Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

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: Acting

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

Died: 1958-12-20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1913	Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn	Maria Marten	0
2	1913	Bridegrooms Beware!	Bride	0
3	1914	The Cup Final Mystery		0
4	1914	Inquisitive Ike	Dora	0
5	1914	Black-Eyed Susan	Black-Eyed Susan	0
6	1914	Her Luck in London	Nellie Harbourne	0
7	1914	Beautiful Jim	Nancy Earle	0
8	1914	The Idol of Paris	Flare-Flare	0
9	1914	The Suicide Club	Zephyrine	0
10	1915	Love in a Wood	Rosiland	0
11	1915	Florence Nightingale	Florence Nightingale	0
12	1916	The Princess of Happy Chance	Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden	0
13	1916	The Mother of Dartmoor	Avesa Pomeroy	0
14	1935	Guard That Girl	Aunt Catherine	40
15	1935	Crime and Punishment	Mrs. Raskolnikov	65
16	1936	Lady of Secrets	Mrs. Emily Whittaker	60
17	1936	Don't Gamble with Love	Grace	0
18	1936	The King Steps Out	Grand Duchess Sofia	59
19	1936	The Final Hour	Fortune Teller	60
20	1936	Craig's Wife	Mrs. Landreth	63
21	1936	Theodora Goes Wild	Aunt Mary	65
22	1937	The Woman I Love	Mme. Herbillion	0
23	1937	Mountain Justice	Mrs. Harkins	55
24	1937	Make Way for Tomorrow	Cora Payne	75
25	1937	They Won't Forget	Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)	57
26	1937	Dead End	Mrs. Connell	70
27	1938	Mannequin	Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)	59
28	1938	Mad About Music		69
29	1938	My Bill	Aunt Caroline	62
30	1938	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Mrs. Jordan	40
31	1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Mrs. Fletcher	40
32	1938	Girls on Probation	Kate Heath	59
33	1938	Tom Sawyer, Detective	Aunt Sally Phelps	52
34	1939	The Great Man Votes	Phoebe Ainslee	61
35	1939	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Widow Douglass	65
36	1939	Sorority House	Mrs. Scott	68
37	1939	The Girl from Mexico	Della Lindsay	42
38	1939	The Man Who Dared	Jessie Carter	50
39	1939	Five Came Back	Martha Spengler	62
40	1939	The Forgotten Woman	Margaret Burke	0
41	1939	Full Confession	Norah O'Keefe	47
42	1939	Disputed Passage	Mrs. Cunningham	55
43	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Mrs. Sherman	75
44	1940	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	Jury Member	40
45	1940	Mexican Spitfire	Aunt Della Lindsay	46
46	1940	Honeymoon Deferred	Sarah Frome	60
47	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Sarah Lincoln	70
48	1940	Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!	Minerva	60
49	1940	Saturday's Children	Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)	64
50	1940	The Howards of Virginia	Aunt Clarissa	65
51	1940	Slightly Tempted	Ethelreda Knox	0
52	1940	Mexican Spitfire Out West	Aunt Della Lindsay	46
53	1941	Let's Make Music	Malvina Adams	56
54	1941	High Sierra	Ma	71
55	1941	Nice Girl?	Marrtha Peasley	53
56	1941	Mr. Dynamite	Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")	0
57	1941	Footlight Fever	Aunt Hattie Drake	60
58	1941	At the Stroke of Twelve	Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll	50
59	1941	The Mexican Spitfire's Baby	Aunt Della	43
60	1941	Paris Calling	Madame Jennetier	54
61	1942	Jail House Blues	Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann	0
62	1942	The Man Who Returned to Life	Minerva Sunday	60
63	1942	The Lady Is Willing	Mrs. Cummings	66
64	1942	Mexican Spitfire at Sea	Aunt Della Lindsay	30
65	1942	Reap the Wild Wind	Mrs. Claiborne	64
66	1942	Are Husbands Necessary?	Mrs. Westwood	0
67	1942	I Live on Danger	Mrs. Morrell	57
68	1942	Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost	Aunt Della Lindsay	44
69	1942	Mexican Spitfire's Elephant	Aunt Della Lindsay	52
70	1942	Random Harvest	Mrs. Lloyd	73
71	1942	Journey for Margaret	Mrs. Bailey	66
72	1943	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday		64
73	1943	Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event	Aunt Della Lindsay	57
74	1943	Never a Dull Moment	Mrs. Schuyler Manning III	60
75	1943	Lost Angel	Mrs. Pringle	75
76	1943	Higher and Higher	Georgia Keating	60
77	1944	Weird Woman	Dean Grace Gunnison	60
78	1944	The Canterville Ghost	Mrs. Polverdine	67
79	1944	In the Meantime, Darling	Helen Corkery	50
80	1944	Tall in the Saddle	Miss Elizabeth Martin	65
81	1944	Blonde Fever	Mrs. Talford	44
82	1945	Grissly's Millions	Leona Palmor	60
83	1945	A Song for Miss Julie	Mrs. Ambrose Charteris	10
84	1945	The Fighting Guardsman	Mme. de Montrevel	70
85	1945	The Unseen	Mrs. Norris	45
86	1945	Mama Loves Papa	Jessie Todd	0
87	1946	They Made Me a Killer	'Ma' Conley	56
88	1946	The Walls Came Tumbling Down	Catherine Walsh	59
89	1946	Lover Come Back	Ma Williams	62
90	1946	Lover Come Back	'Ma' Williams	62
91	1946	Roll on Texas Moon	Cactus Kate Taylor	60
92	1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Mrs. Amanda Pritchard	85
93	1947	The Egg and I	Betty's Mother	70
94	1947	The Romance of Rosy Ridge	Emily Baggett	66
95	1947	Life with Father	Mrs. Whitehead	66
96	1947	Mourning Becomes Electra	Mrs. Hills	63
97	1947	High Wall	Mrs. Kenet	62
98	1948	The Bride Goes Wild	Mrs. Carruthers	60
99	1948	The Bride Goes Wild	rs. Carruthers	60
100	1948	Bodyguard	Gene Dysen	60
101	1948	Sealed Verdict	Mrs. Hockland	55
102	1948	Every Girl Should Be Married	Mary Nolan	63
103	1949	Down Dakota Way	Dolly Paxton	70
104	1950	The Secret Fury	Dr. R.W. Roberts	54
105	1950	Sierra	Aunt Susan	53
106	1950	Hills of Oklahoma	Kate Carney	0
107	1950	Bunco Squad	Jessica Royce	59
108	1950	The Milkman	Mrs. Carter	80
109	1951	My True Story	Mme. Rousseau	60
110	1951	In Old Amarillo	Granny Adams	60
111	1951	Bannerline	Margaret Trimble	60
112	1951	It's a Big Country	Diner on Train (uncredited)	53
113	1952	Crossroads - U.S.A.	Martha Farnum	0
114	1952	Scaramouche	Isabelle de Valmorin	71

Elisabeth Risdon

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