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