Elisabeth Risdon

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

139

Movies

113

Born: April 26, 1887 – December 20, 1958
From: London, England, UK

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. 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.

Works

113 films

Tall in the Saddle

19446.6

Scaramouche

19527.0

High Sierra

19417.1

The Roaring Twenties

19397.5

Dead End

19377.1

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

19396.7

Florence Nightingale

1915

The Egg and I

19477.1

Random Harvest

19427.3

Reap the Wild Wind

19426.4

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

Mama Loves Papa

194510.0

Life with Father

19476.7

Nice Girl?

19416.4

Grissly's Millions

19456.5

The Secret Fury

19505.5

Crossroads - U.S.A.

1952

Every Girl Should Be Married

19485.9

The Bride Goes Wild

19486.7

The Forgotten Woman

19397.0

High Wall

19476.4

It's a Big Country

19515.9

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

19478.8

Bannerline

19516.8

Sierra

19505.4

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

19405.3

Mourning Becomes Electra

19476.1

The Howards of Virginia

19406.8

Bodyguard

19486.1

The Lady Is Willing

19426.5

Paris Calling

19416.0

Crime and Punishment

19356.2

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

19436.7

The Canterville Ghost

19446.9

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

19466.2

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

19476.7

Bunco Squad

19506.1

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

19406.9

Craig's Wife

19366.5

Sorority House

19397.3

The Princess of Happy Chance

1916

Jail House Blues

19429.0

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

19436.0

Don't Gamble with Love

193610.0

Inquisitive Ike

1914

Mannequin

19386.0

The Unseen

19454.7

Beautiful Jim

1914

The Fighting Guardsman

19458.5

Mountain Justice

19376.3

Five Came Back

19396.3

I Live on Danger

19426.1

The Milkman

19507.0

Weird Woman

19446.0

Down Dakota Way

19498.3

In Old Amarillo

19518.0

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

19424.7

Bridegrooms Beware!

1913

Blonde Fever

19444.4

The Suicide Club

1914

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

1913

Mad About Music

19387.0

Higher and Higher

19436.3

The Mother of Dartmoor

1916

Sealed Verdict

19487.0

Theodora Goes Wild

19366.6

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

19406.5

The Affairs of Annabel

19385.4

The Man Who Dared

19397.0

The King Steps Out

19366.0

My True Story

19516.6

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

19425.4

My Bill

19386.6

The Great Man Votes

19396.4

In the Meantime, Darling

19446.8

Journey for Margaret

19426.7

They Won't Forget

19375.9

The Man Who Returned to Life

19427.3

Love in a Wood

1915

Guard That Girl

19356.5

Lost Angel

19438.0

At the Stroke of Twelve

19416.0

They Made Me a Killer

19465.7

Roll on Texas Moon

19466.2

The Woman I Love

19377.0

Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn

19135.0

Lover Come Back

19467.1

Honeymoon Deferred

19408.0

A Song for Miss Julie

19455.5

Mexican Spitfire Out West

19405.0

Tom Sawyer, Detective

19385.6

Girls on Probation

19386.2

Footlight Fever

19417.0

Mr. Dynamite

19419.0

Cowboy from Brooklyn

19387.0

The Girl from Mexico

19395.1

Full Confession

19395.6

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

19414.6

Disputed Passage

19397.0

Her Luck in London

1914

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

19424.8

Black-Eyed Susan

1914

Lady of Secrets

19366.7

Are Husbands Necessary?

19427.0

Hills of Oklahoma

19507.0

Let's Make Music

19416.0

Saturday's Children

19406.9

Mexican Spitfire

19405.0

The Final Hour

19367.5

Never a Dull Moment

19437.0

Slightly Tempted

19408.0

The Idol of Paris

1914

The Cup Final Mystery

1914