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Elisabeth Risdon

Acting

Born April 26, 1887 · London, England, UK

Died December 20, 1958

Also known as Elizabeth Risden · Elizabeth Risdon · Elizabeth Evans

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Biography

Elisabeth Risdon 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.

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Filmography28 titles

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

Down Dakota Way

1949as Dolly Paxton

In Old Amarillo

1951as Granny Adams

Lost Angel

1943as Mrs. Pringle

The Roaring Twenties

1939as Mrs. Sherman

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937as Cora Payne

Random Harvest

1942as Mrs. Lloyd

The Egg and I

1947as Betty's Mother

High Sierra

1941as Ma

Dead End

1937as Mrs. Connell

Scaramouche

1952as Isabelle de Valmorin

The Canterville Ghost

1944as Mrs. Polverdine

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940as Sarah Lincoln

The Bride Goes Wild

1948as rs. Carruthers

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947as Emily Baggett

Life with Father

1947as Mrs. Whitehead

Tall in the Saddle

1944as Miss Elizabeth Martin

Theodora Goes Wild

1936as Aunt Mary

High Wall

1947as Mrs. Kenet

Reap the Wild Wind

1942as Mrs. Claiborne

Roll on Texas Moon

1946as Cactus Kate Taylor

Higher and Higher

1943as Georgia Keating

Weird Woman

1944as Dean Grace Gunnison

Mannequin

1937as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948as Mary Nolan

They Made Me a Killer

1946as 'Ma' Conley

Sierra

1950as Aunt Susan

Mexican Spitfire

1940as Aunt Della Lindsay