Acting · London, England, UK · Born April 26, 1887
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.
MovieScaramouche
1952
as Isabelle de Valmorin
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
as Martha Farnum
MovieIt's a Big Country
1951
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
MovieBannerline
1951
as Margaret Trimble
MovieIn Old Amarillo
1951
as Granny Adams
MovieMy True Story
1951
as Mme. Rousseau
MovieThe Milkman
1950
as Mrs. Carter
MovieBunco Squad
1950
as Jessica Royce
MovieHills of Oklahoma
1950
as Kate Carney
MovieSierra
1950
as Aunt Susan
MovieThe Secret Fury
1950
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
MovieDown Dakota Way
1949
as Dolly Paxton
MovieEvery Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Mary Nolan
MovieSealed Verdict
1948
as Mrs. Hockland
MovieBodyguard
1948
as Gene Dysen
MovieThe Bride Goes Wild
1948
as rs. Carruthers
MovieHigh Wall
1947
as Mrs. Kenet
MovieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Mrs. Hills
MovieLife with Father
1947
as Mrs. Whitehead
MovieThe Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Emily Baggett
MovieThe Egg and I
1947
as Betty's Mother
MovieThe Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
MovieRoll on Texas Moon
1946
as Cactus Kate Taylor
MovieLover Come Back
1946
as Ma Williams
MovieThe Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Catherine Walsh
MovieThey Made Me a Killer
1946
as 'Ma' Conley
MovieMama Loves Papa
1945
as Jessie Todd
MovieThe Unseen
1945
as Mrs. Norris
MovieThe Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Mme. de Montrevel
MovieA Song for Miss Julie
1945
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
MovieGrissly's Millions
1945
as Leona Palmor
MovieBlonde Fever
1944
as Mrs. Talford
MovieTall in the Saddle
1944
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
MovieIn the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Helen Corkery
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1944
as Mrs. Polverdine
MovieWeird Woman
1944
as Dean Grace Gunnison
MovieHigher and Higher
1943
as Georgia Keating
MovieLost Angel
1943
as Mrs. Pringle
MovieNever a Dull Moment
1943
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
MovieMexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
as Aunt Della Lindsay
MovieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
MovieRandom Harvest
1942
as Mrs. Lloyd
MovieJourney for Margaret
1942
as Mrs. Bailey
MovieMexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
MovieMexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
MovieI Live on Danger
1942
as Mrs. Morrell
MovieAre Husbands Necessary?
1942
as Mrs. Westwood
MovieReap the Wild Wind
1942
as Mrs. Claiborne
MovieMexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
MovieThe Lady Is Willing
1942
as Mrs. Cummings
MovieThe Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Minerva Sunday
MovieJail House Blues
1942
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
MovieParis Calling
1941
as Madame Jennetier
MovieThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Aunt Della
MovieAt the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
MovieFootlight Fever
1941
as Aunt Hattie Drake
MovieMr. Dynamite
1941
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
MovieNice Girl?
1941
as Marrtha Peasley
MovieHigh Sierra
1941
as Ma
MovieLet's Make Music
1941
as Malvina Adams
MovieMexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
MovieSlightly Tempted
1940
as Ethelreda Knox
MovieThe Howards of Virginia
1940
as Aunt Clarissa
MovieSaturday's Children
1940
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
MovieMa, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Minerva
MovieAbe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Sarah Lincoln
MovieHoneymoon Deferred
1940
as Sarah Frome
MovieMexican Spitfire
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
MovieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Jury Member
MovieThe Roaring Twenties
1939
as Mrs. Sherman
MovieDisputed Passage
1939
as Mrs. Cunningham
MovieFull Confession
1939
as Norah O'Keefe
MovieThe Forgotten Woman
1939
as Margaret Burke
MovieFive Came Back
1939
as Martha Spengler
MovieThe Man Who Dared
1939
as Jessie Carter
MovieThe Girl from Mexico
1939
as Della Lindsay
MovieSorority House
1939
as Mrs. Scott
MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Widow Douglass
MovieThe Great Man Votes
1939
as Phoebe Ainslee
MovieTom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Aunt Sally Phelps
MovieGirls on Probation
1938
as Kate Heath
MovieThe Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Mrs. Fletcher
MovieCowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Mrs. Jordan
MovieMy Bill
1938
as Aunt Caroline
MovieMad About Music
1938
MovieMannequin
1938
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
MovieDead End
1937
as Mrs. Connell
MovieThey Won't Forget
1937
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
MovieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Cora Payne
MovieMountain Justice
1937
as Mrs. Harkins
MovieThe Woman I Love
1937
as Mme. Herbillion
MovieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
as Aunt Mary
MovieCraig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Landreth
MovieThe Final Hour
1936
as Fortune Teller
MovieThe King Steps Out
1936
as Grand Duchess Sofia
MovieDon't Gamble with Love
1936
as Grace
MovieLady of Secrets
1936
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
MovieCrime and Punishment
1935
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
MovieGuard That Girl
1935
as Aunt Catherine
MovieThe Mother of Dartmoor
1916
as Avesa Pomeroy
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
MovieFlorence Nightingale
1915
as Florence Nightingale
Love in a Wood
1915
as Rosiland
MovieThe Suicide Club
1914
as Zephyrine
The Cup Final Mystery
1914
Her Luck in London
1914
as Nellie Harbourne
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
as Black-Eyed Susan
Beautiful Jim
1914
as Nancy Earle
Inquisitive Ike
1914
as Dora
The Idol of Paris
1914
as Flare-Flare
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913
as Maria Marten
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
as Bride
MovieMaria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913
as Maria Marten
