Elisabeth Risdon

Born: 1887-04-26 in London, England, UK

Died: 1958-12-20

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1952

Scaramouche as Isabelle de Valmorin
Crossroads - U.S.A. as Martha Farnum

1951

Bannerline as Margaret Trimble
It's a Big Country as Diner on Train (uncredited)
My True Story as Mme. Rousseau
In Old Amarillo as Granny Adams

1950

The Secret Fury as Dr. R.W. Roberts
Sierra as Aunt Susan
The Milkman as Mrs. Carter
Bunco Squad as Jessica Royce
Hills of Oklahoma as Kate Carney

1949

Down Dakota Way as Dolly Paxton

1948

Bodyguard as Gene Dysen
The Bride Goes Wild as rs. Carruthers
Sealed Verdict as Mrs. Hockland
Every Girl Should Be Married as Mary Nolan

1947

Life with Father as Mrs. Whitehead
The Egg and I as Betty's Mother
High Wall as Mrs. Kenet
Mourning Becomes Electra as Mrs. Hills
The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Emily Baggett
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

1946

Lover Come Back as Ma Williams
The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Catherine Walsh
They Made Me a Killer as 'Ma' Conley
Roll on Texas Moon as Cactus Kate Taylor

1945

Grissly's Millions as Leona Palmor
The Unseen as Mrs. Norris
Mama Loves Papa as Jessie Todd
The Fighting Guardsman as Mme. de Montrevel
A Song for Miss Julie as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

1944

Tall in the Saddle as Miss Elizabeth Martin
The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Polverdine
Weird Woman as Dean Grace Gunnison
Blonde Fever as Mrs. Talford
In the Meantime, Darling as Helen Corkery

1943

Higher and Higher as Georgia Keating
Lost Angel as Mrs. Pringle
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event as Aunt Della Lindsay
Never a Dull Moment as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III

1942

Reap the Wild Wind as Mrs. Claiborne
Random Harvest as Mrs. Lloyd
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Aunt Della Lindsay
The Lady Is Willing as Mrs. Cummings
Jail House Blues as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
The Man Who Returned to Life as Minerva Sunday
Journey for Margaret as Mrs. Bailey
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Aunt Della Lindsay
I Live on Danger as Mrs. Morrell
Are Husbands Necessary? as Mrs. Westwood

1941

Nice Girl? as Marrtha Peasley
High Sierra as Ma
Paris Calling as Madame Jennetier
Mr. Dynamite as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Let's Make Music as Malvina Adams
At the Stroke of Twelve as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby as Aunt Della
Footlight Fever as Aunt Hattie Drake

1940

The Howards of Virginia as Aunt Clarissa
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Jury Member
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Sarah Lincoln
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Minerva
Mexican Spitfire as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Out West as Aunt Della Lindsay
Saturday's Children as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Slightly Tempted as Ethelreda Knox
Honeymoon Deferred as Sarah Frome

1939

The Roaring Twenties as Mrs. Sherman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglass
The Forgotten Woman as Margaret Burke
Five Came Back as Martha Spengler
The Girl from Mexico as Della Lindsay
Disputed Passage as Mrs. Cunningham
Sorority House as Mrs. Scott
Full Confession as Norah O'Keefe
The Great Man Votes as Phoebe Ainslee
The Man Who Dared as Jessie Carter

1938

Mannequin as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mad About Music
Cowboy from Brooklyn as Mrs. Jordan
Girls on Probation as Kate Heath
My Bill as Aunt Caroline
The Affairs of Annabel as Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Sawyer, Detective as Aunt Sally Phelps

1937

Dead End as Mrs. Connell
Make Way for Tomorrow as Cora Payne
They Won't Forget as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
The Woman I Love as Mme. Herbillion
Mountain Justice as Mrs. Harkins

1936

Craig's Wife as Mrs. Landreth
Don't Gamble with Love as Grace
Theodora Goes Wild as Aunt Mary
Lady of Secrets as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
The Final Hour as Fortune Teller
The King Steps Out as Grand Duchess Sofia

1935

Crime and Punishment as Mrs. Raskolnikov
Guard That Girl as Aunt Catherine

1916

The Mother of Dartmoor as Avesa Pomeroy
The Princess of Happy Chance as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden

1915

Florence Nightingale as Florence Nightingale
Love in a Wood as Rosiland

1914

Beautiful Jim as Nancy Earle
Inquisitive Ike as Dora
The Suicide Club as Zephyrine
Her Luck in London as Nellie Harbourne
Black-Eyed Susan as Black-Eyed Susan
The Idol of Paris as Flare-Flare
The Cup Final Mystery

1913

Bridegrooms Beware! as Bride
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn as Maria Marten
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn as Maria Marten