Elisabeth Risdon
Actor/Actriz
102
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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.
Como Ator/Atriz
Sierra
Aunt Susan
Reap the Wild Wind
Mrs. Claiborne
Dead End
Mrs. Connell
Altas sierras
Ma
Tall in the Saddle
Miss Elizabeth Martin
Los violentos años veinte
Mrs. Sherman
Scaramouche
Isabelle de Valmorin
Paris Calling
Madame Jennetier
The Unseen
Mrs. Norris
Sorority House
Mrs. Scott
Make Way for Tomorrow
Cora Payne
Muro de tinieblas
Mrs. Kenet
En la noche del pasado
Mrs. Lloyd
Five Came Back
Martha Spengler
La vida con papá
Mrs. Whitehead
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglass
Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Raskolnikov
The Egg and I
Betty's Mother
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mary Nolan
El fantasma de Canterville
Mrs. Polverdine
Mannequin
Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Capricho de mujer
Mrs. Cummings
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Aunt Della Lindsay
The Secret Fury
Dr. R.W. Roberts
The Howards of Virginia
Aunt Clarissa
Full Confession
Norah O'Keefe
Footlight Fever
Aunt Hattie Drake
The King Steps Out
Grand Duchess Sofia
It's a Big Country
Diner on Train (uncredited)
Lost Angel
Mrs. Pringle