Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Elisabeth Risdon

  • Birthday:

    1887-04-26

  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.2515
  • Also Known As

    Elizabeth Risden

    Elizabeth Risdon

    Elizabeth Evans

Elisabeth Risdon

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.

Top Movie Cast

Random Harvest
Random Harvesttrue- Mrs. Lloyd

1942-12-17

7.3
Mannequin
Mannequintrue- Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1938-01-21

6.0
High Wall
High Walltrue- Mrs. Kenet

1947-12-17

6.2
High Sierra
High Sierratrue- Ma

1941-01-23

7.1
Dead End
Dead Endtrue- Mrs. Connell

1937-08-27

7.0
Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrowtrue- Cora Payne

1937-05-09

7.5
Life with Father
Life with Fathertrue- Mrs. Whitehead

1947-09-13

6.5
Mama Loves Papa
Mama Loves Papatrue- Jessie Todd

1945-08-08

0.0
They Made Me a Killer
They Made Me a Killertrue- 'Ma' Conley

1946-05-03

5.6
Higher and Higher
Higher and Highertrue- Georgia Keating

1943-12-31

6.1
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinoistrue- Sarah Lincoln

1940-02-22

7.0
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twentiestrue- Mrs. Sherman

1939-10-28

7.5
Bodyguard
Bodyguardtrue- Gene Dysen

1948-09-04

6.0
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishmenttrue- Mrs. Raskolnikov

1935-11-22

6.5
The Unseen
The Unseentrue- Mrs. Norris

1945-05-12

4.5
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Windtrue- Mrs. Claiborne

1942-03-26

6.4
Bunco Squad
Bunco Squadtrue- Jessica Royce

1950-09-01

5.9
Weird Woman
Weird Womantrue- Dean Grace Gunnison

1944-03-01

6.0
Five Came Back
Five Came Backtrue- Martha Spengler

1939-06-23

6.2
They Won't Forget
They Won't Forgettrue- Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1937-07-14

5.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Hollidaytrue

1943-02-19

6.4
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghosttrue- Mrs. Polverdine

1944-07-20

6.7
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginiatrue- Aunt Clarissa

1940-09-19

6.4
Mr. Dynamite
Mr. Dynamitetrue- Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")

1941-03-01

0.0
Roll on Texas Moon
Roll on Texas Moontrue- Cactus Kate Taylor

1946-09-12

6.0
The Secret Fury
The Secret Furytrue- Dr. R.W. Roberts

1950-02-21

5.4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finntrue- Widow Douglass

1939-02-10

6.5
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
The Walls Came Tumbling Downtrue- Catherine Walsh

1946-06-07

5.9
Sierra
Sierratrue- Aunt Susan

1950-05-26

5.3
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
The Shocking Miss Pilgrimtrue- Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

1947-01-04

8.5
Mexican Spitfire
Mexican Spitfiretrue- Aunt Della Lindsay

1940-01-12

4.6
Jail House Blues
Jail House Bluestrue- Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

1942-02-01

0.0
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barntrue- Maria Marten

1913-01-01

0.0
Saturday's Children
Saturday's Childrentrue- Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1940-05-04

6.4
Footlight Fever
Footlight Fevertrue- Aunt Hattie Drake

1941-03-21

6.0
Let's Make Music
Let's Make Musictrue- Malvina Adams

1941-01-17

5.6
The King Steps Out
The King Steps Outtrue- Grand Duchess Sofia

1936-05-27

5.9
Hills of Oklahoma
Hills of Oklahomatrue- Kate Carney

1950-06-01

0.0
Girls on Probation
Girls on Probationtrue- Kate Heath

1938-10-22

5.9
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Mexican Spitfire at Seatrue- Aunt Della Lindsay

1942-03-13

3.0
Bannerline
Bannerlinetrue- Margaret Trimble

1951-10-12

6.0
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Backtrue- Ma Williams

1946-06-21

6.2
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
The Mexican Spitfire's Babytrue- Aunt Della

1941-11-28

4.3
A Song for Miss Julie
A Song for Miss Julietrue- Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

1945-02-19

1.0
Are Husbands Necessary?
Are Husbands Necessary?true- Mrs. Westwood

1942-06-15

0.0
Mountain Justice
Mountain Justicetrue- Mrs. Harkins

1937-04-24

5.5
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detectivetrue- Aunt Sally Phelps

1938-12-24

5.2
I Live on Danger
I Live on Dangertrue- Mrs. Morrell

1942-06-16

5.7
The Woman I Love
The Woman I Lovetrue- Mme. Herbillion

1937-04-15

0.0
The Girl from Mexico
The Girl from Mexicotrue- Della Lindsay

1939-06-01

4.2
Guard That Girl
Guard That Girltrue- Aunt Catherine

1935-11-02

4.0
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghosttrue- Aunt Della Lindsay

1942-06-26

4.4
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Mexican Spitfire Out Westtrue- Aunt Della Lindsay

