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.

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Higher and Higher

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Random Harvest

Mrs. Lloyd

Filme 1942

Mannequin

Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Filme 1938

High Wall

Mrs. Kenet

Filme 1947

Dead End

Mrs. Connell

Filme 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

Cora Payne

Filme 1937

Life with Father

Mrs. Whitehead

Filme 1947

Mama Loves Papa

Jessie Todd

Filme 1945

They Made Me a Killer

'Ma' Conley

Filme 1946

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Sarah Lincoln

Filme 1940

The Roaring Twenties

Mrs. Sherman

Filme 1939

Bodyguard

Gene Dysen

Filme 1948

Crime and Punishment

Mrs. Raskolnikov

Filme 1935

The Unseen

Mrs. Norris

Filme 1945

Reap the Wild Wind

Mrs. Claiborne

Filme 1942

Bunco Squad

Jessica Royce

Filme 1950

Weird Woman

Dean Grace Gunnison

Filme 1944

Five Came Back

Martha Spengler

Filme 1939

They Won't Forget

Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Filme 1937

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Filme 1943

The Canterville Ghost

Mrs. Polverdine

Filme 1944

The Howards of Virginia

Aunt Clarissa

Filme 1940

Mr. Dynamite

Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")

Filme 1941

Roll on Texas Moon

Cactus Kate Taylor

Filme 1946

The Secret Fury

Dr. R.W. Roberts

Filme 1950

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Widow Douglass

Filme 1939

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Catherine Walsh

Filme 1946

Sierra

Aunt Susan

Filme 1950

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

Filme 1947

Mexican Spitfire

Aunt Della Lindsay

Filme 1940

Jail House Blues

Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

Filme 1942

Bridegrooms Beware!

Bride

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The Cup Final Mystery

Filme 1914

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten

Filme 1913

Her Luck in London

Nellie Harbourne

Filme 1914

Black-Eyed Susan

Black-Eyed Susan

Filme 1914

Beautiful Jim

Nancy Earle

Filme 1914

Inquisitive Ike

Dora

Filme 1914

The Idol of Paris

Flare-Flare

Filme 1914

Saturday's Children

Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Filme 1940

Footlight Fever

Aunt Hattie Drake

Filme 1941

Let's Make Music

Malvina Adams

Filme 1941

The King Steps Out

Grand Duchess Sofia

Filme 1936

Hills of Oklahoma

Kate Carney

Filme 1950

Girls on Probation

Kate Heath

Filme 1938

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Aunt Della Lindsay

Filme 1942

Bannerline

Margaret Trimble

Filme 1951

Lover Come Back

Ma Williams

Filme 1946

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Aunt Della

Filme 1941

A Song for Miss Julie

Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

Filme 1945

Are Husbands Necessary?

Mrs. Westwood

Filme 1942

Mountain Justice

Mrs. Harkins

Filme 1937

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Aunt Sally Phelps

Filme 1938

I Live on Danger

Mrs. Morrell

Filme 1942

The Woman I Love

Mme. Herbillion

Filme 1937

The Girl from Mexico

Della Lindsay

Filme 1939

Guard That Girl

Aunt Catherine

Filme 1935

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Aunt Della Lindsay

Filme 1942

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Aunt Della Lindsay

Filme 1940

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Aunt Della Lindsay

Filme 1942

The Great Man Votes

Phoebe Ainslee

Filme 1939

The Affairs of Annabel

Mrs. Fletcher

Filme 1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Mrs. Jordan

Filme 1938

The Forgotten Woman

Margaret Burke

Filme 1939

Full Confession

Norah O'Keefe

Filme 1939

Craig's Wife

Mrs. Landreth

Filme 1936

Theodora Goes Wild

Aunt Mary

Filme 1936

Scaramouche

Isabelle de Valmorin

Filme 1952

Slightly Tempted

Ethelreda Knox

Filme 1940

The Man Who Dared

Jessie Carter

Filme 1939

Sorority House

Mrs. Scott

Filme 1939

Crossroads - U.S.A.

Martha Farnum

Filme 1952

My Bill

Aunt Caroline

Filme 1938

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Filme 1915

The Man Who Returned to Life

Filme 1942

The Fighting Guardsman

Mme. de Montrevel

Filme 1945

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Jury Member

Filme 1940

Tall in the Saddle

Miss Elizabeth Martin

Filme 1944

Every Girl Should Be Married

Mary Nolan

Filme 1948

In the Meantime, Darling

Helen Corkery

Filme 1944

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Aunt Della Lindsay

Filme 1943

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mrs. Hills

Filme 1947

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Minerva

Filme 1940

Grissly's Millions

Leona Palmor

Filme 1945

Love in a Wood

Rosiland

Filme 1915

The Bride Goes Wild

rs. Carruthers

Filme 1948

The Bride Goes Wild

Mrs. Carruthers

Filme 1948

Journey for Margaret

Mrs. Bailey

Filme 1942

At the Stroke of Twelve

Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

Filme 1941

Nice Girl?

Marrtha Peasley

Filme 1941

Blonde Fever

Mrs. Talford

Filme 1944

Down Dakota Way

Dolly Paxton

Filme 1949

In Old Amarillo

Granny Adams

Filme 1951

Don't Gamble with Love

Grace

Filme 1936

My True Story

Mme. Rousseau

Filme 1951

Disputed Passage

Mrs. Cunningham

Filme 1939

The Mother of Dartmoor

Avesa Pomeroy

Filme 1916

Honeymoon Deferred

Sarah Frome

Filme 1940

The Milkman

Mrs. Carter

Filme 1950

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Emily Baggett

Filme 1947

Paris Calling

Madame Jennetier

Filme 1941

The Egg and I

Betty's Mother

Filme 1947

Sealed Verdict

Mrs. Hockland

Filme 1948

The Suicide Club

Filme 1914

Lady of Secrets

Mrs. Emily Whittaker

Filme 1936

The Lady Is Willing

Mrs. Cummings

Filme 1942

The Final Hour

Fortune Teller

Filme 1936

It's a Big Country

Diner on Train (uncredited)

Filme 1951

Mad About Music

Filme 1938

Lover Come Back

'Ma' Williams

Filme 1946