Elisabeth Risdon

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.

Known For

Dead End

Scaramouche

Life with Father

High Sierra

The Roaring Twenties

Make Way for Tomorrow

Reap the Wild Wind

Tall in the Saddle

All Movies (115)

• Scaramouche1952 · as Isabelle de Valmorin
• Crossroads - U.S.A.1952 · as Martha Farnum
• It's a Big Country1951 · as Diner on Train (uncredited)
• Bannerline1951 · as Margaret Trimble
• In Old Amarillo1951 · as Granny Adams
• My True Story1951 · as Mme. Rousseau
• The Milkman1950 · as Mrs. Carter
• Bunco Squad1950 · as Jessica Royce
• Hills of Oklahoma1950 · as Kate Carney
• Sierra1950 · as Aunt Susan
• The Secret Fury1950 · as Dr. R.W. Roberts
• Down Dakota Way1949 · as Dolly Paxton
• Every Girl Should Be Married1948 · as Mary Nolan
• Sealed Verdict1948 · as Mrs. Hockland
• Bodyguard1948 · as Gene Dysen
• The Bride Goes Wild1948 · as rs. Carruthers
• The Bride Goes Wild1948 · as Mrs. Carruthers
• High Wall1947 · as Mrs. Kenet
• Mourning Becomes Electra1947 · as Mrs. Hills
• Life with Father1947 · as Mrs. Whitehead
• The Romance of Rosy Ridge1947 · as Emily Baggett
• The Egg and I1947 · as Betty's Mother
• The Shocking Miss Pilgrim1947 · as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
• Roll on Texas Moon1946 · as Cactus Kate Taylor
• Lover Come Back1946 · as Ma Williams
• Lover Come Back1946 · as 'Ma' Williams
• The Walls Came Tumbling Down1946 · as Catherine Walsh
• They Made Me a Killer1946 · as 'Ma' Conley
• Mama Loves Papa1945 · as Jessie Todd
• The Unseen1945 · as Mrs. Norris
• The Fighting Guardsman1945 · as Mme. de Montrevel
• A Song for Miss Julie1945 · as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
• Grissly's Millions1945 · as Leona Palmor
• Blonde Fever1944 · as Mrs. Talford
• Tall in the Saddle1944 · as Miss Elizabeth Martin
• In the Meantime, Darling1944 · as Helen Corkery
• The Canterville Ghost1944 · as Mrs. Polverdine
• Weird Woman1944 · as Dean Grace Gunnison
• Higher and Higher1943 · as Georgia Keating
• Lost Angel1943 · as Mrs. Pringle
• Never a Dull Moment1943 · as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
• Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event1943 · as Aunt Della Lindsay
• The Amazing Mrs. Holliday1943
• Random Harvest1942 · as Mrs. Lloyd
• Journey for Margaret1942 · as Mrs. Bailey
• Mexican Spitfire's Elephant1942 · as Aunt Della Lindsay
• Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost1942 · as Aunt Della Lindsay
• I Live on Danger1942 · as Mrs. Morrell
• Are Husbands Necessary?1942 · as Mrs. Westwood
• Reap the Wild Wind1942 · as Mrs. Claiborne
• Mexican Spitfire at Sea1942 · as Aunt Della Lindsay
• The Lady Is Willing1942 · as Mrs. Cummings
• The Man Who Returned to Life1942 · as Minerva Sunday
• Jail House Blues1942 · as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
• Paris Calling1941 · as Madame Jennetier
• The Mexican Spitfire's Baby1941 · as Aunt Della
• At the Stroke of Twelve1941 · as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
• Footlight Fever1941 · as Aunt Hattie Drake
• Mr. Dynamite1941 · as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
• Nice Girl?1941 · as Marrtha Peasley
• High Sierra1941 · as Ma
• Let's Make Music1941 · as Malvina Adams
• Mexican Spitfire Out West1940 · as Aunt Della Lindsay
• Slightly Tempted1940 · as Ethelreda Knox
• The Howards of Virginia1940 · as Aunt Clarissa
• Saturday's Children1940 · as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
• Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!1940 · as Minerva
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940 · as Sarah Lincoln
• Honeymoon Deferred1940 · as Sarah Frome
• Mexican Spitfire1940 · as Aunt Della Lindsay
• The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1940 · as Jury Member
• The Roaring Twenties1939 · as Mrs. Sherman
• Disputed Passage1939 · as Mrs. Cunningham
• Full Confession1939 · as Norah O'Keefe
• The Forgotten Woman1939 · as Margaret Burke
• Five Came Back1939 · as Martha Spengler
• The Man Who Dared1939 · as Jessie Carter
• The Girl from Mexico1939 · as Della Lindsay
• Sorority House1939 · as Mrs. Scott
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1939 · as Widow Douglass
• The Great Man Votes1939 · as Phoebe Ainslee
• Tom Sawyer, Detective1938 · as Aunt Sally Phelps
• Girls on Probation1938 · as Kate Heath
• The Affairs of Annabel1938 · as Mrs. Fletcher
• Cowboy from Brooklyn1938 · as Mrs. Jordan
• My Bill1938 · as Aunt Caroline
• Mad About Music1938
• Mannequin1938 · as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
• Dead End1937 · as Mrs. Connell
• They Won't Forget1937 · as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
• Make Way for Tomorrow1937 · as Cora Payne
• Mountain Justice1937 · as Mrs. Harkins
• The Woman I Love1937 · as Mme. Herbillion
• Theodora Goes Wild1936 · as Aunt Mary
• Craig's Wife1936 · as Mrs. Landreth
• The Final Hour1936 · as Fortune Teller
• The King Steps Out1936 · as Grand Duchess Sofia
• Don't Gamble with Love1936 · as Grace
• Lady of Secrets1936 · as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
• Crime and Punishment1935 · as Mrs. Raskolnikov
• Guard That Girl1935 · as Aunt Catherine
• The Mother of Dartmoor1916 · as Avesa Pomeroy
• The Princess of Happy Chance1916 · as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
• Florence Nightingale1915 · as Florence Nightingale
• Love in a Wood1915 · as Rosiland
• The Suicide Club1914 · as Zephyrine
• The Cup Final Mystery1914
• Her Luck in London1914 · as Nellie Harbourne
• Black-Eyed Susan1914 · as Black-Eyed Susan
• Beautiful Jim1914 · as Nancy Earle
• Inquisitive Ike1914 · as Dora
• The Idol of Paris1914 · as Flare-Flare
• Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn1913 · as Maria Marten
• Bridegrooms Beware!1913 · as Bride
• Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn1913 · as Maria Marten