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Elisabeth Risdon
Actor

Elisabeth Risdon

26 Apr 1887Born
20 Dec 1958Died
71Age at death
113Credits

Biography

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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.

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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

The 80 most recent of 113 credits.

  1. 1952ScaramoucheFilm: Isabelle de Valmorin
  2. 1952Crossroads - U.S.A.Film: Martha Farnum
  3. 1951It's a Big CountryFilm: Diner on Train (uncredited)
  4. 1951BannerlineFilm: Margaret Trimble
  5. 1951In Old AmarilloFilm: Granny Adams
  6. 1951My True StoryFilm: Mme. Rousseau
  7. 1950The MilkmanFilm: Mrs. Carter
  8. 1950Bunco SquadFilm: Jessica Royce
  9. 1950Hills of OklahomaFilm: Kate Carney
  10. 1950SierraFilm: Aunt Susan
  11. 1950The Secret FuryFilm: Dr. R.W. Roberts
  12. 1949Down Dakota WayFilm: Dolly Paxton
  13. 1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedFilm: Mary Nolan
  14. 1948Sealed VerdictFilm: Mrs. Hockland
  15. 1948BodyguardFilm: Gene Dysen
  16. 1948The Bride Goes WildFilm: Mrs. Carruthers
  17. 1947High WallFilm: Mrs. Kenet
  18. 1947Mourning Becomes ElectraFilm: Mrs. Hills
  19. 1947Life with FatherFilm: Mrs. Whitehead
  20. 1947The Romance of Rosy RidgeFilm: Emily Baggett
  21. 1947The Egg and IFilm: Betty's Mother
  22. 1947The Shocking Miss PilgrimFilm: Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
  23. 1946Roll on Texas MoonFilm: Cactus Kate Taylor
  24. 1946Lover Come BackFilm: Ma Williams, 'Ma' Williams
  25. 1946The Walls Came Tumbling DownFilm: Catherine Walsh
  26. 1946They Made Me a KillerFilm: 'Ma' Conley
  27. 1945Mama Loves PapaFilm: Jessie Todd
  28. 1945The UnseenFilm: Mrs. Norris
  29. 1945The Fighting GuardsmanFilm: Mme. de Montrevel
  30. 1945A Song for Miss JulieFilm: Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
  31. 1945Grissly's MillionsFilm: Leona Palmor
  32. 1944Blonde FeverFilm: Mrs. Talford
  33. 1944Tall in the SaddleFilm: Miss Elizabeth Martin
  34. 1944In the Meantime, DarlingFilm: Helen Corkery
  35. 1944The Canterville GhostFilm: Mrs. Polverdine
  36. 1944Weird WomanFilm: Dean Grace Gunnison
  37. 1943Higher and HigherFilm: Georgia Keating
  38. 1943Lost AngelFilm: Mrs. Pringle
  39. 1943Never a Dull MomentFilm: Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
  40. 1943Mexican Spitfire's Blessed EventFilm: Aunt Della Lindsay
  41. 1943The Amazing Mrs. HollidayFilm
  42. 1942Random HarvestFilm: Mrs. Lloyd
  43. 1942Journey for MargaretFilm: Mrs. Bailey
  44. 1942Mexican Spitfire's ElephantFilm: Aunt Della Lindsay
  45. 1942Mexican Spitfire Sees a GhostFilm: Aunt Della Lindsay
  46. 1942I Live on DangerFilm: Mrs. Morrell
  47. 1942Are Husbands Necessary?Film: Mrs. Westwood
  48. 1942Reap the Wild WindFilm: Mrs. Claiborne
  49. 1942Mexican Spitfire at SeaFilm: Aunt Della Lindsay
  50. 1942The Lady Is WillingFilm: Mrs. Cummings
  51. 1942The Man Who Returned to LifeFilm: Minerva Sunday
  52. 1942Jail House BluesFilm: Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
  53. 1941Paris CallingFilm: Madame Jennetier
  54. 1941The Mexican Spitfire's BabyFilm: Aunt Della
  55. 1941At the Stroke of TwelveFilm: Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
  56. 1941Footlight FeverFilm: Aunt Hattie Drake
  57. 1941Mr. DynamiteFilm: Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
  58. 1941Nice Girl?Film: Marrtha Peasley
  59. 1941High SierraFilm: Ma
  60. 1941Let's Make MusicFilm: Malvina Adams
  61. 1940Mexican Spitfire Out WestFilm: Aunt Della Lindsay
  62. 1940Slightly TemptedFilm: Ethelreda Knox
  63. 1940The Howards of VirginiaFilm: Aunt Clarissa
  64. 1940Saturday's ChildrenFilm: Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
  65. 1940Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!Film: Minerva
  66. 1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisFilm: Sarah Lincoln
  67. 1940Honeymoon DeferredFilm: Sarah Frome
  68. 1940Mexican SpitfireFilm: Aunt Della Lindsay
  69. 1940The Man Who Wouldn't TalkFilm: Jury Member
  70. 1939The Roaring TwentiesFilm: Mrs. Sherman
  71. 1939Disputed PassageFilm: Mrs. Cunningham
  72. 1939Full ConfessionFilm: Norah O'Keefe
  73. 1939The Forgotten WomanFilm: Margaret Burke
  74. 1939Five Came BackFilm: Martha Spengler
  75. 1939The Man Who DaredFilm: Jessie Carter
  76. 1939The Girl from MexicoFilm: Della Lindsay
  77. 1939Sorority HouseFilm: Mrs. Scott
  78. 1939The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnFilm: Widow Douglass
  79. 1939The Great Man VotesFilm: Phoebe Ainslee
  80. 1938Tom Sawyer, DetectiveFilm: Aunt Sally Phelps

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