Elisabeth Risdon
Acting
Born April 26, 1887, London, England, UK
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
- 1952Crossroads - U.S.A. — Martha Farnum
- 1952Scaramouche — Isabelle de Valmorin
- 1951Bannerline — Margaret Trimble
- 1951In Old Amarillo — Granny Adams
- 1951It's a Big Country — Diner on Train (uncredited)
- 1951My True Story — Mme. Rousseau
- 1950Bunco Squad — Jessica Royce
- 1950Hills of Oklahoma — Kate Carney
- 1950Sierra — Aunt Susan
- 1950The Milkman — Mrs. Carter
- 1950The Secret Fury — Dr. R.W. Roberts
- 1949Down Dakota Way — Dolly Paxton
- 1948Bodyguard — Gene Dysen
- 1948Every Girl Should Be Married — Mary Nolan
- 1948Sealed Verdict — Mrs. Hockland
- 1948The Bride Goes Wild — Mrs. Carruthers
- 1947High Wall — Mrs. Kenet
- 1947Life with Father — Mrs. Whitehead
- 1947Mourning Becomes Electra — Mrs. Hills
- 1947The Egg and I — Betty's Mother
- 1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge — Emily Baggett
- 1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim — Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
- 1946Lover Come Back — Ma Williams, 'Ma' Williams
- 1946Roll on Texas Moon — Cactus Kate Taylor
- 1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down — Catherine Walsh
- 1946They Made Me a Killer — 'Ma' Conley
- 1945A Song for Miss Julie — Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
- 1945Grissly's Millions — Leona Palmor
- 1945Mama Loves Papa — Jessie Todd
- 1945The Fighting Guardsman — Mme. de Montrevel
- 1945The Unseen — Mrs. Norris
- 1944Blonde Fever — Mrs. Talford
- 1944In the Meantime, Darling — Helen Corkery
- 1944Tall in the Saddle — Miss Elizabeth Martin
- 1944The Canterville Ghost — Mrs. Polverdine
- 1944Weird Woman — Dean Grace Gunnison
- 1943Higher and Higher — Georgia Keating
- 1943Lost Angel — Mrs. Pringle
- 1943Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event — Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1943Never a Dull Moment — Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- 1942Are Husbands Necessary? — Mrs. Westwood
- 1942I Live on Danger — Mrs. Morrell
- 1942Jail House Blues — Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
- 1942Journey for Margaret — Mrs. Bailey
- 1942Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost — Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1942Mexican Spitfire at Sea — Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1942Mexican Spitfire's Elephant — Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1942Random Harvest — Mrs. Lloyd
- 1942Reap the Wild Wind — Mrs. Claiborne
- 1942The Lady Is Willing — Mrs. Cummings
- 1942The Man Who Returned to Life — Minerva Sunday
- 1941At the Stroke of Twelve — Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
- 1941Footlight Fever — Aunt Hattie Drake
- 1941High Sierra — Ma
- 1941Let's Make Music — Malvina Adams
- 1941Mr. Dynamite — Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
- 1941Nice Girl? — Marrtha Peasley
- 1941Paris Calling — Madame Jennetier
- 1941The Mexican Spitfire's Baby — Aunt Della
- 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Sarah Lincoln
- 1940Honeymoon Deferred — Sarah Frome
- 1940Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! — Minerva
- 1940Mexican Spitfire — Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1940Mexican Spitfire Out West — Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1940Saturday's Children — Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1940Slightly Tempted — Ethelreda Knox
- 1940The Howards of Virginia — Aunt Clarissa
- 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Jury Member
- 1939Disputed Passage — Mrs. Cunningham
- 1939Five Came Back — Martha Spengler
- 1939Full Confession — Norah O'Keefe
- 1939Sorority House — Mrs. Scott
- 1939The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Widow Douglass
- 1939The Forgotten Woman — Margaret Burke
- 1939The Girl from Mexico — Della Lindsay
- 1939The Great Man Votes — Phoebe Ainslee
- 1939The Man Who Dared — Jessie Carter
- 1939The Roaring Twenties — Mrs. Sherman
- 1938Cowboy from Brooklyn — Mrs. Jordan
- 1938Girls on Probation — Kate Heath
- 1938Mad About Music
- 1938Mannequin — Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1938My Bill — Aunt Caroline
- 1938The Affairs of Annabel — Mrs. Fletcher
- 1938Tom Sawyer, Detective — Aunt Sally Phelps
- 1937Dead End — Mrs. Connell
- 1937Make Way for Tomorrow — Cora Payne
- 1937Mountain Justice — Mrs. Harkins
- 1937The Woman I Love — Mme. Herbillion
- 1937They Won't Forget — Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1936Craig's Wife — Mrs. Landreth
- 1936Don't Gamble with Love — Grace
- 1936Lady of Secrets — Mrs. Emily Whittaker
- 1936The Final Hour — Fortune Teller
- 1936The King Steps Out — Grand Duchess Sofia
- 1936Theodora Goes Wild — Aunt Mary
- 1935Crime and Punishment — Mrs. Raskolnikov
- 1935Guard That Girl — Aunt Catherine
- 1916The Mother of Dartmoor — Avesa Pomeroy
- 1916The Princess of Happy Chance — Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
- 1915Florence Nightingale — Florence Nightingale
- 1915Love in a Wood — Rosiland
- 1914Beautiful Jim — Nancy Earle
- 1914Black-Eyed Susan — Black-Eyed Susan
- 1914Her Luck in London — Nellie Harbourne
- 1914Inquisitive Ike — Dora
- 1914The Cup Final Mystery
- 1914The Idol of Paris — Flare-Flare
- 1914The Suicide Club — Zephyrine
- 1913Bridegrooms Beware! — Bride
- 1913Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn — Maria Marten
- 1913Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn — Maria Marten