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