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