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