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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 26, 1887
Died
December 20, 1958
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Elizabeth Risden
- Elizabeth Risdon
- Elizabeth Evans
Elisabeth Risdon
0.4 Popularity
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
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Isabelle de Valmorin
Scaramouche
1952
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0.0
Martha Farnum
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
5.3
Diner on Train (uncredited)
It's a Big Country
1951
6.0
Margaret Trimble
Bannerline
1951
6.0
Granny Adams
In Old Amarillo
1951
6.0
Mme. Rousseau
My True Story
1951
8.0
Mrs. Carter
The Milkman
1950
5.9
Jessica Royce
Bunco Squad
1950
0.0
Kate Carney
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
5.3
Aunt Susan
Sierra
1950
Credits
Scaramouche
as Isabelle de Valmorin
1952
7.0
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Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Martha Farnum
1952
0.0
It's a Big Country
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
1951
5.3
Bannerline
as Margaret Trimble
1951
6.0
In Old Amarillo
as Granny Adams
1951
6.0
My True Story
as Mme. Rousseau
1951
6.0
The Milkman
as Mrs. Carter
1950
8.0
Bunco Squad
as Jessica Royce
1950
5.9
Hills of Oklahoma
as Kate Carney
1950
0.0
Sierra
as Aunt Susan
1950
5.3
The Secret Fury
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
1950
5.4
Down Dakota Way
as Dolly Paxton
1949
7.0
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Mary Nolan
1948
6.1
Sealed Verdict
as Mrs. Hockland
1948
5.5
Bodyguard
as Gene Dysen
1948
6.0
The Bride Goes Wild
as rs. Carruthers
1948
6.2
The Bride Goes Wild
as Mrs. Carruthers
1948
6.2
High Wall
as Mrs. Kenet
1947
6.3
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Hills
1947
6.0
Life with Father
as Mrs. Whitehead
1947
6.7
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Emily Baggett
1947
6.6
The Egg and I
as Betty's Mother
1947
7.0
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
1947
8.5
Roll on Texas Moon
as Cactus Kate Taylor
1946
6.0
Lover Come Back
as Ma Williams
1946
6.2
Lover Come Back
as 'Ma' Williams
1946
6.2
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Catherine Walsh
1946
5.9
They Made Me a Killer
as 'Ma' Conley
1946
5.4
Mama Loves Papa
as Jessie Todd
1945
0.0
The Unseen
as Mrs. Norris
1945
4.6
The Fighting Guardsman
as Mme. de Montrevel
1945
7.0
A Song for Miss Julie
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
1945
1.0
Grissly's Millions
as Leona Palmor
1945
6.0
Blonde Fever
as Mrs. Talford
1944
3.9
Tall in the Saddle
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
1944
6.5
In the Meantime, Darling
as Helen Corkery
1944
5.7
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Polverdine
1944
6.7
Weird Woman
as Dean Grace Gunnison
1944
6.0
Higher and Higher
as Georgia Keating
1943
6.0
Lost Angel
as Mrs. Pringle
1943
7.5
Never a Dull Moment
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
1943
6.0
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1943
5.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.7
Random Harvest
as Mrs. Lloyd
1942
7.3
Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Bailey
1942
6.3
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
5.2
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
4.4
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Morrell
1942
5.7
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Mrs. Westwood
1942
0.0
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Claiborne
1942
6.4
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
3.0
The Lady Is Willing
as Mrs. Cummings
1942
6.4
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Minerva Sunday
1942
6.0
Jail House Blues
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
1942
0.0
Paris Calling
as Madame Jennetier
1941
5.4
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Aunt Della
1941
4.1
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
1941
5.0
Footlight Fever
as Aunt Hattie Drake
1941
6.0
Mr. Dynamite
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
1941
0.0
Nice Girl?
as Marrtha Peasley
1941
5.3
High Sierra
as Ma
1941
7.0
Let's Make Music
as Malvina Adams
1941
5.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1940
4.6
Slightly Tempted
as Ethelreda Knox
1940
0.0
The Howards of Virginia
as Aunt Clarissa
1940
6.5
Saturday's Children
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1940
6.3
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Minerva
1940
6.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Sarah Lincoln
1940
6.8
Honeymoon Deferred
as Sarah Frome
1940
6.0
Mexican Spitfire
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1940
4.6
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Jury Member
1940
4.0
The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Sherman
1939
7.5
Disputed Passage
as Mrs. Cunningham
1939
5.5
Full Confession
as Norah O'Keefe
1939
4.7
The Forgotten Woman
as Margaret Burke
1939
0.0
Five Came Back
as Martha Spengler
1939
6.2
The Man Who Dared
as Jessie Carter
1939
5.0
The Girl from Mexico
as Della Lindsay
1939
4.2
Sorority House
as Mrs. Scott
1939
6.8
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglass
1939
6.6
The Great Man Votes
as Phoebe Ainslee
1939
6.1
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Sally Phelps
1938
5.2
Girls on Probation
as Kate Heath
1938
5.9
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Fletcher
1938
4.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Jordan
1938
4.0
My Bill
as Aunt Caroline
1938
6.2
Mad About Music
1938
6.9
Mannequin
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1938
5.9
Dead End
as Mrs. Connell
1937
7.0
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1937
5.6
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Cora Payne
1937
7.5
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Harkins
1937
5.5
The Woman I Love
as Mme. Herbillion
1937
0.0
Theodora Goes Wild
as Aunt Mary
1936
6.5
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Landreth
1936
6.3
The Final Hour
as Fortune Teller
1936
6.0
The King Steps Out
as Grand Duchess Sofia
1936
5.9
Don't Gamble with Love
as Grace
1936
0.0
Lady of Secrets
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
1936
6.0
Crime and Punishment
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
1935
6.3
Guard That Girl
as Aunt Catherine
1935
4.0
The Mother of Dartmoor
as Avesa Pomeroy
1916
0.0
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The Princess of Happy Chance
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
1916
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Florence Nightingale
as Florence Nightingale
1915
0.0
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Love in a Wood
as Rosiland
1915
0.0
The Suicide Club
as Zephyrine
1914
0.0
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Black-Eyed Susan
as Black-Eyed Susan
1914
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Beautiful Jim
as Nancy Earle
1914
0.0
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Her Luck in London
as Nellie Harbourne
1914
0.0
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The Cup Final Mystery
1914
0.0
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Inquisitive Ike
as Dora
1914
0.0
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The Idol of Paris
as Flare-Flare
1914
0.0
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Bridegrooms Beware!
as Bride
1913
0.0
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
as Maria Marten
1913
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