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.
Acted in 102
1950s
- 1952
- 1951
It's a Big Country
Diner on Train (uncredited)
Bannerline
Margaret Trimble
In Old Amarillo
Granny Adams
My True Story
Mme. Rousseau
- 1950
The Milkman
Mrs. Carter
Bunco Squad
Jessica Royce
Hills of Oklahoma
Kate Carney
The Secret Fury
Dr. R.W. Roberts
1940s
- 1949
Down Dakota Way
Dolly Paxton
- 1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mary Nolan
Sealed Verdict
Mrs. Hockland
Bodyguard
Gene Dysen
The Bride Goes Wild
Mrs. Carruthers, rs. Carruthers
- 1947
High Wall
Mrs. Kenet
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mrs. Hills
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Emily Baggett
The Egg and I
Betty's Mother
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
- 1946
Roll on Texas Moon
Cactus Kate Taylor
Lover Come Back
Ma Williams, 'Ma' Williams
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Catherine Walsh
- 1945
Mama Loves Papa
Jessie Todd
The Unseen
Mrs. Norris
The Fighting Guardsman
Mme. de Montrevel
A Song for Miss Julie
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Grissly's Millions
Leona Palmor
- 1944
Blonde Fever
Mrs. Talford
In the Meantime, Darling
Helen Corkery
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Polverdine
Weird Woman
Dean Grace Gunnison
- 1943
Higher and Higher
Georgia Keating
Lost Angel
Mrs. Pringle
Never a Dull Moment
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie
- 1942
Journey for Margaret
Mrs. Bailey
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Aunt Della Lindsay
I Live on Danger
Mrs. Morrell
Are Husbands Necessary?
Mrs. Westwood
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Lady Is Willing
Mrs. Cummings
The Man Who Returned to Life
Minerva Sunday
Jail House Blues
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
- 1941
Paris Calling
Madame Jennetier
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Aunt Della
At the Stroke of Twelve
Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Footlight Fever
Aunt Hattie Drake
Nice Girl?
Marrtha Peasley
High Sierra
Ma
Let's Make Music
Malvina Adams
- 1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Aunt Della Lindsay
Slightly Tempted
Ethelreda Knox
The Howards of Virginia
Aunt Clarissa
Saturday's Children
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Minerva
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Sarah Lincoln
Honeymoon Deferred
Sarah Frome
Mexican Spitfire
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Jury Member
1930s
- 1939
Disputed Passage
Mrs. Cunningham
Full Confession
Norah O'Keefe
The Forgotten Woman
Margaret Burke
Five Came Back
Martha Spengler
The Man Who Dared
Jessie Carter
The Girl from Mexico
Della Lindsay
Sorority House
Mrs. Scott
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglass
The Great Man Votes
Phoebe Ainslee
- 1938
Girls on Probation
Kate Heath
The Affairs of Annabel
Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mrs. Jordan
My Bill
Aunt Caroline
Mad About Music
Movie
Mannequin
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1937
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mountain Justice
Mrs. Harkins
The Woman I Love
Mme. Herbillion
- 1936
Theodora Goes Wild
Aunt Mary
Craig's Wife
Mrs. Landreth
The Final Hour
Fortune Teller
The King Steps Out
Grand Duchess Sofia
Don't Gamble with Love
Grace
Lady of Secrets
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
- 1935
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Raskolnikov
Guard That Girl
Aunt Catherine
1910s
- 1916
The Mother of Dartmoor
Avesa Pomeroy
- 1915
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
- 1914
The Suicide Club
Zephyrine
- 1913
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
Maria Marten