Birthday
1887/04/26
Day of death
1958/12/20 (71 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
Elizabeth Risden, Elizabeth Risdon , Elizabeth Evans
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...Read more
(1942) Random Harvest
as Mrs. Lloyd
(1938) Mannequin
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
(1947) High Wall
as Mrs. Kenet
(1941) High Sierra
as Ma
(1937) Dead End
as Mrs. Connell
(1937) Make Way for Tomorrow
as Cora Payne
(1947) Life with Father
as Mrs. Whitehead
(1945) Mama Loves Papa
as Jessie Todd
(1946) They Made Me a Killer
as 'Ma' Conley
(1943) Higher and Higher
as Georgia Keating
(1940) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Sarah Lincoln
(1939) The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Sherman
(1948) Bodyguard
as Gene Dysen
(1935) Crime and Punishment
as Mrs. Raskolnikov
(1945) The Unseen
as Mrs. Norris
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Claiborne
(1950) Bunco Squad
as Jessica Royce
(1944) Weird Woman
as Dean Grace Gunnison
(1939) Five Came Back
as Martha Spengler
(1937) They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
(1943) The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as ---
(1944) The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Polverdine
(1940) The Howards of Virginia
as Aunt Clarissa
(1941) Mr. Dynamite
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
(1946) Roll on Texas Moon
as Cactus Kate Taylor
(1950) The Secret Fury
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
(1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglass
(1946) The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Catherine Walsh
(1950) Sierra
as Aunt Susan
(1947) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
(1940) Mexican Spitfire
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1942) Jail House Blues
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
(1913) Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
as Maria Marten
(1914) The Cup Final Mystery
as ---
(1913) Bridegrooms Beware!
as Bride
(1914) Inquisitive Ike
as Dora
(1914) Black-Eyed Susan
as Black-Eyed Susan
(1914) Her Luck in London
as Nellie Harbourne
(1914) Beautiful Jim
as Nancy Earle
(1914) The Idol of Paris
as Flare-Flare
(1940) Saturday's Children
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
(1941) Footlight Fever
as Aunt Hattie Drake
(1941) Let's Make Music
as Malvina Adams
(1936) The King Steps Out
as Grand Duchess Sofia
(1950) Hills of Oklahoma
as Kate Carney
(1938) Girls on Probation
as Kate Heath
(1942) Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1951) Bannerline
as Margaret Trimble
(1946) Lover Come Back
as Ma Williams
(1941) The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Aunt Della
(1945) A Song for Miss Julie
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
(1942) Are Husbands Necessary?
as Mrs. Westwood
(1937) Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Harkins
(1938) Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Sally Phelps
(1942) I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Morrell
(1937) The Woman I Love
as Mme. Herbillion
(1939) The Girl from Mexico
as Della Lindsay
(1935) Guard That Girl
as Aunt Catherine
(1942) Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1940) Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1942) Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1939) The Great Man Votes
as Phoebe Ainslee
(1938) The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Fletcher
(1938) Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Jordan
(1939) The Forgotten Woman
as Margaret Burke
(1939) Full Confession
as Norah O'Keefe
(1936) Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Landreth
(1936) Theodora Goes Wild
as Aunt Mary
(1952) Scaramouche
as Isabelle de Valmorin
(1940) Slightly Tempted
as Ethelreda Knox
(1939) The Man Who Dared
as Jessie Carter
(1939) Sorority House
as Mrs. Scott
(1952) Crossroads - U.S.A.
as Martha Farnum
(1938) My Bill
as Aunt Caroline
(1915) Florence Nightingale
as Florence Nightingale
(1942) The Man Who Returned to Life
as ---
(1945) The Fighting Guardsman
as Mme. de Montrevel
(1940) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Jury Member
(1944) Tall in the Saddle
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
(1948) Every Girl Should Be Married
as Mary Nolan
(1944) In the Meantime, Darling
as Helen Corkery
(1943) Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Aunt Della Lindsay
(1947) Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Hills
(1940) Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Minerva
(1943) Never a Dull Moment
as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
(1945) Grissly's Millions
as Leona Palmor
(1915) Love in a Wood
as Rosiland
(1948) The Bride Goes Wild
as Mrs. Carruthers
(1948) The Bride Goes Wild
as rs. Carruthers
(1942) Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Bailey
(1941) At the Stroke of Twelve
as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
(1941) Nice Girl?
as Marrtha Peasley
(1944) Blonde Fever
as Mrs. Talford
(1949) Down Dakota Way
as Dolly Paxton
(1951) In Old Amarillo
as Granny Adams
(1936) Don't Gamble with Love
as Grace
(1951) My True Story
as Mme. Rousseau
(1939) Disputed Passage
as Mrs. Cunningham
(1943) Lost Angel
as Mrs. Pringle
(1916) The Mother of Dartmoor
as Avesa Pomeroy
(1940) Honeymoon Deferred
as Sarah Frome
(1950) The Milkman
as Mrs. Carter
(1947) The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Emily Baggett
(1941) Paris Calling
as Madame Jennetier
(1947) The Egg and I
as Betty's Mother
(1948) Sealed Verdict
as Mrs. Hockland
(1914) The Suicide Club
as ---
(1936) Lady of Secrets
as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
(1942) The Lady Is Willing
as Mrs. Cummings
(1936) The Final Hour
as Fortune Teller
(1951) It's a Big Country
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
(1938) Mad About Music
as ---
(1946) Lover Come Back
as 'Ma' Williams