8.5
8.5
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Elisabeth Risdon
Acting
Born:April 26, 1887
Died:December 20, 1958(aged 71)
Birthplace:London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (110 movies)
8.0
8.0
The Milkman
1950
as Mrs. Carter
7.5
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Mrs. Sherman
7.5
7.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Cora Payne
7.5
7.5
Lost Angel
1943
as Mrs. Pringle
7.1
7.1
High Sierra
1941
as Ma
7.0
7.0
Dead End
1937
as Mrs. Connell
7.0
7.0
Down Dakota Way
1949
as Dolly Paxton
7.0
7.0
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Mme. de Montrevel
7.0
7.0
Scaramouche
1952
as Isabelle de Valmorin
7.0
7.0
The Egg and I
1947
as Betty's Mother
6.9
6.9
Mad About Music
1938
6.8
6.8
Sorority House
1939
as Mrs. Scott
6.7
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.7
6.7
Life with Father
1947
as Mrs. Whitehead
6.7
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Mrs. Polverdine
6.6
6.6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Widow Douglass
6.6
6.6
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Emily Baggett
6.5
6.5
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
6.5
6.5
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Aunt Clarissa
6.5
6.5
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Aunt Mary
6.4
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Mrs. Claiborne
6.4
6.4
Saturday's Children
1940
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
6.4
6.4
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Mrs. Cummings
6.3
6.3
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Mrs. Bailey
6.3
6.3
Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Landreth
6.3
6.3
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
6.3
6.3
High Wall
1947
as Mrs. Kenet
6.2
6.2
Lover Come Back
1946
as Ma Williams
6.2
6.2
My Bill
1938
as Aunt Caroline
6.2
6.2
Five Came Back
1939
as Martha Spengler
6.2
6.2
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as rs. Carruthers
6.1
6.1
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Phoebe Ainslee
6.1
6.1
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Mary Nolan
6.0
6.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Mrs. Hills
6.0
6.0
The Final Hour
1936
as Fortune Teller
6.0
6.0
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Minerva
6.0
6.0
In Old Amarillo
1951
as Granny Adams
6.0
6.0
Bannerline
1951
as Margaret Trimble
6.0
6.0
Bodyguard
1948
as Gene Dysen
6.0
6.0
Lady of Secrets
1936
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
6.0
6.0
Higher and Higher
1943
as Georgia Keating
6.0
6.0
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Leona Palmor
6.0
6.0
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Minerva Sunday
6.0
6.0
My True Story
1951
as Mme. Rousseau
6.0
6.0
Never a Dull Moment
1943
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
6.0
6.0
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
as Cactus Kate Taylor
6.0
6.0
Footlight Fever
1941
as Aunt Hattie Drake
6.0
6.0
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
as Sarah Frome
5.9
5.9
Weird Woman
1944
as Dean Grace Gunnison
5.9
5.9
Girls on Probation
1938
as Kate Heath
5.9
5.9
The King Steps Out
1936
as Grand Duchess Sofia
5.9
5.9
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Catherine Walsh
5.9
5.9
Bunco Squad
1950
as Jessica Royce
5.9
5.9
Mannequin
1938
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
5.7
5.7
I Live on Danger
1942
as Mrs. Morrell
5.7
5.7
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
as Aunt Della Lindsay
5.7
5.7
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Helen Corkery
5.6
5.6
Let's Make Music
1941
as Malvina Adams
5.6
5.6
They Won't Forget
1937
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
5.5
5.5
Disputed Passage
1939
as Mrs. Cunningham
5.5
5.5
Mountain Justice
1937
as Mrs. Harkins
5.5
5.5
Sealed Verdict
1948
as Mrs. Hockland
5.4
5.4
The Secret Fury
1950
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
5.4
5.4
Paris Calling
1941
as Madame Jennetier
5.4
5.4
They Made Me a Killer
1946
as 'Ma' Conley
5.3
5.3
It's a Big Country
1951
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Sierra
1950
as Aunt Susan
5.3
5.3
Nice Girl?
1941
as Marrtha Peasley
5.2
5.2
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
5.2
5.2
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Aunt Sally Phelps
5.0
5.0
The Man Who Dared
1939
as Jessie Carter
5.0
5.0
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
4.7
4.7
Full Confession
1939
as Norah O'Keefe
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
4.6
4.6
The Unseen
1945
as Mrs. Norris
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
4.4
4.4
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
4.2
4.2
The Girl from Mexico
1939
as Della Lindsay
4.1
4.1
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Aunt Della
4.0
4.0
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Mrs. Fletcher
4.0
4.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Jury Member
4.0
4.0
Guard That Girl
1935
as Aunt Catherine
4.0
4.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Mrs. Jordan
3.9
3.9
Blonde Fever
1944
as Mrs. Talford
3.0
3.0
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1.0
1.0
A Song for Miss Julie
1945
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Love in a Wood
1915
as Rosiland
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
as Kate Carney
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
as Grace
Mr. Dynamite
1941
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Slightly Tempted
1940
as Ethelreda Knox
Jail House Blues
1942
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
The Woman I Love
1937
as Mme. Herbillion
The Suicide Club
1914
as Zephyrine
The Forgotten Woman
1939
as Margaret Burke
Mama Loves Papa
1945
as Jessie Todd
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
as Bride
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913
as Maria Marten
The Cup Final Mystery
1914
Her Luck in London
1914
as Nellie Harbourne
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
as Black-Eyed Susan
Beautiful Jim
1914
as Nancy Earle
Inquisitive Ike
1914
as Dora
The Idol of Paris
1914
as Flare-Flare
Florence Nightingale
1915
as Florence Nightingale
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
as Martha Farnum
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916
as Avesa Pomeroy
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
as Mrs. Westwood
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