Elisabeth Risdon

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Elisabeth Risdon
Risdon in G. B. Shaw's Heartbreak House (1920)
Born	Daisy Cartwright Risdon (1887-04-26)26 April 1887 London, England
Died	20 December 1958(1958-12-20) (aged 71) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1956
Spouses	George Loane Tucker (m. 1916; died 1921) Brandon Evans (m. 1938; died 1958)

Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films from 1913 to 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts.^[1]

Early life

Ruston was born in London as Daisy Cartwright Risdon, the daughter of John Jenkins Risdon and Martha Harrop Risdon.^[2] She graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1918 with high honours.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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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,^[3] and William Faversham. She was also under contract with the Theatre Guild for many years.^{[citation needed]}

Risdon's film debut came in England, where she made 13 silent films. She came to the United States in 1912,^[3] and her first film with sound was Guard That Girl (1935).^[2]

Her Broadway credits include Laburnum Grove (1935), Big Hearted Herbert (1934), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1933), For Services Rendered (1933), We Never Learn (1928), The Springboard (1927), Right You Are If You Think You Are (1927), The Silver Cord (1926), A Proud Woman (1926), Lovely Lady (1925), The Enchanted April (1925), Thrills (1925), Artistic Temperament (1924), Cock O' the Roost (1924), The Lady (1923), The Nightcap (1921), Heartbreak House (1920), Footloose (1920), Dear Brutus (1918), Humpty Dumpty (1918), Muggins (1918), Seven Days' Leave (1918), Misalliance (1917), The Morris Dance (1917), The Poetasters of Ispahan (1912), Beauty and the Jacobin (1912), and Fanny's First Play (1912).^[4]

Personal life

In 1916, she married silent film director George Loane Tucker, who died in 1921. In 1938, she married actor Brandon Evans, who died in April 1958.^[3]

Death

Risdon died in December 1958 in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California from a cerebral hemorrhage.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Mother (1917)

