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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Scaramouche
Character:Isabelle de Valmorin
Release Date:08/05/1952
Crossroads - U.S.A.
Character:Martha Farnum
Release Date:02/02/1952
It's a Big Country
Character:Diner on Train (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1951
Bannerline
Character:Margaret Trimble
Release Date:12/10/1951
In Old Amarillo
Character:Granny Adams
Release Date:15/05/1951
My True Story
Character:Mme. Rousseau
Release Date:08/03/1951
The Milkman
Character:Mrs. Carter
Release Date:17/10/1950
Bunco Squad
Character:Jessica Royce
Release Date:01/09/1950
Hills of Oklahoma
Character:Kate Carney
Release Date:01/06/1950
Sierra
Character:Aunt Susan
Release Date:26/05/1950
The Secret Fury
Character:Dr. R.W. Roberts
Release Date:21/02/1950
Down Dakota Way
Character:Dolly Paxton
Release Date:09/09/1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
Character:Mary Nolan
Release Date:25/12/1948
Sealed Verdict
Character:Mrs. Hockland
Release Date:05/11/1948
Bodyguard
Character:Gene Dysen
Release Date:04/09/1948
The Bride Goes Wild
Character:rs. Carruthers
Release Date:03/03/1948
The Bride Goes Wild
Character:Mrs. Carruthers
Release Date:03/03/1948
High Wall
Character:Mrs. Kenet
Release Date:17/12/1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Character:Mrs. Hills
Release Date:19/11/1947
Life with Father
Character:Mrs. Whitehead
Release Date:13/09/1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Character:Emily Baggett
Release Date:04/08/1947
The Egg and I
Character:Betty's Mother
Release Date:01/05/1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Character:Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Release Date:04/01/1947
Roll on Texas Moon
Character:Cactus Kate Taylor
Release Date:12/09/1946
Lover Come Back
Character:Ma Williams
Release Date:21/06/1946
Lover Come Back
Character:'Ma' Williams
Release Date:21/06/1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Character:Catherine Walsh
Release Date:07/06/1946
They Made Me a Killer
Character:'Ma' Conley
Release Date:03/05/1946
Mama Loves Papa
Character:Jessie Todd
Release Date:08/08/1945
The Unseen
Character:Mrs. Norris
Release Date:12/05/1945
The Fighting Guardsman
Character:Mme. de Montrevel
Release Date:24/04/1945
A Song for Miss Julie
Character:Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Release Date:19/02/1945
Grissly's Millions
Character:Leona Palmor
Release Date:16/01/1945
Blonde Fever
Character:Mrs. Talford
Release Date:05/12/1944
Tall in the Saddle
Character:Miss Elizabeth Martin
Release Date:29/09/1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Character:Helen Corkery
Release Date:22/09/1944
The Canterville Ghost
Character:Mrs. Polverdine
Release Date:20/07/1944
Weird Woman
Character:Dean Grace Gunnison
Release Date:01/03/1944
Higher and Higher
Character:Georgia Keating
Release Date:31/12/1943
Lost Angel
Character:Mrs. Pringle
Release Date:23/12/1943
Never a Dull Moment
Character:Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Release Date:19/11/1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Character:Aunt Della Lindsay
Release Date:14/07/1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1943
Random Harvest
Character:Mrs. Lloyd
Release Date:17/12/1942
Journey for Margaret
Character:Mrs. Bailey
Release Date:17/12/1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Character:Aunt Della Lindsay
Release Date:17/09/1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Character:Aunt Della Lindsay
Release Date:26/06/1942
I Live on Danger
Character:Mrs. Morrell
Release Date:16/06/1942
Are Husbands Necessary?
Character:Mrs. Westwood
Release Date:15/06/1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Character:Mrs. Claiborne
Release Date:26/03/1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Character:Aunt Della Lindsay
Release Date:13/03/1942
The Lady Is Willing
Character:Mrs. Cummings
Release Date:12/02/1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Character:Minerva Sunday
Release Date:05/02/1942
Jail House Blues
Character:Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Release Date:01/02/1942
Paris Calling
Character:Madame Jennetier
Release Date:04/12/1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Character:Aunt Della
Release Date:28/11/1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
Character:Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Release Date:15/11/1941
Footlight Fever
Character:Aunt Hattie Drake
Release Date:21/03/1941
Mr. Dynamite
Character:Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Release Date:01/03/1941
Nice Girl?
