Elisabeth Risdon
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1887-04-26
Place of birth
London, England, UK
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Cast
Random Harvest
1942
7.30
Mannequin
1938
5.86
High Wall
1947
6.20
High Sierra
1941
7.10
Dead End
1937
7.00
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
7.50
Life with Father
1947
6.60
Mama Loves Papa
1945
0.00
They Made Me a Killer
1946
5.60
Higher and Higher
1943
6.00
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
7.00
The Roaring Twenties
1939
7.49
Bodyguard
1948
6.00
Crime and Punishment
1935
6.40
The Unseen
1945
4.60
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
6.39
Bunco Squad
1950
5.90
Weird Woman
1944
6.00
Five Came Back
1939
6.20
They Won't Forget
1937
5.70
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.38
The Canterville Ghost
1944
6.70
The Howards of Virginia
1940
6.50
Mr. Dynamite
1941
0.00
Roll on Texas Moon
1946
6.00
The Secret Fury
1950
5.40
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
5.90
Sierra
1950
5.30
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
8.50
Mexican Spitfire
1940
4.60
Jail House Blues
1942
0.00
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
0.00
The Cup Final Mystery
1914
0.00
Her Luck in London
1914
0.00
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
0.00
Beautiful Jim
1914
0.00
Inquisitive Ike
1914
0.00
The Idol of Paris
1914
0.00
Saturday's Children
1940
6.40
Footlight Fever
1941
6.00
Let's Make Music
1941
5.60
The King Steps Out
1936
5.90
Hills of Oklahoma
1950
0.00
Girls on Probation
1938
5.90
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
3.00
Bannerline
1951
6.00
Lover Come Back
1946
6.20
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
4.30
A Song for Miss Julie
1945
1.00
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
0.00
Mountain Justice
1937
5.50
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
5.20
I Live on Danger
1942
5.70
The Woman I Love
1937
0.00
The Girl from Mexico
1939
4.20
Guard That Girl
1935
4.00
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
4.40
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
4.60
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
5.20
The Great Man Votes
1939
6.10
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
4.00
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
4.00
The Forgotten Woman
1939
0.00
Full Confession
1939
4.70
Craig's Wife
1936
6.30
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
6.50
Scaramouche
1952
7.10
Slightly Tempted
1940
0.00
The Man Who Dared
1939
5.00
Sorority House
1939
6.80
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
0.00
My Bill
1938
6.20
Florence Nightingale
1915
0.00
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
6.00
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
7.00
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
4.00
Tall in the Saddle
1944
6.50
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
6.30
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
5.00
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
5.70
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
6.30
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
6.00
Never a Dull Moment
1943
6.00
Grissly's Millions
1945
6.00
Love in a Wood
1915
0.00
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
6.00
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
6.00
Journey for Margaret
1942
6.60
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
5.00
Nice Girl?
1941
5.30
Blonde Fever
1944
4.40
Down Dakota Way
1949
7.00
In Old Amarillo
1951
6.00
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
0.00
My True Story
1951
6.00
Disputed Passage
1939
5.50
Lost Angel
1943
7.50
The Mother of Dartmoor
1916
0.00
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
6.00
The Milkman
1950
8.00
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
6.60
Paris Calling
1941
5.40
The Egg and I
1947
7.00
Sealed Verdict
1948
5.50
The Suicide Club
1914
0.00
Lady of Secrets
1936
6.00
The Lady Is Willing
1942
6.39
The Final Hour
1936
6.00
It's a Big Country
1951
5.30
Mad About Music
1938
6.89
Lover Come Back
1946
6.20
The Princess of Happy Chance
1916
0.00