Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1887-04-26
- Day of Death1958-12-20 (71 years)
- Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
- Also Known AsElizabeth RisdenElizabeth 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1952
Scaramouche
As: Isabelle de Valmorin
- 1951
It's a Big Country
As: Diner on Train (uncredited)
- 1951
Bannerline
As: Margaret Trimble
- 1951
In Old Amarillo
As: Granny Adams
- 1951
My True Story
As: Mme. Rousseau
- 1950
The Milkman
As: Mrs. Carter
- 1950
Bunco Squad
As: Jessica Royce
- 1950
Hills of Oklahoma
As: Kate Carney
1950Sierra
As: Aunt Susan
1950The Secret Fury
As: Dr. R.W. Roberts
1949Down Dakota Way
As: Dolly Paxton
1948Every Girl Should Be Married
As: Mary Nolan
1948Sealed Verdict
As: Mrs. Hockland
1948Bodyguard
As: Gene Dysen
1948The Bride Goes Wild
As: rs. Carruthers
- 1948
The Bride Goes Wild
As: Mrs. Carruthers
1947High Wall
As: Mrs. Kenet
1947Mourning Becomes Electra
As: Mrs. Hills
1947Life with Father
As: Mrs. Whitehead
1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge
As: Emily Baggett
1947The Egg and I
As: Betty's Mother
1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
As: Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
1946Roll on Texas Moon
As: Cactus Kate Taylor
1946Lover Come Back
As: Ma Williams
- 1946
Lover Come Back
As: 'Ma' Williams
1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down
As: Catherine Walsh
1946They Made Me a Killer
As: 'Ma' Conley
1945Mama Loves Papa
As: Jessie Todd
1945The Unseen
As: Mrs. Norris
1945The Fighting Guardsman
As: Mme. de Montrevel
1945A Song for Miss Julie
As: Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
1945Grissly's Millions
As: Leona Palmor
1944Blonde Fever
As: Mrs. Talford
1944Tall in the Saddle
As: Miss Elizabeth Martin
1944In the Meantime, Darling
As: Helen Corkery
1944The Canterville Ghost
As: Mrs. Polverdine
1944Weird Woman
As: Dean Grace Gunnison
1943Higher and Higher
As: Georgia Keating
1943Lost Angel
As: Mrs. Pringle
1943Never a Dull Moment
As: Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
1943Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
As: Aunt Della Lindsay
- 1942
Random Harvest
As: Mrs. Lloyd
1942Journey for Margaret
As: Mrs. Bailey
1942Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
As: Aunt Della Lindsay
1942Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
As: Aunt Della Lindsay
1942I Live on Danger
As: Mrs. Morrell
1942Are Husbands Necessary?
As: Mrs. Westwood
1942Reap the Wild Wind
As: Mrs. Claiborne
1942Mexican Spitfire at Sea
As: Aunt Della Lindsay
1942The Lady Is Willing
As: Mrs. Cummings
1942The Man Who Returned to Life
As: Minerva Sunday
1942Jail House Blues
As: Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
1941Paris Calling
As: Madame Jennetier
1941The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
As: Aunt Della
1941At the Stroke of Twelve
As: Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
1941Footlight Fever
As: Aunt Hattie Drake
1941Mr. Dynamite
As: Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
1941Nice Girl?
As: Marrtha Peasley
- 1941
High Sierra
As: Ma
1941Let's Make Music
As: Malvina Adams
1940Mexican Spitfire Out West
As: Aunt Della Lindsay
1940Slightly Tempted
As: Ethelreda Knox
1940The Howards of Virginia
As: Aunt Clarissa
1940Saturday's Children
As: Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1940Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
As: Minerva
1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois
As: Sarah Lincoln
1940Honeymoon Deferred
As: Sarah Frome
1940Mexican Spitfire
As: Aunt Della Lindsay
1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
As: Jury Member
- 1939
The Roaring Twenties
As: Mrs. Sherman
1939Disputed Passage
As: Mrs. Cunningham
1939Full Confession
As: Norah O'Keefe
1939The Forgotten Woman
As: Margaret Burke
1939Five Came Back
As: Martha Spengler
1939The Man Who Dared
As: Jessie Carter
1939The Girl from Mexico
As: Della Lindsay
1939Sorority House
As: Mrs. Scott
1939The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
As: Widow Douglass
1939The Great Man Votes
As: Phoebe Ainslee
1938Tom Sawyer, Detective
As: Aunt Sally Phelps
1938Girls on Probation
As: Kate Heath
1938The Affairs of Annabel
As: Mrs. Fletcher
1938Cowboy from Brooklyn
As: Mrs. Jordan
1938My Bill
As: Aunt Caroline
1938Mannequin
As: Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1937
Dead End
As: Mrs. Connell
1937They Won't Forget
As: Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- 1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
As: Cora Payne
1937Mountain Justice
As: Mrs. Harkins
1937The Woman I Love
As: Mme. Herbillion
1936Theodora Goes Wild
As: Aunt Mary
1936Craig's Wife
As: Mrs. Landreth
1936The Final Hour
As: Fortune Teller
1936The King Steps Out
As: Grand Duchess Sofia
1936Don't Gamble with Love
As: Grace
1936Lady of Secrets
As: Mrs. Emily Whittaker
1935Crime and Punishment
As: Mrs. Raskolnikov
1935Guard That Girl
As: Aunt Catherine
1916The Mother of Dartmoor
As: Avesa Pomeroy
1914The Suicide Club
As: Zephyrine
1913Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
As: Maria Marten