Elisabeth Risdon
Biography
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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
Acting
1942
asMrs. Lloyd
1938
asMrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1947
asMrs. Kenet
1941
asMa
1937
asMrs. Connell
1937
asCora Payne
1947
asMrs. Whitehead
1945
asJessie Todd
1946
as'Ma' Conley
1943
asGeorgia Keating
1940
asSarah Lincoln
1939
asMrs. Sherman
1948
asGene Dysen
1935
asMrs. Raskolnikov
1945
asMrs. Norris
1942
asMrs. Claiborne
1950
asJessica Royce
1944
asDean Grace Gunnison
1939
asMartha Spengler
1937
asMrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1943
as
1944
asMrs. Polverdine
1940
asAunt Clarissa
1941
asLimping Woman (aka "Achilles")
1946
asCactus Kate Taylor
1950
asDr. R.W. Roberts
1939
asWidow Douglass
1946
asCatherine Walsh
1950
asAunt Susan
1947
asMrs. Amanda Pritchard
1940
asAunt Della Lindsay
1942
asMrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
1913
asBride
1913
asMaria Marten
1914
as1914
asNellie Harbourne
1914
asBlack-Eyed Susan
1914
asNancy Earle
1914
asDora
1914
asFlare-Flare
1940
asMrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1941
asAunt Hattie Drake
1941
asMalvina Adams
1936
asGrand Duchess Sofia
1950
asKate Carney
1938
asKate Heath
1942
asAunt Della Lindsay
1951
asMargaret Trimble
1946
asMa Williams
1941
asAunt Della
1945
asMrs. Ambrose Charteris
1942
asMrs. Westwood
1937
asMrs. Harkins
1938
asAunt Sally Phelps
1942
asMrs. Morrell
1937
asMme. Herbillion
1939
asDella Lindsay
1935
asAunt Catherine
1942
asAunt Della Lindsay
1940
asAunt Della Lindsay
1942
asAunt Della Lindsay
1939
asPhoebe Ainslee
1938
asMrs. Fletcher
1938
asMrs. Jordan
1939
asMargaret Burke
1939
asNorah O'Keefe
1936
asMrs. Landreth
1936
asAunt Mary
1952
asIsabelle de Valmorin
1940
asEthelreda Knox
1939
asJessie Carter
1939
asMrs. Scott
1952
asMartha Farnum
1938
asAunt Caroline
1915
asFlorence Nightingale
1942
asMinerva Sunday
1945
asMme. de Montrevel
1940
asJury Member
1944
asMiss Elizabeth Martin
1948
asMary Nolan
1944
asHelen Corkery
1943
asAunt Della Lindsay
1947
asMrs. Hills
1940
asMinerva
1943
asMrs. Schuyler Manning III
1945
asLeona Palmor
1915
asRosiland
1948
asrs. Carruthers
1948
asMrs. Carruthers
1942
asMrs. Bailey
1941
asAbigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
1941
asMarrtha Peasley
1944
asMrs. Talford
1949
asDolly Paxton
1951
asGranny Adams
1936
asGrace
1951
asMme. Rousseau
1939
asMrs. Cunningham
1943
asMrs. Pringle
1916
asAvesa Pomeroy
1940
asSarah Frome
1950
asMrs. Carter
1947
asEmily Baggett
1941
asMadame Jennetier
1947
asBetty's Mother
1948
asMrs. Hockland
1914
asZephyrine
1936
asMrs. Emily Whittaker
1942
asMrs. Cummings
1936
asFortune Teller
1951
asDiner on Train (uncredited)
1938
as1946
as'Ma' Williams
1916
asPrincess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Production
Crew
Directing
