Elisabeth Risdon
Known for: Acting
Born: April 26, 1887
Died: December 20, 1958
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
113 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Scaramouche
1952NR
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
5.9
It's a Big Country
1951
6.8
Bannerline
1951
8.0
In Old Amarillo
1951
6.6
My True Story
1951
7.0
The Milkman
1950
6.1
Bunco Squad
1950
7.0
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
5.4
Sierra
1950
5.5
The Secret Fury
1950
8.3
Down Dakota Way
1949
5.9
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
7.0
Sealed Verdict
1948
6.1
Bodyguard
1948
6.7
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
6.4
High Wall
1947
6.1
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
6.7
Life with Father
1947
6.7
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
7.1
The Egg and I
1947
8.8
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
6.2
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
7.1
Lover Come Back
1946
6.2
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
5.7
They Made Me a Killer
1946
10.0
Mama Loves Papa
1945
4.7
The Unseen
1945
8.5
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
5.5
A Song for Miss Julie
1945
6.5
Grissly's Millions
1945
4.4
Blonde Fever
1944
6.6
Tall in the Saddle
1944
6.8
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
6.9
The Canterville Ghost
1944
6.0
Weird Woman
1944
6.3
Higher and Higher
1943
8.0
Lost Angel
1943
7.0
Never a Dull Moment
1943
6.0
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
7.3
Random Harvest
1942
6.7
Journey for Margaret
1942
5.4
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
4.8
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
6.1
I Live on Danger
1942
7.0
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
4.7
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
6.5
The Lady Is Willing
1942
7.3
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
9.0
Jail House Blues
1942
6.0
Paris Calling
1941
4.6
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
6.0
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
7.0
Footlight Fever
1941
8.0
Mr. Dynamite
1941
6.4
Nice Girl?
1941
7.1
High Sierra
1941
6.0
Let's Make Music
1941
5.0
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
8.0
Slightly Tempted
1940
6.7
The Howards of Virginia
1940
6.9
Saturday's Children
1940
6.5
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
6.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
8.0
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
5.0
Mexican Spitfire
1940
5.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939
7.0
Disputed Passage
1939
5.6
Full Confession
1939
7.0
The Forgotten Woman
1939
6.3
Five Came Back
1939
7.0
The Man Who Dared
1939
5.1
The Girl from Mexico
1939
7.3
Sorority House
1939
6.7
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
6.4
The Great Man Votes
1939
5.6
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
6.2
Girls on Probation
1938
5.4
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
7.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
6.6
My Bill
1938
7.0
Mad About Music
1938
6.0
Mannequin
1938
7.0
Dead End
1937
5.9
They Won't Forget
1937
7.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
6.3
Mountain Justice
1937
7.0
The Woman I Love
1937
6.6
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
6.5
Craig's Wife
1936
7.5
The Final Hour
1936
6.0
The King Steps Out
1936
10.0
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
6.7
Lady of Secrets
1936
6.2
Crime and Punishment
1935
6.5
Guard That Girl
1935
NR
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916NR
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
NR
Florence Nightingale
1915NR
Love in a Wood
1915
NR
The Suicide Club
1914NR
The Cup Final Mystery
1914NR
Inquisitive Ike
1914NR
Black-Eyed Susan
1914NR
Her Luck in London
1914NR
Beautiful Jim
1914NR
The Idol of Paris
19145.0
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913NR
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
NR
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913