Elisabeth Risdon

Personal Info

Birthday

April 26, 1887

Day of Death

1958-12-20

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Elizabeth Risden

Elizabeth Risdon

Elizabeth Evans

Elisabeth Risdon

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.

Known For

Reap the Wild Wind

Scaramouche

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

The Roaring Twenties

High Sierra

Dead End

Make Way for Tomorrow

Life with Father

Filmography

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