Elisabeth Risdon
female
Born on April 26, 1887 (138 years old)
Passed Away on December 20, 1958
From London, England, UK
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
Random Harvest
as
Mrs. Lloyd
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
as
Mrs. Claiborne
1942
Jail House Blues
as
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as
Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
Are Husbands Necessary?
as
Mrs. Westwood
1942
I Live on Danger
as
Mrs. Morrell
1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as
Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as
Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
as
Minerva Sunday
1942
Journey for Margaret
as
Mrs. Bailey
1942
The Lady Is Willing
as
Mrs. Cummings
1942
- 1941
High Sierra
as
Ma
1941
Mr. Dynamite
as
Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
1941
Footlight Fever
as
Aunt Hattie Drake
1941
Let's Make Music
as
Malvina Adams
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as
Aunt Della
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
as
Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
1941
Nice Girl?
as
Marrtha Peasley
1941
Paris Calling
as
Madame Jennetier
1941
- 1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as
Sarah Lincoln
1940
The Howards of Virginia
as
Aunt Clarissa
1940
Mexican Spitfire
as
Aunt Della Lindsay
1940
Saturday's Children
as
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as
Aunt Della Lindsay
1940
Slightly Tempted
as
Ethelreda Knox
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as
Jury Member
1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as
Minerva
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
as
Sarah Frome
1940
- 1939
The Roaring Twenties
as
Mrs. Sherman
1939
Five Came Back
as
Martha Spengler
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as
Widow Douglass
1939
The Girl from Mexico
as
Della Lindsay
1939
The Great Man Votes
as
Phoebe Ainslee
1939
The Forgotten Woman
as
Margaret Burke
1939
Full Confession
as
Norah O'Keefe
1939
The Man Who Dared
as
Jessie Carter
1939
Sorority House
as
Mrs. Scott
1939
Disputed Passage
as
Mrs. Cunningham
1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1936
- 1935
- 1916
- 1915
- 1914
- 1913
