Elisabeth Risdon
Acting
1887-04-26 · 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.
Filmography
Scaramouche
1952 · Movie
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952 · Movie
It's a Big Country
1951 · Movie
Bannerline
1951 · Movie
In Old Amarillo
1951 · Movie
My True Story
1951 · Movie
The Milkman
1950 · Movie
Bunco Squad
1950 · Movie
Hills of Oklahoma
1950 · Movie
Sierra
1950 · Movie
The Secret Fury
1950 · Movie
Down Dakota Way
1949 · Movie
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 · Movie
Sealed Verdict
1948 · Movie
Bodyguard
1948 · Movie
The Bride Goes Wild
1948 · Movie
High Wall
1947 · Movie
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Movie
Life with Father
1947 · Movie
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Movie
The Egg and I
1947 · Movie
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 · Movie
Roll on Texas Moon
1946 · Movie
Lover Come Back
1946 · Movie
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946 · Movie
They Made Me a Killer
1946 · Movie
Mama Loves Papa
1945 · Movie
The Unseen
1945 · Movie
The Fighting Guardsman
1945 · Movie
A Song for Miss Julie
1945 · Movie
Grissly's Millions
1945 · Movie
Blonde Fever
1944 · Movie
Tall in the Saddle
1944 · Movie
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 · Movie
The Canterville Ghost
1944 · Movie
Weird Woman
1944 · Movie
Higher and Higher
1943 · Movie
Lost Angel
1943 · Movie
Never a Dull Moment
1943 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943 · Movie
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Movie
Random Harvest
1942 · Movie
Journey for Margaret
1942 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942 · Movie
I Live on Danger
1942 · Movie
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942 · Movie
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 · Movie
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Movie
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Movie
Jail House Blues
1942 · Movie
Paris Calling
1941 · Movie
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 · Movie
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 · Movie
Footlight Fever
1941 · Movie
Mr. Dynamite
1941 · Movie
Nice Girl?
1941 · Movie
High Sierra
1941 · Movie
Let's Make Music
1941 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Movie
Slightly Tempted
1940 · Movie
The Howards of Virginia
1940 · Movie
Saturday's Children
1940 · Movie
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 · Movie
Mexican Spitfire
1940 · Movie
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Movie
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Movie
Disputed Passage
1939 · Movie
Full Confession
1939 · Movie
The Forgotten Woman
1939 · Movie
Five Came Back
1939 · Movie
The Man Who Dared
1939 · Movie
The Girl from Mexico
1939 · Movie
Sorority House
1939 · Movie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · Movie
The Great Man Votes
1939 · Movie
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938 · Movie
Girls on Probation
1938 · Movie
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 · Movie
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 · Movie
My Bill
1938 · Movie
Mad About Music
1938 · Movie
Mannequin
1938 · Movie
Dead End
1937 · Movie
They Won't Forget
1937 · Movie
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Movie
Mountain Justice
1937 · Movie
The Woman I Love
1937 · Movie
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 · Movie
Craig's Wife
1936 · Movie
The Final Hour
1936 · Movie
The King Steps Out
1936 · Movie
Don't Gamble with Love
1936 · Movie
Lady of Secrets
1936 · Movie
Crime and Punishment
1935 · Movie
Guard That Girl
1935 · Movie
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916 · Movie
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916 · Movie
Florence Nightingale
1915 · Movie
Love in a Wood
1915 · Movie
The Suicide Club
1914 · Movie
Her Luck in London
1914 · Movie
Beautiful Jim
1914 · Movie
Inquisitive Ike
1914 · Movie
Black-Eyed Susan
1914 · Movie
The Cup Final Mystery
1914 · Movie
The Idol of Paris
1914 · Movie
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913 · Movie
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913 · Movie
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913 · Movie