Maria Marten (1913 short) - Maria Marten
The Suicide Club (1914) - Zephyrine
The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914) - Deborah
Her Luck in London (1914) - Nellie Harbourne
The Idol of Paris (1914) - Flare-Flare
Honeymoon for Three (1915) - Molly Van Dam
Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915 short) - Mrs. Gilbert
From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915) - Sylvia Gray
Florence Nightingale (1915) - Florence Nightingale
Her Nameless Child (1915) - Phyllis / Alice Ford
Home (1915) - Joan Bicester
The Christian (1915) - Gloria Quayle
Love in a Wood (1915) - Rosiland
Fine Feathers (1915) - Meg Roberts
Charity Ann (1915) - Ann Charity
A Will of Her Own (1915) - Isabel Stanton
Meg the Lady (1916) - Lady Brisby
Esther (1916 short) - Esther
Driven (1916) - Katherine Crichton
The Hypocrites (1916) - Rachel Neve
The Princess of Happy Chance (1916) - Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
The Manxman (1916) - Kate Gregeen
Mother Love (1916) - Mary
Smith (1917) - Smith
The Mother of Dartmoor (1917) - Avesa Pomeroy
Guard That Girl (1935) - Aunt Catherine
Crime and Punishment (1935) - Mrs. Raskolnikov
Lady of Secrets (1936) - Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Don't Gamble with Love (1936) - Grace
The King Steps Out (1936) - Grand Duchess Sofia
The Final Hour (1936) - Fortune Teller
Craig's Wife (1936) - Mrs. Landreth
Theodora Goes Wild (1936) - Aunt Mary
The Woman I Love (1937) - Mme. Herbillion
Mountain Justice (1937) - Meg Harkins
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) - Cora Payne
They Won't Forget (1937) - Mrs. Hale
Dead End (1937) - Mrs. Connell
Mannequin (1937) - Mrs.Cassidy
Mad About Music (1938) - Annette Fusenot
My Bill (1938) - Aunt Caroline
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) - Mrs. Jordan
The Affairs of Annabel (1938) - Mrs. Fletcher
Girls on Probation (1938) - Kate Heath
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) - Aunt Sally
The Great Man Votes (1939) - Phoebe Ainslee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) - Widow Douglass
The Man Who Dared (1939) - Jessie Carter
Sorority House (1939) - Mrs. Scott
The Girl from Mexico (1939) - Aunt Della Lindsay
Five Came Back (1939) - Martha Spengler
The Forgotten Woman (1939) - Margaret Burke
Full Confession (1939) - Norah O'Keefe
Disputed Passage (1939) - Mrs. Cunningham
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - Mrs. Sherman
Mexican Spitfire (1940) - Aunt Della Lindsay
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) - Jury Member
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - Sarah Lincoln
Honeymoon Deferred (1940) - Sarah Frome
Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (film) (1940) - Minerva
Saturday's Children (1940) - Mrs. Halevy
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940) - Agatha
The Howards of Virginia (1940) - Aunt Clarissa
Slightly Tempted (1940) - Ethelreda Knox
Let's Make Music (1941) - Malvina Adams
High Sierra (1941) - Ma
Nice Girl? (1941) - Martha Peasley
Mr. Dynamite (1941) - Achilles
Footlight Fever (1941) - Aunt Hattie Drake
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) - Aunt Della
Paris Calling (1941) - Madame Jennetier
Jail House Blues (1942) - Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) - Minerva Sunday
The Lady Is Willing (1942) - Mrs. Cummings
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) - Aunt Della Lindsay
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Mrs. Claiborne
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942) - Mrs. Westwood
I Live on Danger (1942) - Mrs. Morrell
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) - Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) - Aunt Della Lindsay
Journey for Margaret (1942) - Mrs. Bailey
Random Harvest (1942) - Mrs. Lloyd
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) - Louise Holliday
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943) - Aunt Della Lindsay
Never a Dull Moment (1943) - Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Higher and Higher (1943) - Mrs. Georgia Keating
Weird Woman (1944) - Grace Gunnison
The Canterville Ghost (1944) - Mrs. Polverdine
In the Meantime, Darling (1944) - Mrs. Helen Corkery
Tall in the Saddle (1944) - Miss Elizabeth Martin
Blonde Fever (1944) - Mrs. Talford
Grissly's Millions (1945) - Leona Palmor
A Song for Miss Julie (1945) - Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
The Unseen (1945) - Mrs. Norris
Mama Loves Papa (1945) - Jessie Todd
The Fighting Guardsman (1946) - Mme. de Montrevel (uncredited)
They Made Me a Killer (1946) - 'Ma' Conley
The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) - Catherine Walsh
Lover Come Back (1946) - 'Ma' Williams
Roll on Texas Moon (1946) - Cactus Kate Taylor
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) - Mrs. Prichard
The Egg and I (1947) - Betty's Mother
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) - Emily Baggett
Life with Father (1947) - Mrs. Whitehead
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) - Mrs. Hills
High Wall (1947) - Mrs. Kenet
The Bride Goes Wild (1948) - Mrs. Carruthers
Bodyguard (1948) - Gene Dysen
Sealed Verdict (1948) - Mrs. Hockland
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) - Mary Nolan
Down Dakota Way (1949) - Dolly Paxton
Guilty of Treason (1950) - Mother Mindszenty
The Secret Fury (1950) - Dr. Twining
Sierra (1950) - Aunt Susan
Hills of Oklahoma (1950) - Kate Carney
Bunco Squad (1950) - Jessica Royce
The Milkman (1950) - Mrs. Laura Carter
My True Story (1951) - Mme. Rousseau
In Old Amarillo (1951) - Granny Adams
Bannerline (1951) - Mrs. Margaret Trimble
It's a Big Country (1951) - Diner on Train (uncredited)
Scaramouche (1952) - Isabelle de Valmorin

References

^ Elizabeth Risdon - North American Theatre Online site offered to most colleges and universities for free
^ ^a ^b Nissen, Axel (2007). Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties. McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 9780786427468. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gordon, Dr Roger L. (2018). Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures: Volume II. Dorrance Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9781480958418. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^ "Elisabeth Risdon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

Elisabeth Risdon at IMDb
Elisabeth Risdon at the Internet Broadway Database

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