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Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

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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 t

Born

Apr 26, 1887

London, England, UK

Died

Dec 20, 1958

Known For

Acting

Movies

115 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

High Sierra
High Sierra
1941 as Ma
★ 7.1
Random Harvest
Random Harvest
1942 as Mrs. Lloyd
★ 7.3
Tall in the Saddle
Tall in the Saddle
1944 as Miss Elizabeth Martin
★ 6.6
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 as Mrs. Claiborne
★ 6.4
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
1952 as Isabelle de Valmorin
★ 7.0
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
1939 as Mrs. Sherman
★ 7.5
Life with Father
Life with Father
1947 as Mrs. Whitehead
★ 6.7
Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 as Cora Payne
★ 7.5
Dead End
Dead End
1937 as Mrs. Connell
★ 7.0
Bannerline
Bannerline
1951 as Margaret Trimble
★ 6.8
High Wall
High Wall
1947 as Mrs. Kenet
★ 6.4
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?
1941 as Marrtha Peasley
★ 6.4
Bodyguard
Bodyguard
1948 as Gene Dysen
★ 6.1
Five Came Back
Five Came Back
1939 as Martha Spengler
★ 6.3
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
1935 as Mrs. Raskolnikov
★ 6.2
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia
1940 as Aunt Clarissa
★ 6.8
Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 as Mary Nolan
★ 5.9
The Secret Fury
The Secret Fury
1950 as Dr. R.W. Roberts
★ 5.5
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 as Widow Douglass
★ 6.7
Sierra
Sierra
1950 as Aunt Susan
★ 5.4
The Egg and I
The Egg and I
1947 as Betty's Mother
★ 7.1
It's a Big Country
It's a Big Country
1951 as Diner on Train (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
1944 as Mrs. Polverdine
★ 6.9
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
1915 as Florence Nightingale
Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife
1936 as Mrs. Landreth
★ 6.5
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 as Emily Baggett
★ 6.7
Mannequin
Mannequin
1938 as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
★ 6.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 as Mrs. Hills
★ 6.1
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 as Sarah Lincoln
★ 6.9
Mountain Justice
Mountain Justice
1937 as Mrs. Harkins
★ 6.3
Higher and Higher
Higher and Higher
1943 as Georgia Keating
★ 6.3
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
★ 8.8
Grissly's Millions
Grissly's Millions
1945 as Leona Palmor
★ 6.5
Jail House Blues
Jail House Blues
1942 as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
★ 9.0
Paris Calling
Paris Calling
1941 as Madame Jennetier
★ 6.0
Mama Loves Papa
Mama Loves Papa
1945 as Jessie Todd
★ 10.0
The Great Man Votes
The Great Man Votes
1939 as Phoebe Ainslee
★ 6.4
The Lady Is Willing
The Lady Is Willing
1942 as Mrs. Cummings
★ 6.5
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946 as Catherine Walsh
★ 6.2
They Won't Forget
They Won't Forget
1937 as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
★ 5.9
Sealed Verdict
Sealed Verdict
1948 as Mrs. Hockland
★ 7.0
The Milkman
The Milkman
1950 as Mrs. Carter
★ 7.0
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 as Aunt Mary
★ 6.6
Saturday's Children
Saturday's Children
1940 as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
★ 6.9
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 as Aunt Della Lindsay
★ 5.4
The Affairs of Annabel
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 as Mrs. Fletcher
★ 5.4
Don't Gamble with Love
Don't Gamble with Love
1936 as Grace
★ 10.0
Guard That Girl
Guard That Girl
1935 as Aunt Catherine
★ 6.5
The Bride Goes Wild
The Bride Goes Wild
1948 as rs. Carruthers
★ 6.7
The Bride Goes Wild
The Bride Goes Wild
1948 as Mrs. Carruthers
★ 6.7
Weird Woman
Weird Woman
1944 as Dean Grace Gunnison
★ 6.0
The Girl from Mexico
The Girl from Mexico
1939 as Della Lindsay
★ 5.1
Blonde Fever
Blonde Fever
1944 as Mrs. Talford
★ 4.4
The Unseen
