From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaElisabeth 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.

Filmy nedostupný z Elisabeth Risdon

Random Harvest

Mrs. Lloyd

Film 1942

Mannequin

Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Film 1938

High Wall

Mrs. Kenet

Film 1947

Dead End

Mrs. Connell

Film 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

Cora Payne

Film 1937

Life with Father

Mrs. Whitehead

Film 1947

Mama Loves Papa

Jessie Todd

Film 1945

They Made Me a Killer

'Ma' Conley

Film 1946

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Sarah Lincoln

Film 1940

The Roaring Twenties

Mrs. Sherman

Film 1939

Bodyguard

Gene Dysen

Film 1948

Crime and Punishment

Mrs. Raskolnikov

Film 1935

The Unseen

Mrs. Norris

Film 1945

Reap the Wild Wind

Mrs. Claiborne

Film 1942

Bunco Squad

Jessica Royce

Film 1950

Weird Woman

Dean Grace Gunnison

Film 1944

Five Came Back

Martha Spengler

Film 1939

They Won't Forget

Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Film 1937

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Film 1943

The Canterville Ghost

Mrs. Polverdine

Film 1944

The Howards of Virginia

Aunt Clarissa

Film 1940

Mr. Dynamite

Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")

Film 1941

Roll on Texas Moon

Cactus Kate Taylor

Film 1946

The Secret Fury

Dr. R.W. Roberts

Film 1950

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Widow Douglass

Film 1939

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Catherine Walsh

Film 1946

Sierra

Aunt Susan

Film 1950

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

Film 1947

Mexican Spitfire

Aunt Della Lindsay

Film 1940

Jail House Blues

Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

Film 1942

Bridegrooms Beware!

Bride

Film 1913

The Cup Final Mystery

Film 1914

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten

Film 1913

Her Luck in London

Nellie Harbourne

Film 1914

Black-Eyed Susan

Black-Eyed Susan

Film 1914

Beautiful Jim

Nancy Earle

Film 1914

Inquisitive Ike

Dora

Film 1914

The Idol of Paris

Flare-Flare

Film 1914

Saturday's Children

Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Film 1940

Footlight Fever

Aunt Hattie Drake

Film 1941

Let's Make Music

Malvina Adams

Film 1941

The King Steps Out

Grand Duchess Sofia

Film 1936

Hills of Oklahoma

Kate Carney

Film 1950

Girls on Probation

Kate Heath

Film 1938

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Aunt Della Lindsay

Film 1942

Bannerline

Margaret Trimble

Film 1951

Lover Come Back

Ma Williams

Film 1946

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Aunt Della

Film 1941

A Song for Miss Julie

Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

Film 1945

Are Husbands Necessary?

Mrs. Westwood

Film 1942

Mountain Justice

Mrs. Harkins

Film 1937

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Aunt Sally Phelps

Film 1938

I Live on Danger

Mrs. Morrell

Film 1942

The Woman I Love

Mme. Herbillion

Film 1937

The Girl from Mexico

Della Lindsay

Film 1939

Guard That Girl

Aunt Catherine

Film 1935

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Aunt Della Lindsay

Film 1942

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Aunt Della Lindsay

Film 1940

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Aunt Della Lindsay

Film 1942

The Great Man Votes

Phoebe Ainslee

Film 1939

The Affairs of Annabel

Mrs. Fletcher

Film 1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Mrs. Jordan

Film 1938

The Forgotten Woman

Margaret Burke

Film 1939

Full Confession

Norah O'Keefe

Film 1939

Craig's Wife

Mrs. Landreth

Film 1936

Theodora Goes Wild

Aunt Mary

Film 1936

Scaramouche

Isabelle de Valmorin

Film 1952

Slightly Tempted

Ethelreda Knox

Film 1940

The Man Who Dared

Jessie Carter

Film 1939

Sorority House

Mrs. Scott

Film 1939

Crossroads - U.S.A.

Martha Farnum

Film 1952

My Bill

Aunt Caroline

Film 1938

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Film 1915

The Man Who Returned to Life

Film 1942

The Fighting Guardsman

Mme. de Montrevel

Film 1945

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Jury Member

Film 1940

Tall in the Saddle

Miss Elizabeth Martin

Film 1944

Every Girl Should Be Married

Mary Nolan

Film 1948

In the Meantime, Darling

Helen Corkery

Film 1944

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Aunt Della Lindsay

Film 1943

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mrs. Hills

Film 1947

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Minerva

Film 1940

Grissly's Millions

Leona Palmor

Film 1945

Love in a Wood

Rosiland

Film 1915

The Bride Goes Wild

rs. Carruthers

Film 1948

The Bride Goes Wild

Mrs. Carruthers

Film 1948

Journey for Margaret

Mrs. Bailey

Film 1942

At the Stroke of Twelve

Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

Film 1941

Nice Girl?

Marrtha Peasley

Film 1941

Blonde Fever

Mrs. Talford

Film 1944

Down Dakota Way

Dolly Paxton

Film 1949

In Old Amarillo

Granny Adams

Film 1951

Don't Gamble with Love

Grace

Film 1936

My True Story

Mme. Rousseau

Film 1951

Disputed Passage

Mrs. Cunningham

Film 1939

The Mother of Dartmoor

Avesa Pomeroy

Film 1916

Honeymoon Deferred

Sarah Frome

Film 1940

The Milkman

Mrs. Carter

Film 1950

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Emily Baggett

Film 1947

Paris Calling

Madame Jennetier

Film 1941

The Egg and I

Betty's Mother

Film 1947

Sealed Verdict

Mrs. Hockland

Film 1948

The Suicide Club

Film 1914

Lady of Secrets

Mrs. Emily Whittaker

Film 1936

The Lady Is Willing

Mrs. Cummings

Film 1942

The Final Hour

Fortune Teller

Film 1936

It's a Big Country

Diner on Train (uncredited)

Film 1951

Mad About Music

Film 1938

Lover Come Back

'Ma' Williams

Film 1946