Acting
Elisabeth Risdon
EN, XX cinema · 113 credits
Born
26 April 1887
Died
20 December 1958 (aged 71)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Elizabeth Risden · Elizabeth Risdon · Elizabeth Evans
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
Filmography
Scaramouche
as Isabelle de Valmorin
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Martha Farnum
Bannerline
as Margaret Trimble
In Old Amarillo
as Granny Adams
My True Story
as Mme. Rousseau
It's a Big Country
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
as Jessica Royce
The Secret Fury
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
Sierra
as Aunt Susan
Hills of Oklahoma
as Kate Carney
The Milkman
as Mrs. Carter
Down Dakota Way
as Dolly Paxton
Bodyguard
as Gene Dysen
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Mary Nolan
The Bride Goes Wild
as Mrs. Carruthers, as rs. Carruthers
Sealed Verdict
as Mrs. Hockland
High Wall
as Mrs. Kenet
Life with Father
as Mrs. Whitehead
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Hills
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Emily Baggett
The Egg and I
as Betty's Mother
They Made Me a Killer
as 'Ma' Conley
Roll on Texas Moon
as Cactus Kate Taylor
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Catherine Walsh
Lover Come Back
as Ma Williams, as 'Ma' Williams
Mama Loves Papa
as Jessie Todd
The Unseen
as Mrs. Norris
A Song for Miss Julie
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
The Fighting Guardsman
as Mme. de Montrevel
Grissly's Millions
as Leona Palmor
Weird Woman
as Dean Grace Gunnison
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Polverdine
Tall in the Saddle
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
In the Meantime, Darling
as Helen Corkery
Blonde Fever
as Mrs. Talford
Higher and Higher
as Georgia Keating
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Never a Dull Moment
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Lost Angel
as Mrs. Pringle
Random Harvest
as Mrs. Lloyd
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Claiborne
Jail House Blues
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Mrs. Westwood
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Morrell
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Aunt Della Lindsay
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Minerva Sunday
Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Bailey
The Lady Is Willing
as Mrs. Cummings
Mr. Dynamite
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Footlight Fever
as Aunt Hattie Drake
Let's Make Music
as Malvina Adams
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Aunt Della
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Nice Girl?
as Marrtha Peasley
Paris Calling
as Madame Jennetier
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Sarah Lincoln
The Howards of Virginia
as Aunt Clarissa
Mexican Spitfire
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Saturday's Children
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Slightly Tempted
as Ethelreda Knox
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Jury Member
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Minerva
Honeymoon Deferred
as Sarah Frome
The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Sherman
Five Came Back
as Martha Spengler
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglass
The Girl from Mexico
as Della Lindsay
The Great Man Votes
as Phoebe Ainslee
The Forgotten Woman
as Margaret Burke
Full Confession
as Norah O'Keefe
The Man Who Dared
as Jessie Carter
Sorority House
as Mrs. Scott
Disputed Passage
as Mrs. Cunningham
Mannequin
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Girls on Probation
as Kate Heath
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Sally Phelps
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Jordan
My Bill
as Aunt Caroline
Dead End
as Mrs. Connell
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Cora Payne
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Harkins
The Woman I Love
as Mme. Herbillion
The King Steps Out
as Grand Duchess Sofia
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Landreth
Theodora Goes Wild
as Aunt Mary
Lady of Secrets
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
The Final Hour
as Fortune Teller
Crime and Punishment
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
Guard That Girl
as Aunt Catherine
The Mother of Dartmoor
as Avesa Pomeroy
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
The Princess of Happy Chance
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Florence Nightingale
as Florence Nightingale
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
Black-Eyed Susan
as Black-Eyed Susan
Her Luck in London
1914
Her Luck in London
as Nellie Harbourne
Beautiful Jim
1914
Beautiful Jim
as Nancy Earle
The Idol of Paris
1914
The Idol of Paris
as Flare-Flare
The Suicide Club
as Zephyrine
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
as Maria Marten