Elisabeth Risdon
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1887-04-26 (71 years old)
Deathday
1958-12-20
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also known As
Elizabeth Risden
Elizabeth Risdon
Elizabeth Evans
Elisabeth Risdon
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 Fave...
Acting
1942
as Mrs. Lloyd
1938
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1947
as Mrs. Kenet
1941
as Ma
1937
as Mrs. Connell
1937
as Cora Payne
1947
as Mrs. Whitehead
1945
as Jessie Todd
1946
as 'Ma' Conley
1943
as Georgia Keating
1940
as Sarah Lincoln
1939
as Mrs. Sherman
1948
as Gene Dysen
1935
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
1945
as Mrs. Norris
1942
as Mrs. Claiborne
1950
as Jessica Royce
1944
as Dean Grace Gunnison
1939
as Martha Spengler
1937
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1944
as Mrs. Polverdine
1940
as Aunt Clarissa
1941
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
1946
as Cactus Kate Taylor
1950
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
1939
as Widow Douglass
1946
as Catherine Walsh
1950
as Aunt Susan
1947
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
1913
as Maria Marten
1913
as Bride
1914
as Dora
1914
as Black-Eyed Susan
1914
as Nellie Harbourne
1914
as Nancy Earle
1914
as Flare-Flare
1940
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
1941
as Aunt Hattie Drake
1941
as Malvina Adams
1936
as Grand Duchess Sofia
1950
as Kate Carney
1938
as Kate Heath
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1951
as Margaret Trimble
1946
as Ma Williams
1941
as Aunt Della
1945
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
1942
as Mrs. Westwood
1937
as Mrs. Harkins
1938
as Aunt Sally Phelps
1942
as Mrs. Morrell
1937
as Mme. Herbillion
1939
as Della Lindsay
1935
as Aunt Catherine
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1940
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1942
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1939
as Phoebe Ainslee
1938
as Mrs. Fletcher
1938
as Mrs. Jordan
1939
as Margaret Burke
1939
as Norah O'Keefe
1936
as Mrs. Landreth
1936
as Aunt Mary
1952
as Isabelle de Valmorin
1940
as Ethelreda Knox
1939
as Jessie Carter
1939
as Mrs. Scott
1952
as Martha Farnum
1938
as Aunt Caroline
1915
as Florence Nightingale
1942
as Minerva Sunday
1945
as Mme. de Montrevel
1940
as Jury Member
1944
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
1948
as Mary Nolan
1944
as Helen Corkery
1943
as Aunt Della Lindsay
1947
as Mrs. Hills
1940
as Minerva
1943
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
1945
as Leona Palmor
1915
as Rosiland
1948
as Mrs. Carruthers
1948
as rs. Carruthers
1942
as Mrs. Bailey
1941
as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
1941
as Marrtha Peasley
1944
as Mrs. Talford
1949
as Dolly Paxton
1951
as Granny Adams
1936
as Grace
1951
as Mme. Rousseau
1939
as Mrs. Cunningham
1943
as Mrs. Pringle
1916
as Avesa Pomeroy
1940
as Sarah Frome
1950
as Mrs. Carter
1947
as Emily Baggett
1941
as Madame Jennetier
1947
as Betty's Mother
1948
as Mrs. Hockland
1914
as Zephyrine
1936
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
1942
as Mrs. Cummings
1936
as Fortune Teller
1951
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
1938
1946
as 'Ma' Williams
1916
as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
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