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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
Scaramouche
(1952)
Isabelle de Valmorin
Dead End
(1937)
Mrs. Connell
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Mrs. Sherman
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942)
Mrs. Claiborne
Make Way for Tomorrow
(1937)
Cora Payne
High Sierra
(1941)
Ma
Tall in the Saddle
(1944)
Miss Elizabeth Martin
Life with Father
(1947)
Mrs. Whitehead
Random Harvest
(1942)
Mrs. Lloyd
The Egg and I
(1947)
Betty's Mother
The Canterville Ghost
(1944)
Mrs. Polverdine
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Mrs. Raskolnikov
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)
Aunt Mary
Full Filmography
Acting
Bridegrooms Beware!
(1913)
Bride
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
(1913)
Maria Marten
The Suicide Club
(1914)
The Cup Final Mystery
(1914)
Her Luck in London
(1914)
Nellie Harbourne
Black-Eyed Susan
(1914)
Black-Eyed Susan
Beautiful Jim
(1914)
Nancy Earle
Inquisitive Ike
(1914)
Dora
The Idol of Paris
(1914)
Flare-Flare
Love in a Wood
(1915)
Rosiland
Florence Nightingale
(1915)
Florence Nightingale
The Mother of Dartmoor
(1916)
Avesa Pomeroy
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Mrs. Raskolnikov
Guard That Girl
(1935)
Aunt Catherine
The King Steps Out
(1936)
Grand Duchess Sofia
Craig's Wife
(1936)
Mrs. Landreth
Theodora Goes Wild
(1936)
Aunt Mary
Don't Gamble with Love
(1936)
Grace
Lady of Secrets
(1936)
Mrs. Emily Whittaker
The Final Hour
(1936)
Fortune Teller
Dead End
(1937)
Mrs. Connell
Make Way for Tomorrow
(1937)
Cora Payne
They Won't Forget
(1937)
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mountain Justice
(1937)
Mrs. Harkins
The Woman I Love
(1937)
Mme. Herbillion
Mannequin
(1938)
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Girls on Probation
(1938)
Kate Heath
Tom Sawyer, Detective
(1938)
Aunt Sally Phelps
The Affairs of Annabel
(1938)
Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
(1938)
Mrs. Jordan
My Bill
(1938)
Aunt Caroline
Mad About Music
(1938)
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Mrs. Sherman
Five Came Back
(1939)
Martha Spengler
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1939)
Widow Douglass
The Great Man Votes
(1939)
Phoebe Ainslee
Full Confession
(1939)
Norah O'Keefe
The Man Who Dared
(1939)
Jessie Carter
Sorority House
(1939)
Mrs. Scott
The Girl from Mexico
(1939)
Della Lindsay
Disputed Passage
(1939)
Mrs. Cunningham
The Forgotten Woman
(1939)
Margaret Burke
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(1940)
Sarah Lincoln
The Howards of Virginia
(1940)
Aunt Clarissa
Mexican Spitfire
(1940)
Aunt Della Lindsay
Saturday's Children
(1940)
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
(1940)
Aunt Della Lindsay
Slightly Tempted
(1940)
Ethelreda Knox
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(1940)
Jury Member
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
(1940)
Minerva
Honeymoon Deferred
(1940)
Sarah Frome
High Sierra
(1941)
Ma
Mr. Dynamite
(1941)
Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Footlight Fever
(1941)
Aunt Hattie Drake
Let's Make Music
(1941)
Malvina Adams
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
(1941)
Aunt Della
At the Stroke of Twelve
(1941)
Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
Nice Girl?
(1941)
Marrtha Peasley
Paris Calling
(1941)
Madame Jennetier
Random Harvest
(1942)
Mrs. Lloyd
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942)
Mrs. Claiborne
Jail House Blues
(1942)
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
(1942)
Aunt Della Lindsay
Are Husbands Necessary?
(1942)
Mrs. Westwood
I Live on Danger
(1942)
Mrs. Morrell
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
(1942)
Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
(1942)
Aunt Della Lindsay
Journey for Margaret
(1942)
Mrs. Bailey
The Lady Is Willing
(1942)
Mrs. Cummings
The Man Who Returned to Life
(1942)
Higher and Higher
(1943)
Georgia Keating
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
(1943)
Aunt Della Lindsay
Never a Dull Moment
(1943)
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Lost Angel
(1943)
Mrs. Pringle
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
(1943)
Weird Woman
(1944)
Dean Grace Gunnison
The Canterville Ghost
(1944)
Mrs. Polverdine
Tall in the Saddle
(1944)
Miss Elizabeth Martin
In the Meantime, Darling
(1944)
Helen Corkery
Blonde Fever
(1944)
Mrs. Talford
The Unseen
(1945)
Mrs. Norris
A Song for Miss Julie
(1945)
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Grissly's Millions
(1945)
Leona Palmor
Mama Loves Papa
(1945)
Jessie Todd
They Made Me a Killer
(1946)
'Ma' Conley
Roll on Texas Moon
(1946)
Cactus Kate Taylor
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
(1946)
Catherine Walsh
Lover Come Back
(1946)
Ma Williams
The Fighting Guardsman
(1946)
Mme. de Montrevel
High Wall
(1947)
Mrs. Kenet
Life with Father
(1947)
Mrs. Whitehead
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(1947)
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
(1947)
Emily Baggett
The Egg and I
(1947)
Betty's Mother
Bodyguard
(1948)
Gene Dysen
Every Girl Should Be Married
(1948)
Mary Nolan
The Bride Goes Wild
(1948)
Mrs. Carruthers
Sealed Verdict
(1948)
Mrs. Hockland
Down Dakota Way
(1949)
Dolly Paxton
Bunco Squad
(1950)
Jessica Royce
The Secret Fury
(1950)
Dr. R.W. Roberts
Sierra
(1950)
Aunt Susan
Hills of Oklahoma
(1950)
Kate Carney
The Milkman
(1950)
Mrs. Carter
Bannerline
(1951)
Margaret Trimble
In Old Amarillo
(1951)
Granny Adams
My True Story
(1951)
Mme. Rousseau
It's a Big Country
(1951)
Diner on Train (uncredited)
Scaramouche
(1952)
Isabelle de Valmorin
Crossroads - U.S.A.
(1952)
Martha Farnum