person

Elisabeth Risdon

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1887-04-26

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Elisabeth Risdon

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 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.

Also Known For

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Random Harvest

Dec 17, 1942

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58

Mannequin

Jan 21, 1938

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62

High Wall

Dec 17, 1947

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71

High Sierra

Jan 23, 1941

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70

Dead End

Aug 27, 1937

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75

Make Way for Tomorrow

May 09, 1937

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66

Life with Father

Sep 13, 1947

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NA

Mama Loves Papa

Aug 08, 1945

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56

They Made Me a Killer

May 03, 1946

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60

Higher and Higher

Dec 31, 1943

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70

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Feb 22, 1940

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74

The Roaring Twenties

Oct 28, 1939

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60

Bodyguard

Sep 04, 1948

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63

Crime and Punishment

Nov 22, 1935

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46

The Unseen

May 12, 1945

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63

Reap the Wild Wind

Mar 26, 1942

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59

Bunco Squad

Sep 01, 1950

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60

Weird Woman

Mar 01, 1944

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62

Five Came Back

Jun 23, 1939

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57

They Won't Forget

Jul 14, 1937

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63

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Feb 19, 1943

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67

The Canterville Ghost

Jul 20, 1944

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65

The Howards of Virginia

Sep 19, 1940

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NA

Mr. Dynamite

Mar 01, 1941

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60

Roll on Texas Moon

Sep 12, 1946

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54

The Secret Fury

Feb 21, 1950

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65

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Feb 10, 1939

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59

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Jun 07, 1946

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53

Sierra

May 26, 1950

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85

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Jan 04, 1947

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46

Mexican Spitfire

Jan 12, 1940

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NA

Jail House Blues

Feb 01, 1942

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NA

Bridegrooms Beware!

Nov 03, 1913

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NA

The Cup Final Mystery

Jan 01, 1914

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NA

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

Jan 01, 1913

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NA

Her Luck in London

Jan 01, 1914

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NA

Black-Eyed Susan

Jan 01, 1914

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NA

Beautiful Jim

Jan 01, 1914

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NA

Inquisitive Ike

Jan 01, 1914

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NA

The Idol of Paris

Jan 01, 1914

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64

Saturday's Children

May 04, 1940

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60

Footlight Fever

Mar 21, 1941

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56

Let's Make Music

Jan 17, 1941

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59

The King Steps Out

May 27, 1936

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NA

Hills of Oklahoma

Jun 01, 1950

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59

Girls on Probation

Oct 22, 1938

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30

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Mar 13, 1942

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60

Bannerline

Oct 12, 1951

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62

Lover Come Back

Jun 21, 1946

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43

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Nov 28, 1941

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10

A Song for Miss Julie

Feb 19, 1945

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NA

Are Husbands Necessary?

Jun 15, 1942

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55

Mountain Justice

Apr 24, 1937

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52

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Dec 24, 1938

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57

I Live on Danger

Jun 16, 1942

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NA

The Woman I Love

Apr 15, 1937

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42

The Girl from Mexico

Jun 01, 1939

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40

Guard That Girl

Nov 02, 1935

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44

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Jun 26, 1942

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46

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Oct 29, 1940

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52

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Sep 17, 1942

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61

The Great Man Votes

Jan 13, 1939

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40

The Affairs of Annabel

Sep 09, 1938

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40

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Jul 09, 1938

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NA

The Forgotten Woman

Jul 07, 1939

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47

Full Confession

Sep 08, 1939

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63

Craig's Wife

Sep 25, 1936

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65

Theodora Goes Wild

Nov 12, 1936

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71

Scaramouche

May 08, 1952

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NA

Slightly Tempted

Oct 18, 1940

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50

The Man Who Dared

Jun 03, 1939

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68

Sorority House

May 05, 1939

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NA

Crossroads - U.S.A.

Feb 02, 1952

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62

My Bill

Jul 08, 1938

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NA

Florence Nightingale

Mar 05, 1915

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60

The Man Who Returned to Life

Feb 05, 1942

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70

The Fighting Guardsman

Apr 24, 1945

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40

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Jan 11, 1940

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65

Tall in the Saddle

Sep 29, 1944

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63

Every Girl Should Be Married

Dec 25, 1948

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50

In the Meantime, Darling

Sep 22, 1944

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57

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Jul 14, 1943

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63

Mourning Becomes Electra

Nov 19, 1947

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60

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Mar 15, 1940

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60

Never a Dull Moment

Nov 19, 1943

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60

Grissly's Millions

Jan 16, 1945

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NA

Love in a Wood

Jan 10, 1915

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60

The Bride Goes Wild

Mar 03, 1948

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60

The Bride Goes Wild

Mar 03, 1948

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66

Journey for Margaret

Dec 17, 1942

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50

At the Stroke of Twelve

Nov 15, 1941

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53

Nice Girl?

Feb 21, 1941

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44

Blonde Fever

Dec 05, 1944

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70

Down Dakota Way

Sep 09, 1949

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60

In Old Amarillo

May 15, 1951

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NA

Don't Gamble with Love

Feb 28, 1936

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60

My True Story

Mar 08, 1951

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55

Disputed Passage

Oct 25, 1939

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75

Lost Angel

Dec 23, 1943

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NA

The Mother of Dartmoor

Oct 01, 1916

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60

Honeymoon Deferred

Feb 16, 1940

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80

The Milkman

Oct 17, 1950

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66

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Aug 04, 1947

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54

Paris Calling

Dec 04, 1941

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70

The Egg and I

May 01, 1947

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55

Sealed Verdict

Nov 05, 1948

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NA

The Suicide Club

Jul 01, 1914

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60

Lady of Secrets

Feb 21, 1936

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63

The Lady Is Willing

Feb 12, 1942

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60

The Final Hour

Jul 07, 1936

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53

It's a Big Country

Nov 20, 1951

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68

Mad About Music

Feb 27, 1938

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62

Lover Come Back

Jun 21, 1946

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NA

The Princess of Happy Chance

Sep 01, 1916