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  • BIRTH 26/04/1887
  • DEATH 20/12/1958
  • Country United Kingdom
  • MOVIES 25

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 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.

Elisabeth Risdon

Movies (25)

The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties
Mrs. Sherman
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
Isabelle de Valmorin
Tall in the Saddle
Tall in the Saddle
Miss Elizabeth Martin
Life with Father
Life with Father
Mrs. Whitehead
Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mary Nolan
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglass
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
The Howards of Virginia
The Howards of Virginia
Aunt Clarissa
Dead End
Dead End
Mrs. Connell
The Egg and I
The Egg and I
Betty's Mother
They Won't Forget
They Won't Forget
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
The Affairs of Annabel
The Affairs of Annabel
Mrs. Fletcher
Bunco Squad
Bunco Squad
Jessica Royce
Bodyguard
Bodyguard
Gene Dysen
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
Mrs. Claiborne
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Raskolnikov
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild
Aunt Mary
Sealed Verdict
Sealed Verdict
Mrs. Hockland
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Aunt Sally Phelps
Journey for Margaret
Journey for Margaret
Mrs. Bailey
Random Harvest
Random Harvest
Mrs. Lloyd
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Polverdine
High Sierra
High Sierra
Ma
Saturday's Children
Saturday's Children
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Weird Woman
Weird Woman
Dean Grace Gunnison