Elisabeth Risdon
Acting
Born April 26, 1887 · London, England, UK
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. 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.
Films (113)
Scaramouche
1952
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
It's a Big Country
1951
Bannerline
1951
In Old Amarillo
1951
My True Story
1951
The Milkman
1950
Bunco Squad
1950
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
Sierra
1950
The Secret Fury
1950
Down Dakota Way
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
Sealed Verdict
1948
Bodyguard
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
High Wall
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
Life with Father
1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
The Egg and I
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
Lover Come Back
1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
They Made Me a Killer
1946
Mama Loves Papa
1945
The Unseen
1945
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
A Song for Miss Julie
1945
Grissly's Millions
1945
Blonde Fever
1944
Tall in the Saddle
1944
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
The Canterville Ghost
1944
Weird Woman
1944
Higher and Higher
1943
Lost Angel
1943
Never a Dull Moment
1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Random Harvest
1942
Journey for Margaret
1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
I Live on Danger
1942
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
The Lady Is Willing
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
Jail House Blues
1942
Paris Calling
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Footlight Fever
1941
Mr. Dynamite
1941
Nice Girl?
1941
High Sierra
1941
Let's Make Music
1941
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
Slightly Tempted
1940
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Saturday's Children
1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
Mexican Spitfire
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Disputed Passage
1939
Full Confession
1939
The Forgotten Woman
1939
Five Came Back
1939
The Man Who Dared
1939
The Girl from Mexico
1939
Sorority House
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
The Great Man Votes
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
Girls on Probation
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
My Bill
1938
Mad About Music
1938
Mannequin
1938
Dead End
1937
They Won't Forget
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Mountain Justice
1937
The Woman I Love
1937
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Craig's Wife
1936
The Final Hour
1936
The King Steps Out
1936
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
Lady of Secrets
1936
Crime and Punishment
1935
Guard That Girl
1935
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
Florence Nightingale
1915
Love in a Wood
1915
The Suicide Club
1914
The Cup Final Mystery
1914
Inquisitive Ike
1914
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
Her Luck in London
1914
Beautiful Jim
1914
The Idol of Paris
1914
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913