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