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)
- 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
- Hills of Oklahoma as Kate Carney
- Bunco Squad as Jessica Royce
1949
- Down Dakota Way as Dolly Paxton
1948
- Bodyguard as Gene Dysen
- Every Girl Should Be Married as Mary Nolan
- Sealed Verdict as Mrs. Hockland
- The Bride Goes Wild as rs. Carruthers
1947
- Life with Father as Mrs. Whitehead
- High Wall as Mrs. Kenet
- The Egg and I as Betty's Mother
- Mourning Becomes Electra as Mrs. Hills
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Emily Baggett
- 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
- Lover Come Back as Ma Williams
- They Made Me a Killer as 'Ma' Conley
1945
- Mama Loves Papa as Jessie Todd
- Grissly's Millions as Leona Palmor
- The Unseen as Mrs. Norris
- A Song for Miss Julie as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
- The Fighting Guardsman as Mme. de Montrevel
1944
- Tall in the Saddle as Miss Elizabeth Martin
- The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Polverdine
- Blonde Fever as Mrs. Talford
- Weird Woman as Dean Grace Gunnison
- In the Meantime, Darling as Helen Corkery
1943
- Never a Dull Moment as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- Higher and Higher as Georgia Keating
- Lost Angel as Mrs. Pringle
- Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event as Aunt Della Lindsay
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
- I Live on Danger as Mrs. Morrell
- Are Husbands Necessary? as Mrs. Westwood
- Journey for Margaret as Mrs. Bailey
- Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Aunt Della Lindsay
- Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost as Aunt Della Lindsay
1941
- High Sierra as Ma
- Nice Girl? as Marrtha Peasley
- Paris Calling as Madame Jennetier
- 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
- Mr. Dynamite as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
- Footlight Fever as Aunt Hattie Drake
1940
- The Howards of Virginia as Aunt Clarissa
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Sarah Lincoln
- Saturday's Children as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Jury Member
- Mexican Spitfire Out West as Aunt Della Lindsay
- Mexican Spitfire as Aunt Della Lindsay
- Slightly Tempted as Ethelreda Knox
- Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Minerva
- Honeymoon Deferred as Sarah Frome
1939
- The Roaring Twenties as Mrs. Sherman
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglass
- Five Came Back as Martha Spengler
- Full Confession as Norah O'Keefe
- The Great Man Votes as Phoebe Ainslee
- Sorority House as Mrs. Scott
- Disputed Passage as Mrs. Cunningham
- The Forgotten Woman as Margaret Burke
- The Man Who Dared as Jessie Carter
- The Girl from Mexico as Della Lindsay
1938
- Mannequin as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- The Affairs of Annabel as Mrs. Fletcher
- Cowboy from Brooklyn as Mrs. Jordan
- Mad About Music
- Girls on Probation as Kate Heath
- Tom Sawyer, Detective as Aunt Sally Phelps
- My Bill as Aunt Caroline
1937
- Dead End as Mrs. Connell
- Make Way for Tomorrow as Cora Payne
- Mountain Justice as Mrs. Harkins
- They Won't Forget as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- The Woman I Love as Mme. Herbillion
1936
- Craig's Wife as Mrs. Landreth
- Theodora Goes Wild as Aunt Mary
- Don't Gamble with Love as Grace
- The Final Hour as Fortune Teller
- The King Steps Out as Grand Duchess Sofia
- Lady of Secrets as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
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
- Black-Eyed Susan as Black-Eyed Susan
- Her Luck in London as Nellie Harbourne
- The Suicide Club as Zephyrine
- The Idol of Paris as Flare-Flare
- The Cup Final Mystery
1913
- Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn as Maria Marten
- Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn as Maria Marten
- Bridegrooms Beware! as Bride