Elisabeth Risdon
AKA: Elizabeth Risden
Birthday: 1887-04-26
Died: 1958-12-20
Birthplace: London, England, UK
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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.
Filmography
Character: Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Character: Mrs. Whitehead
Character: Georgia Keating
Character: Mrs. Raskolnikov
Character: Mrs. Claiborne
Character: Dean Grace Gunnison
Character: Martha Spengler
Character: Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Character: Mrs. Polverdine
Character: Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Character: Cactus Kate Taylor
Character: Dr. R.W. Roberts
Character: Widow Douglass
Character: Catherine Walsh
Character: Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Character: Aunt Della Lindsay
Character: Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Character: Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Character: Aunt Hattie Drake
Character: Grand Duchess Sofia
Character: Aunt Della Lindsay
Character: Margaret Trimble
Character: Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Character: Aunt Sally Phelps
Character: Mme. Herbillion
Character: Aunt Della Lindsay
Character: Aunt Della Lindsay
Character: Phoebe Ainslee
Character: Aunt Della Lindsay
Character: Isabelle de Valmorin
Character: Ethelreda Knox
Character: Mme. de Montrevel
Character: Miss Elizabeth Martin
Character: Aunt Della Lindsay
Character: Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Character: rs. Carruthers
Character: Mrs. Carruthers
Character: Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
Character: Marrtha Peasley
Character: Mrs. Cunningham
Character: Madame Jennetier
Character: Betty's Mother
Character: Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Character: Fortune Teller
Character: Diner on Train (uncredited)
Character: Nellie Harbourne
Character: Black-Eyed Susan
Character: Aunt Catherine
Character: Margaret Burke
Character: Florence Nightingale