The Unseen
1945 as Mrs. Norris
★ 4.7
Girls on Probation
Girls on Probation
1938 as Kate Heath
★ 6.2
Sorority House
Sorority House
1939 as Mrs. Scott
★ 7.3
I Live on Danger
I Live on Danger
1942 as Mrs. Morrell
★ 6.1
Full Confession
Full Confession
1939 as Norah O'Keefe
★ 5.6
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 as Mrs. Jordan
★ 7.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 as Jury Member
★ 5.3
Lost Angel
Lost Angel
1943 as Mrs. Pringle
★ 8.0
movie
Love in a Wood
1915 as Rosiland
In the Meantime, Darling
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 as Helen Corkery
★ 6.8
Mad About Music
★ 7.0
The Man Who Returned to Life
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 as Minerva Sunday
★ 7.3
Bunco Squad
Bunco Squad
1950 as Jessica Royce
★ 6.1
movie
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952 as Martha Farnum
The Forgotten Woman
The Forgotten Woman
1939 as Margaret Burke
★ 7.0
The Man Who Dared
The Man Who Dared
1939 as Jessie Carter
★ 7.0
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 as Aunt Della Lindsay
★ 5.0
movie
★ 5.0
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 as Aunt Della
★ 4.6
Disputed Passage
Disputed Passage
1939 as Mrs. Cunningham
★ 7.0
Let's Make Music
Let's Make Music
1941 as Malvina Adams
★ 6.0
My Bill
My Bill
1938 as Aunt Caroline
★ 6.6
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938 as Aunt Sally Phelps
★ 5.6
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943 as Aunt Della Lindsay
★ 6.0
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 as Aunt Della Lindsay
★ 4.7
The King Steps Out
The King Steps Out
1936 as Grand Duchess Sofia
★ 6.0
They Made Me a Killer
They Made Me a Killer
1946 as 'Ma' Conley
★ 5.7
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back
1946 as Ma Williams
★ 7.1
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back
1946 as 'Ma' Williams
★ 7.1
Down Dakota Way
Down Dakota Way
1949 as Dolly Paxton
★ 8.3
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942 as Aunt Della Lindsay
★ 4.8
Roll on Texas Moon
Roll on Texas Moon
1946 as Cactus Kate Taylor
★ 6.2
Hills of Oklahoma
Hills of Oklahoma
1950 as Kate Carney
★ 7.0
Journey for Margaret
Journey for Margaret
1942 as Mrs. Bailey
★ 6.7
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940 as Minerva
★ 6.5
Mr. Dynamite
Mr. Dynamite
1941 as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
★ 9.0
Are Husbands Necessary?
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942 as Mrs. Westwood
★ 7.0
At the Stroke of Twelve
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
★ 6.0
movie
Beautiful Jim
1914 as Nancy Earle
movie
Inquisitive Ike
1914 as Dora
Mexican Spitfire
Mexican Spitfire
1940 as Aunt Della Lindsay
★ 5.0
In Old Amarillo
In Old Amarillo
1951 as Granny Adams
★ 8.0
movie
Black-Eyed Susan
1914 as Black-Eyed Susan
The Mother of Dartmoor
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916 as Avesa Pomeroy
Lady of Secrets
Lady of Secrets
1936 as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
★ 6.7
The Fighting Guardsman
The Fighting Guardsman
1945 as Mme. de Montrevel
★ 8.5
movie
Her Luck in London
1914 as Nellie Harbourne
My True Story
My True Story
1951 as Mme. Rousseau
★ 6.6
The Final Hour
The Final Hour
1936 as Fortune Teller
★ 7.5
The Woman I Love
The Woman I Love
1937 as Mme. Herbillion
★ 7.0
The Suicide Club
The Suicide Club
1914 as Zephyrine
A Song for Miss Julie
A Song for Miss Julie
1945 as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
★ 5.5
Never a Dull Moment
Never a Dull Moment
1943 as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
★ 7.0
Footlight Fever
Footlight Fever
1941 as Aunt Hattie Drake
★ 7.0
movie
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913 as Bride
Slightly Tempted
Slightly Tempted
1940 as Ethelreda Knox
★ 8.0
movie
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916 as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
movie
The Idol of Paris
1914 as Flare-Flare
Honeymoon Deferred
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 as Sarah Frome
★ 8.0