Character:Marrtha Peasley
Release Date:21/02/1941
High Sierra
Character:Ma
Release Date:23/01/1941
Let's Make Music
Character:Malvina Adams
Release Date:17/01/1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Character:Aunt Della Lindsay
Release Date:29/10/1940
Slightly Tempted
Character:Ethelreda Knox
Release Date:18/10/1940
The Howards of Virginia
Character:Aunt Clarissa
Release Date:19/09/1940
Saturday's Children
Character:Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Release Date:04/05/1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Character:Minerva
Release Date:15/03/1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character:Sarah Lincoln
Release Date:22/02/1940
Honeymoon Deferred
Character:Sarah Frome
Release Date:16/02/1940
Mexican Spitfire
Character:Aunt Della Lindsay
Release Date:12/01/1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character:Jury Member
Release Date:11/01/1940
The Roaring Twenties
Character:Mrs. Sherman
Release Date:28/10/1939
Disputed Passage
Character:Mrs. Cunningham
Release Date:25/10/1939
Full Confession
Character:Norah O'Keefe
Release Date:08/09/1939
The Forgotten Woman
Character:Margaret Burke
Release Date:07/07/1939
Five Came Back
Character:Martha Spengler
Release Date:23/06/1939
The Man Who Dared
Character:Jessie Carter
Release Date:03/06/1939
The Girl from Mexico
Character:Della Lindsay
Release Date:01/06/1939
Sorority House
Character:Mrs. Scott
Release Date:05/05/1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Character:Widow Douglass
Release Date:10/02/1939
The Great Man Votes
Character:Phoebe Ainslee
Release Date:13/01/1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Character:Aunt Sally Phelps
Release Date:24/12/1938
Girls on Probation
Character:Kate Heath
Release Date:22/10/1938
The Affairs of Annabel
Character:Mrs. Fletcher
Release Date:09/09/1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Character:Mrs. Jordan
Release Date:09/07/1938
My Bill
Character:Aunt Caroline
Release Date:08/07/1938
Mad About Music
Character:
Release Date:27/02/1938
Mannequin
Character:Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Release Date:21/01/1938
Dead End
Character:Mrs. Connell
Release Date:27/08/1937
They Won't Forget
Character:Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Release Date:14/07/1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
Character:Cora Payne
Release Date:09/05/1937
Mountain Justice
Character:Mrs. Harkins
Release Date:24/04/1937
The Woman I Love
Character:Mme. Herbillion
Release Date:15/04/1937
Theodora Goes Wild
Character:Aunt Mary
Release Date:12/11/1936
Craig's Wife
Character:Mrs. Landreth
Release Date:25/09/1936
The Final Hour
Character:Fortune Teller
Release Date:07/07/1936
The King Steps Out
Character:Grand Duchess Sofia
Release Date:27/05/1936
Don't Gamble with Love
Character:Grace
Release Date:28/02/1936
Lady of Secrets
Character:Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Release Date:21/02/1936
Crime and Punishment
Character:Mrs. Raskolnikov
Release Date:22/11/1935
Guard That Girl
Character:Aunt Catherine
Release Date:02/11/1935
The Mother of Dartmoor
Character:Avesa Pomeroy
Release Date:01/10/1916
The Princess of Happy Chance
Character:Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Release Date:01/09/1916
Florence Nightingale
Character:Florence Nightingale
Release Date:05/03/1915
Love in a Wood
Character:Rosiland
Release Date:10/01/1915
The Suicide Club
Character:Zephyrine
Release Date:01/07/1914
The Cup Final Mystery
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1914
Her Luck in London
Character:Nellie Harbourne
Release Date:01/01/1914
Black-Eyed Susan
Character:Black-Eyed Susan
Release Date:01/01/1914
Beautiful Jim
Character:Nancy Earle
Release Date:01/01/1914
Inquisitive Ike
Character:Dora
Release Date:01/01/1914
The Idol of Paris
Character:Flare-Flare
Release Date:01/01/1914
Bridegrooms Beware!
Character:Bride
Release Date:03/11/1913
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
Character:Maria Marten
Release Date:01/01/1913
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