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