Elisabeth Risdon
- Recitazione
- 26 aprile 1887 · London, England, UK
- 20 dicembre 1958
Biografia
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 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.
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Filmografia
- Scaramouche · Isabelle de Valmorin
- Crossroads - U.S.A. · Martha Farnum
- It's a Big Country · Diner on Train (uncredited)
- Bannerline · Margaret Trimble
- In Old Amarillo · Granny Adams
- My True Story · Mme. Rousseau
- The Milkman · Mrs. Carter
- Bunco Squad · Jessica Royce
- Hills of Oklahoma · Kate Carney
- Sierra · Aunt Susan
- Nozze infrante · Dr. R.W. Roberts
- Down Dakota Way · Dolly Paxton
- Ogni ragazza vuol marito · Mary Nolan
- Sealed Verdict · Mrs. Hockland
- Squadra mobile 61 · Gene Dysen
- La sposa ribelle · rs. Carruthers, Mrs. Carruthers
- La muraglia delle tenebre · Mrs. Kenet
- Il lutto si addice ad Elettra · Mrs. Hills
- Vita col padre · Mrs. Whitehead
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge · Emily Baggett
- Io e l'uovo · Betty's Mother
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim · Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
- Roll on Texas Moon · Cactus Kate Taylor
- Lover Come Back · Ma Williams, 'Ma' Williams
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down · Catherine Walsh
- They Made Me a Killer · 'Ma' Conley
- Mama Loves Papa · Jessie Todd
- Il fantasma · Mrs. Norris
- The Fighting Guardsman · Mme. de Montrevel
- A Song for Miss Julie · Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
- Grissly's Millions · Leona Palmor
- Blonde Fever · Mrs. Talford
- Romanzo nel West · Miss Elizabeth Martin
- In the Meantime, Darling · Helen Corkery
- Lo spettro di Canterville · Mrs. Polverdine
- Weird Woman · Dean Grace Gunnison
- Il denaro non è tutto · Georgia Keating
- Lost Angel · Mrs. Pringle
- Never a Dull Moment · Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
- Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event · Aunt Della Lindsay
- Verso l'ignoto
- Prigionieri del passato · Mrs. Lloyd
- Journey for Margaret · Mrs. Bailey
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant · Aunt Della Lindsay
- Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost · Aunt Della Lindsay
- I Live on Danger · Mrs. Morrell
- Are Husbands Necessary? · Mrs. Westwood
- Vento selvaggio · Mrs. Claiborne
- Mexican Spitfire at Sea · Aunt Della Lindsay
- La signora acconsente · Mrs. Cummings
- The Man Who Returned to Life · Minerva Sunday
- Jail House Blues · Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
- Paris Calling · Madame Jennetier
- The Mexican Spitfire's Baby · Aunt Della
- At the Stroke of Twelve · Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
- Footlight Fever · Aunt Hattie Drake
- Mr. Dynamite · Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
- Una ragazza per bene · Marrtha Peasley
- Una pallottola per Roy · Ma
- Let's Make Music · Malvina Adams
- Mexican Spitfire Out West · Aunt Della Lindsay
- Slightly Tempted · Ethelreda Knox
- Quelli della Virginia · Aunt Clarissa
- Saturday's Children · Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! · Minerva
- Abramo Lincoln · Sarah Lincoln
- Honeymoon Deferred · Sarah Frome
- Mexican Spitfire · Aunt Della Lindsay
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Jury Member
- I ruggenti anni venti · Mrs. Sherman
- Disputed Passage · Mrs. Cunningham
- Full Confession · Norah O'Keefe
- The Forgotten Woman · Margaret Burke
- La tragedia del Silver Queen · Martha Spengler
- The Man Who Dared · Jessie Carter
- The Girl from Mexico · Della Lindsay
- Sorority House · Mrs. Scott
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Widow Douglass
- The Great Man Votes · Phoebe Ainslee
- Tom Sawyer, Detective · Aunt Sally Phelps