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