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Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

26/04/1887

Day of Death

20/12/1958
(71) years old

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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... Read More

Known For

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

Bannerline

Bannerline

In Old Amarillo

In Old Amarillo

My True Story

My True Story

The Milkman

The Milkman

Bunco Squad

Bunco Squad

Hills of Oklahoma

Hills of Oklahoma

Sierra

Sierra

Filmography

Cast

1952

Scaramouche

as Isabelle de Valmorin

1952

Crossroads - U.S.A.

as Martha Farnum

1951

It's a Big Country

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

1951

Bannerline

as Margaret Trimble

1951

In Old Amarillo

as Granny Adams

1951

My True Story

as Mme. Rousseau

1950

The Milkman

as Mrs. Carter

1950

Bunco Squad

as Jessica Royce

1950

Hills of Oklahoma

as Kate Carney

1950

Sierra

as Aunt Susan

1950

The Secret Fury

as Dr. R.W. Roberts

1949

Down Dakota Way

as Dolly Paxton

1948

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Mary Nolan

1948

Sealed Verdict

as Mrs. Hockland

1948

Bodyguard

as Gene Dysen

1948

The Bride Goes Wild

as rs. Carruthers

1948

The Bride Goes Wild

as Mrs. Carruthers

1947

High Wall

as Mrs. Kenet

1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Mrs. Hills

1947

Life with Father

as Mrs. Whitehead

1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Emily Baggett

1947

The Egg and I

as Betty's Mother

1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

1946

Roll on Texas Moon

as Cactus Kate Taylor

1946

Lover Come Back

as Ma Williams

1946

Lover Come Back

as 'Ma' Williams

1946

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

as Catherine Walsh

1946

They Made Me a Killer

as 'Ma' Conley

1945

Mama Loves Papa

as Jessie Todd

1945

The Unseen

as Mrs. Norris

1945

The Fighting Guardsman

as Mme. de Montrevel

1945

A Song for Miss Julie

as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

1945

Grissly's Millions

as Leona Palmor

1944

Blonde Fever

as Mrs. Talford

1944

Tall in the Saddle

as Miss Elizabeth Martin

1944

In the Meantime, Darling

as Helen Corkery

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Mrs. Polverdine

1944

Weird Woman

as Dean Grace Gunnison

1943

Higher and Higher

as Georgia Keating

1943

Lost Angel

as Mrs. Pringle

1943

Never a Dull Moment

as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III

1943

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

as Aunt Della Lindsay

1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1942

Random Harvest

as Mrs. Lloyd

1942

Journey for Margaret

as Mrs. Bailey

1942

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

as Aunt Della Lindsay

1942

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

as Aunt Della Lindsay

1942

I Live on Danger

as Mrs. Morrell

1942

Are Husbands Necessary?

as Mrs. Westwood

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

as Mrs. Claiborne

1942

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

as Aunt Della Lindsay

1942

The Lady Is Willing

as Mrs. Cummings

1942

The Man Who Returned to Life

as Minerva Sunday

1942

Jail House Blues

as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

1941

Paris Calling

as Madame Jennetier

1941

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

as Aunt Della

1941

At the Stroke of Twelve

as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

1941

Footlight Fever

as Aunt Hattie Drake

1941

Mr. Dynamite

as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")

1941

Nice Girl?

as Marrtha Peasley

1941

High Sierra

as Ma

1941

Let's Make Music

as Malvina Adams

1940

Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Aunt Della Lindsay

1940

Slightly Tempted

as Ethelreda Knox

1940

The Howards of Virginia

as Aunt Clarissa

1940

Saturday's Children

as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1940

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

as Minerva

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Sarah Lincoln

1940

Honeymoon Deferred

as Sarah Frome

1940

Mexican Spitfire

as Aunt Della Lindsay

1940

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as Jury Member

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Mrs. Sherman

1939

Disputed Passage

as Mrs. Cunningham

1939

Full Confession

as Norah O'Keefe

1939

The Forgotten Woman

as Margaret Burke

1939

Five Came Back

as Martha Spengler

1939

The Man Who Dared

as Jessie Carter

1939

The Girl from Mexico

as Della Lindsay

1939

Sorority House

as Mrs. Scott

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Widow Douglass

1939

The Great Man Votes

as Phoebe Ainslee

1938

Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Aunt Sally Phelps

1938

Girls on Probation

as Kate Heath

1938

The Affairs of Annabel

as Mrs. Fletcher

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Mrs. Jordan

1938

My Bill

as Aunt Caroline

1938

Mad About Music

1938

Mannequin

as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1937

Dead End

as Mrs. Connell

1937

They Won't Forget

as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Cora Payne

1937

Mountain Justice

as Mrs. Harkins

1937

The Woman I Love

as Mme. Herbillion

1936

Theodora Goes Wild

as Aunt Mary

1936

Craig's Wife

as Mrs. Landreth

1936

The Final Hour

as Fortune Teller

1936

The King Steps Out

as Grand Duchess Sofia

1936

Don't Gamble with Love

as Grace

1936

Lady of Secrets

as Mrs. Emily Whittaker

1935

Crime and Punishment

as Mrs. Raskolnikov

1935

Guard That Girl

as Aunt Catherine

1916

The Mother of Dartmoor

as Avesa Pomeroy

1916

The Princess of Happy Chance

as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden

1915

Florence Nightingale

as Florence Nightingale

1915

Love in a Wood

as Rosiland

1914

The Suicide Club

as Zephyrine

1914

The Cup Final Mystery

1914

Her Luck in London

as Nellie Harbourne

1914

Black-Eyed Susan

as Black-Eyed Susan

1914

Beautiful Jim

as Nancy Earle

1914

Inquisitive Ike

as Dora

1914

The Idol of Paris

as Flare-Flare

1913

Bridegrooms Beware!

as Bride

1913

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

as Maria Marten