1940-10-29

4.6
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Mexican Spitfire's Elephanttrue- Aunt Della Lindsay

1942-09-17

5.2
The Great Man Votes
The Great Man Votestrue- Phoebe Ainslee

1939-01-13

6.1
The Affairs of Annabel
The Affairs of Annabeltrue- Mrs. Fletcher

1938-09-09

4.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Cowboy from Brooklyntrue- Mrs. Jordan

1938-07-09

4.0
The Forgotten Woman
The Forgotten Womantrue- Margaret Burke

1939-07-07

0.0
Full Confession
Full Confessiontrue- Norah O'Keefe

1939-09-08

4.7
Craig's Wife
Craig's Wifetrue- Mrs. Landreth

1936-09-25

6.3
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wildtrue- Aunt Mary

1936-11-12

6.6
Scaramouche
Scaramouchetrue- Isabelle de Valmorin

1952-05-08

7.1
Slightly Tempted
Slightly Temptedtrue- Ethelreda Knox

1940-10-18

0.0
The Man Who Dared
The Man Who Daredtrue- Jessie Carter

1939-06-03

5.0
Sorority House
Sorority Housetrue- Mrs. Scott

1939-05-05

6.8
My Bill
My Billtrue- Aunt Caroline

1938-07-08

6.2
The Man Who Returned to Life
The Man Who Returned to Lifetrue- Minerva Sunday

1942-02-05

6.0
The Fighting Guardsman
The Fighting Guardsmantrue- Mme. de Montrevel

1945-04-24

0.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
The Man Who Wouldn't Talktrue- Jury Member

1940-01-11

4.0
Tall in the Saddle
Tall in the Saddletrue- Miss Elizabeth Martin

1944-09-29

6.5
Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Marriedtrue- Mary Nolan

1948-12-25

6.4
In the Meantime, Darling
In the Meantime, Darlingtrue- Helen Corkery

1944-09-22

5.0
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Eventtrue- Aunt Della Lindsay

1943-07-14

5.7
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electratrue- Mrs. Hills

1947-11-19

6.3
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!true- Minerva

1940-03-15

6.0
Never a Dull Moment
Never a Dull Momenttrue- Mrs. Schuyler Manning III

1943-11-19

6.0
Grissly's Millions
Grissly's Millionstrue- Leona Palmor

1945-01-16

6.0
The Bride Goes Wild
The Bride Goes Wildtrue- rs. Carruthers

1948-03-03

6.0
The Bride Goes Wild
The Bride Goes Wildtrue- Mrs. Carruthers

1948-03-03

6.0
Journey for Margaret
Journey for Margarettrue- Mrs. Bailey

1942-12-17

6.6
At the Stroke of Twelve
At the Stroke of Twelvetrue- Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

1941-11-15

5.0
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?true- Marrtha Peasley

1941-02-21

5.3
Blonde Fever
Blonde Fevertrue- Mrs. Talford

1944-12-05

4.4
Down Dakota Way
Down Dakota Waytrue- Dolly Paxton

1949-09-09

7.0
In Old Amarillo
In Old Amarillotrue- Granny Adams

1951-05-15

6.0
Don't Gamble with Love
Don't Gamble with Lovetrue- Grace

1936-02-28

0.0
My True Story
My True Storytrue- Mme. Rousseau

1951-03-08

6.0
Disputed Passage
Disputed Passagetrue- Mrs. Cunningham

1939-10-25

5.5
Lost Angel
Lost Angeltrue- Mrs. Pringle

1943-12-23

7.5
The Mother of Dartmoor
The Mother of Dartmoortrue- Avesa Pomeroy

1916-10-01

0.0
Honeymoon Deferred
Honeymoon Deferredtrue- Sarah Frome

1940-02-16

6.0
The Milkman
The Milkmantrue- Mrs. Carter

1950-10-17

8.0
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridgetrue- Emily Baggett

1947-08-04

6.6
Paris Calling
Paris Callingtrue- Madame Jennetier

1941-12-04

5.4
The Egg and I
The Egg and Itrue- Betty's Mother

1947-05-01

7.0
Sealed Verdict
Sealed Verdicttrue- Mrs. Hockland

1948-11-05

5.5
The Suicide Club
The Suicide Clubtrue

1914-07-01

0.0
Lady of Secrets
Lady of Secretstrue- Mrs. Emily Whittaker

1936-02-21

6.0
The Lady Is Willing
The Lady Is Willingtrue- Mrs. Cummings

1942-02-12

6.5
The Final Hour
The Final Hourtrue- Fortune Teller

1936-07-07

6.0
It's a Big Country
It's a Big Countrytrue- Diner on Train (uncredited)

1951-11-20

5.3
Mad About Music
Mad About Musictrue

1938-02-27

6.9
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Backtrue- 'Ma' Williams

1946-06-21

6.2

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