Elisabeth Risdon
Acting • Born 1887-04-26 – Died 1958-12-20
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
115 credits
Random Harvest
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Lloyd
Mannequin
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
High Wall
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Kenet
High Sierra
Movie • 1941
Ma
Dead End
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Connell
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie • 1937
Cora Payne
Life with Father
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Whitehead
Mama Loves Papa
Movie • 1945
Jessie Todd
They Made Me a Killer
Movie • 1946
'Ma' Conley
Higher and Higher
Movie • 1943
Georgia Keating
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Sarah Lincoln
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Sherman
Bodyguard
Movie • 1948
Gene Dysen
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Raskolnikov
The Unseen
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Norris
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Claiborne
Bunco Squad
Movie • 1950
Jessica Royce
Weird Woman
Movie • 1944
Dean Grace Gunnison
Five Came Back
Movie • 1939
Martha Spengler
They Won't Forget
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Polverdine
The Howards of Virginia
Movie • 1940
Aunt Clarissa
Mr. Dynamite
Movie • 1941
Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Roll on Texas Moon
Movie • 1946
Cactus Kate Taylor
The Secret Fury
Movie • 1950
Dr. R.W. Roberts
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1939
Widow Douglass
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Movie • 1946
Catherine Walsh
Sierra
Movie • 1950
Aunt Susan
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Mexican Spitfire
Movie • 1940
Aunt Della Lindsay
Jail House Blues
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
Movie • 1913
Maria Marten
The Cup Final Mystery
Movie • 1914
Bridegrooms Beware!
Movie • 1913
Bride
Inquisitive Ike
Movie • 1914
Dora
Black-Eyed Susan
Movie • 1914
Black-Eyed Susan
Her Luck in London
Movie • 1914
Nellie Harbourne
Beautiful Jim
Movie • 1914
Nancy Earle
The Idol of Paris
Movie • 1914
Flare-Flare
Saturday's Children
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Footlight Fever
Movie • 1941
Aunt Hattie Drake
Let's Make Music
Movie • 1941
Malvina Adams
The King Steps Out
Movie • 1936
Grand Duchess Sofia
Hills of Oklahoma
Movie • 1950
Kate Carney
Girls on Probation
Movie • 1938
Kate Heath
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Movie • 1942
Aunt Della Lindsay
Bannerline
Movie • 1951
Margaret Trimble
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1946
Ma Williams
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Movie • 1941
Aunt Della
A Song for Miss Julie
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Are Husbands Necessary?
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Westwood
Mountain Justice
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Harkins
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Movie • 1938
Aunt Sally Phelps
I Live on Danger
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Morrell
The Woman I Love
Movie • 1937
Mme. Herbillion
The Girl from Mexico
Movie • 1939
Della Lindsay
Guard That Girl
Movie • 1935
Aunt Catherine
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Movie • 1942
Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie • 1940
Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Movie • 1942
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Great Man Votes
Movie • 1939
Phoebe Ainslee
The Affairs of Annabel
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Jordan
The Forgotten Woman
Movie • 1939
Margaret Burke
Full Confession
Movie • 1939
Norah O'Keefe
Craig's Wife
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Landreth
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie • 1936
Aunt Mary
Scaramouche
Movie • 1952
Isabelle de Valmorin
Slightly Tempted
Movie • 1940
Ethelreda Knox
The Man Who Dared
Movie • 1939
Jessie Carter
Sorority House
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Scott
Crossroads - U.S.A.
Movie • 1952
Martha Farnum
My Bill
Movie • 1938
Aunt Caroline
Florence Nightingale
Movie • 1915
Florence Nightingale
The Man Who Returned to Life
Movie • 1942
Minerva Sunday
The Fighting Guardsman
Movie • 1945
Mme. de Montrevel
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie • 1940
Jury Member
Tall in the Saddle
Movie • 1944
Miss Elizabeth Martin
Every Girl Should Be Married
Movie • 1948
Mary Nolan
In the Meantime, Darling
Movie • 1944
Helen Corkery
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Movie • 1943
Aunt Della Lindsay
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Hills
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Movie • 1940
Minerva
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Grissly's Millions
Movie • 1945
Leona Palmor
Love in a Wood
Movie • 1915
Rosiland
The Bride Goes Wild
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Carruthers
The Bride Goes Wild
Movie • 1948
rs. Carruthers
Journey for Margaret
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Bailey
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie • 1941
Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Nice Girl?
Movie • 1941
Marrtha Peasley
Blonde Fever
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Talford
Down Dakota Way
Movie • 1949
Dolly Paxton
In Old Amarillo
Movie • 1951
Granny Adams
Don't Gamble with Love
Movie • 1936
Grace
My True Story
Movie • 1951
Mme. Rousseau
Disputed Passage
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Cunningham
Lost Angel
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Pringle
The Mother of Dartmoor
Movie • 1916
Avesa Pomeroy
Honeymoon Deferred
Movie • 1940
Sarah Frome
The Milkman
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Carter
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie • 1947
Emily Baggett
Paris Calling
Movie • 1941
Madame Jennetier
The Egg and I
Movie • 1947
Betty's Mother
Sealed Verdict
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Hockland
The Suicide Club
Movie • 1914
Zephyrine
Lady of Secrets
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
The Lady Is Willing
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Cummings
The Final Hour
Movie • 1936
Fortune Teller
It's a Big Country
Movie • 1951
Diner on Train (uncredited)
Mad About Music
Movie • 1938
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1946
'Ma' Williams
The Princess of Happy Chance
Movie • 1916
Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
Movie • 1913
Maria Marten