Della Lindsay
4.6
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Jury Member
4.0
1940
The Roaring Twenties
Mrs. Sherman
7.5
1939
Disputed Passage
Mrs. Cunningham
5.5
1939
Full Confession
Norah O'Keefe
4.7
1939
The Forgotten Woman
Margaret Burke
0.0
1939
Five Came Back
Martha Spengler
6.2
1939
The Man Who Dared
Jessie Carter
5.0
1939
The Girl from Mexico
Della Lindsay
4.2
1939
Sorority House
Mrs. Scott
6.8
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglass
6.5
1939
The Great Man Votes
Phoebe Ainslee
6.1
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Aunt Sally Phelps
5.2
1938
Girls on Probation
Kate Heath
5.9
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
Mrs. Fletcher
4.0
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mrs. Jordan
4.0
1938
My Bill
Aunt Caroline
6.2
1938
Mad About Music
6.9
1938
Mannequin
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
6.0
1938
Dead End
Mrs. Connell
7.0
1937
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
5.7
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
Cora Payne
7.5
1937
Mountain Justice
Mrs. Harkins
5.5
1937
The Woman I Love
Mme. Herbillion
0.0
1937
Theodora Goes Wild
Aunt Mary
6.6
1936
Craig's Wife
Mrs. Landreth
6.3
1936
The Final Hour
Fortune Teller
6.0
1936
The King Steps Out
Grand Duchess Sofia
5.9
1936
Don't Gamble with Love
Grace
0.0
1936
Lady of Secrets
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
6.0
1936
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Raskolnikov
6.5
1935
Guard That Girl
Aunt Catherine
4.0
1935
The Mother of Dartmoor
Avesa Pomeroy
0.0
1916
The Princess of Happy Chance
Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
0.0
1916
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
0.0
1915
Love in a Wood
Rosiland
0.0
1915
The Suicide Club
0.0
1914
The Cup Final Mystery
0.0
1914
Inquisitive Ike
Dora
0.0
1914
Black-Eyed Susan
Black-Eyed Susan
0.0
1914
Her Luck in London
Nellie Harbourne
0.0
1914
Beautiful Jim
Nancy Earle
0.0
1914
The Idol of Paris
Flare-Flare
0.0
1914
Bridegrooms Beware!
Bride
0.0
1913
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
Maria Marten
0.0
1913