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.
Born: April 26, 1887 in London, England, UK
Died: December 20, 1958 (Age 71)
Streaming Sources for all Elisabeth Risdon Movies & TV ShowsTitle | Rating | Job | Role(s) | Year |
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Movie | Actress | Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Madame Jennetier | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Harkins | 1937 | |
Movie | Actress | Mary Nolan | 1948 | |
Movie | Actress | Martha Spengler | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Clarissa | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Hattie Drake | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Mary | 1936 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Lloyd | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Claiborne | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Jordan | 1938 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Westwood | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Pringle | 1943 | |
Movie | Actress | 'Ma' Conley | 1946 | |
Movie | Actress | Phoebe Ainslee | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Morrell | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Mme. Herbillion | 1937 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Landreth | 1936 | |
Movie | Actress | Ma Williams | 1946 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon) | 1938 | |
Movie | Actress | Dean Grace Gunnison | 1944 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della Lindsay | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della Lindsay | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della Lindsay | 1943 | |
Movie | Actress | Helen Corkery | 1944 | |
Movie | Actress | Avesa Pomeroy | 1916 | |
Movie | Actress | Malvina Adams | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Sarah Frome | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Kate Carney | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Mme. Rousseau | 1951 | |
Short Film | Actress | 1914 | ||
Movie | Actress | Gene Dysen | 1948 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Raskolnikov | 1935 | |
Movie | Actress | Jessica Royce | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della Lindsay | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Grand Duchess Sofia | 1936 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della Lindsay | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Ambrose Charteris | 1945 | |
Movie | Actress | Ethelreda Knox | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Jessie Carter | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Leona Palmor | 1945 | |
Movie | Actress | Cactus Kate Taylor | 1946 | |
Movie | Actress | Dr. R.W. Roberts | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Kate Heath | 1938 | |
Movie | Actress | Della Lindsay | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Miss Elizabeth Martin | 1944 | |
Movie | Actress | Rosiland | 1915 | |
Movie | Actress | Dolly Paxton | 1949 | |
Movie | Actress | Fortune Teller | 1936 | |
Movie | Actress | Limping Woman (aka "Achilles") | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Catherine Walsh | 1946 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Amanda Pritchard | 1947 | |
Movie | Actress | Margaret Trimble | 1951 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Sally Phelps | 1938 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Fletcher | 1938 | |
Movie | Actress | Norah O'Keefe | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Minerva | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Bailey | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Talford | 1944 | |
Movie | Actress | Cora Payne | 1937 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Sherman | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Norris | 1945 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon) | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Della Lindsay | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Grace | 1936 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Emily Whittaker | 1936 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Whitehead | 1947 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Polverdine | 1944 | |
Movie | Actress | Widow Douglass | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Scott | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Caroline | 1938 | |
Movie | Actress | Mme. de Montrevel | 1945 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Schuyler Manning III | 1943 | |
Movie | Actress | Marrtha Peasley | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Granny Adams | 1951 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Carter | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Emily Baggett | 1947 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Kenet | 1947 | |
Movie | Actress | Georgia Keating | 1943 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Susan | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Isabelle de Valmorin | 1952 | |
Movie | Actress | rs. Carruthers | 1948 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Cunningham | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Ma | 1941 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon) | 1937 | |
Movie | Actress | Betty's Mother | 1947 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Hockland | 1948 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Cummings | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Jury Member | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | Diner on Train (uncredited) | 1951 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Connell | 1937 | |
Movie | Actress | Sarah Lincoln | 1940 | |
Movie | Actress | 1938 | ||
Movie | Actress | Jessie Todd | 1945 | |
Movie | Actress | 1943 | ||
Movie | Actress | Flare-Flare | 1914 | |
Movie | Actress | Nellie Harbourne | 1914 | |
Movie | Actress | Aunt Catherine | 1935 | |
Movie | Actress | Margaret Burke | 1939 | |
Movie | Actress | Florence Nightingale | 1915 | |
Movie | Actress | Minerva Sunday | 1942 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Hills | 1947 | |
Movie | Actress | Maria Marten | 1913 | |
Movie | Actress | Bride | 1913 | |
Movie | Actress | Black-Eyed Susan | 1914 | |
Movie | Actress | Nancy Earle | 1914 | |
Short Film | Actress | Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll | 1941 | |
Short Film | Actress | Dora | 1914 | |
Short Film | Actress | 1914 | ||
Short Film | Actress | Martha Farnum | 1952 | |
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