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Elisabeth Risdon
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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. She was also under contract to the Theatre …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Elisabeth Risdon's Filmography
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Scaramouche
as Isabelle de Valmorin
No Poster
Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Martha Farnum
It's a Big Country
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
Bannerline
as Margaret Trimble
In Old Amarillo
as Granny Adams
My True Story
as Mme. Rousseau
The Milkman
as Mrs. Carter
Bunco Squad
as Jessica Royce
Hills of Oklahoma
as Kate Carney
Sierra
as Aunt Susan
The Secret Fury
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
Down Dakota Way
as Dolly Paxton
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Mary Nolan
Sealed Verdict
as Mrs. Hockland
Bodyguard
as Gene Dysen
The Bride Goes Wild
as rs. Carruthers
The Bride Goes Wild
as Mrs. Carruthers
High Wall
as Mrs. Kenet
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Hills
Life with Father
as Mrs. Whitehead
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Emily Baggett
The Egg and I
as Betty's Mother
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Roll on Texas Moon
as Cactus Kate Taylor
Lover Come Back
as Ma Williams
Lover Come Back
as 'Ma' Williams
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Catherine Walsh
They Made Me a Killer
as 'Ma' Conley
Mama Loves Papa
as Jessie Todd
The Unseen
as Mrs. Norris
The Fighting Guardsman
as Mme. de Montrevel
A Song for Miss Julie
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Grissly's Millions
as Leona Palmor
Blonde Fever
as Mrs. Talford
Tall in the Saddle
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
In the Meantime, Darling
as Helen Corkery
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Polverdine
Weird Woman
as Dean Grace Gunnison
Higher and Higher
as Georgia Keating
Lost Angel
as Mrs. Pringle
Never a Dull Moment
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Aunt Della Lindsay
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Random Harvest
as Mrs. Lloyd
Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Bailey
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Aunt Della Lindsay
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Morrell
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Mrs. Westwood
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Claiborne
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Aunt Della Lindsay
The Lady Is Willing
as Mrs. Cummings
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Minerva Sunday
Jail House Blues
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Paris Calling
as Madame Jennetier
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Aunt Della
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
Footlight Fever
as Aunt Hattie Drake
Mr. Dynamite
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Nice Girl?
as Marrtha Peasley
High Sierra
as Ma
Let's Make Music
as Malvina Adams
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Slightly Tempted
as Ethelreda Knox
The Howards of Virginia
as Aunt Clarissa
Saturday's Children
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Minerva
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Sarah Lincoln
Honeymoon Deferred
as Sarah Frome
Mexican Spitfire
as Aunt Della Lindsay
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Jury Member
The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Sherman
Disputed Passage
as Mrs. Cunningham
Full Confession
as Norah O'Keefe
The Forgotten Woman
as Margaret Burke
Five Came Back
as Martha Spengler
The Man Who Dared
as Jessie Carter
The Girl from Mexico
as Della Lindsay
Sorority House
as Mrs. Scott
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglass
The Great Man Votes
as Phoebe Ainslee
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Sally Phelps
Girls on Probation
as Kate Heath
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Jordan
My Bill
as Aunt Caroline
Mad About Music
Mannequin
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Dead End
as Mrs. Connell
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Cora Payne
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Harkins
The Woman I Love
as Mme. Herbillion
Theodora Goes Wild
as Aunt Mary
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Landreth
The Final Hour
as Fortune Teller
The King Steps Out
as Grand Duchess Sofia
Don't Gamble with Love
as Grace
Lady of Secrets
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Crime and Punishment
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
Guard That Girl
as Aunt Catherine
The Mother of Dartmoor
as Avesa Pomeroy
No Poster
The Princess of Happy Chance
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Florence Nightingale
as Florence Nightingale
No Poster
Love in a Wood
as Rosiland
The Suicide Club
as Zephyrine
No Poster
Beautiful Jim
as Nancy Earle
No Poster
Inquisitive Ike
as Dora
No Poster
Her Luck in London
as Nellie Harbourne
No Poster
Black-Eyed Susan
as Black-Eyed Susan
No Poster
The Idol of Paris
as Flare-Flare
No Poster
The Cup Final Mystery
No Poster
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
as Maria Marten
No Poster
Bridegrooms Beware!
as Bride
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
as Maria Marten