Elisabeth Risdon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 26, 1887
- Died
- Dec 20, 1958 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 113
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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
Filmography
Scaramouche
1952Movie
Isabelle de Valmorin
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952Movie
Martha Farnum
It's a Big Country
1951Movie
Diner on Train (uncredited)
Bannerline
1951Movie
Margaret Trimble
In Old Amarillo
1951Movie
Granny Adams
My True Story
1951Movie
Mme. Rousseau
The Milkman
1950Movie
Mrs. Carter
Bunco Squad
1950Movie
Jessica Royce
Hills of Oklahoma
1950Movie
Kate Carney
Sierra
1950Movie
Aunt Susan
The Secret Fury
1950Movie
Dr. R.W. Roberts
Down Dakota Way
1949Movie
Dolly Paxton
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948Movie
Mary Nolan
Sealed Verdict
1948Movie
Mrs. Hockland
Bodyguard
1948Movie
Gene Dysen
The Bride Goes Wild
1948Movie
rs. Carruthers, Mrs. Carruthers
High Wall
1947Movie
Mrs. Kenet
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947Movie
Mrs. Hills
Life with Father
1947Movie
Mrs. Whitehead
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947Movie
Emily Baggett
The Egg and I
1947Movie
Betty's Mother
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947Movie
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Roll on Texas Moon
1946Movie
Cactus Kate Taylor
Lover Come Back
1946Movie
Ma Williams, 'Ma' Williams
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946Movie
Catherine Walsh
They Made Me a Killer
1946Movie
'Ma' Conley
Mama Loves Papa
1945Movie
Jessie Todd
The Unseen
1945Movie
Mrs. Norris
The Fighting Guardsman
1945Movie
Mme. de Montrevel
A Song for Miss Julie
1945Movie
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Grissly's Millions
1945Movie
Leona Palmor
Blonde Fever
1944Movie
Mrs. Talford
Tall in the Saddle
1944Movie
Miss Elizabeth Martin
In the Meantime, Darling
1944Movie
Helen Corkery
The Canterville Ghost
1944Movie
Mrs. Polverdine
Weird Woman
1944Movie
Dean Grace Gunnison
Higher and Higher
1943Movie
Georgia Keating
Lost Angel
1943Movie
Mrs. Pringle
Never a Dull Moment
1943Movie
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943Movie
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943Movie
Random Harvest
1942Movie
Mrs. Lloyd
Journey for Margaret
1942Movie
Mrs. Bailey
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942Movie
Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942Movie
Aunt Della Lindsay
I Live on Danger
1942Movie
Mrs. Morrell
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942Movie
Mrs. Westwood
Reap the Wild Wind
1942Movie
Mrs. Claiborne
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942Movie
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Lady Is Willing
1942Movie
Mrs. Cummings
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942Movie
Minerva Sunday
Jail House Blues
1942Movie
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Paris Calling
1941Movie
Madame Jennetier
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941Movie
Aunt Della
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941Movie
Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Footlight Fever
1941Movie
Aunt Hattie Drake
Mr. Dynamite
1941Movie
Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Nice Girl?
1941Movie
Marrtha Peasley
High Sierra
1941Movie
Ma
Let's Make Music
1941Movie
Malvina Adams
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940Movie
Aunt Della Lindsay
Slightly Tempted
1940Movie
Ethelreda Knox
The Howards of Virginia
1940Movie
Aunt Clarissa
Saturday's Children
1940Movie
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940Movie
Minerva
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940Movie
Sarah Lincoln
Honeymoon Deferred
1940Movie
Sarah Frome
Mexican Spitfire
1940Movie
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940Movie
Jury Member
The Roaring Twenties
1939Movie
Mrs. Sherman
Disputed Passage
1939Movie
Mrs. Cunningham
Full Confession
1939Movie
Norah O'Keefe
The Forgotten Woman
1939Movie
Margaret Burke
Five Came Back
1939Movie
Martha Spengler
The Man Who Dared
1939Movie
Jessie Carter
The Girl from Mexico
1939Movie
Della Lindsay
Sorority House
1939Movie
Mrs. Scott
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939Movie
Widow Douglass
The Great Man Votes
1939Movie
Phoebe Ainslee
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938Movie
Aunt Sally Phelps
Girls on Probation
1938Movie
Kate Heath
The Affairs of Annabel
1938Movie
Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938Movie
Mrs. Jordan
My Bill
1938Movie
Aunt Caroline
Mad About Music
1938Movie
Mannequin
1938Movie
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Dead End
1937Movie
Mrs. Connell
They Won't Forget
1937Movie
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937Movie
Cora Payne
Mountain Justice
1937Movie
Mrs. Harkins
The Woman I Love
1937Movie
Mme. Herbillion
Theodora Goes Wild
1936Movie
Aunt Mary
Craig's Wife
1936Movie
Mrs. Landreth
The Final Hour
1936Movie
Fortune Teller
The King Steps Out
1936Movie
Grand Duchess Sofia
Don't Gamble with Love
1936Movie
Grace
Lady of Secrets
1936Movie
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Crime and Punishment
1935Movie
Mrs. Raskolnikov
Guard That Girl
1935Movie
Aunt Catherine
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916Movie
Avesa Pomeroy
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916Movie
Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Florence Nightingale
1915Movie
Florence Nightingale
Love in a Wood
1915Movie
Rosiland
The Suicide Club
1914Movie
Zephyrine
The Cup Final Mystery
1914Movie
Her Luck in London
1914Movie
Nellie Harbourne
Black-Eyed Susan
1914Movie
Black-Eyed Susan
Beautiful Jim
1914Movie
Nancy Earle
Inquisitive Ike
1914Movie
Dora
The Idol of Paris
1914Movie
Flare-Flare
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913Movie
Maria Marten
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913Movie
Bride
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913Movie
Maria Marten