Elisabeth Risdon

Known For

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

High Sierra (1941)

Life with Father (1947)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

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Actress (149 titles)

1956 Ethel Barrymore Theater (TV series)

– The Daugthers of Mars (1956)

1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Crumpler / Mrs. Kelton

– All for a Man (1956) … Mrs. Crumpler

– Letters Marked Personal (1955) … Mrs. Kelton

1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)

– Bunny on the Beach (1955)

1955 Treasury Men in Action (TV series)

– The Case of the Only Son (1955) (as Elizabeth Risden)

1954 The Whistler (TV series)
Mrs. Jaeger

– Incident at Scully's Key (1954) … Mrs. Jaeger (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1953 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)

– Sheila (1953)

1952 Scaramouche
Isabelle de Valmorin

1951 It's a Big Country
Diner on Train (uncredited)

1951 Bannerline
Mrs. Margaret Trimble

1950-1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)

– The Other Jessie Grant (1951)

– The Man Who Had Nothing to Lose (1950)

1951 In Old Amarillo
Granny Adams

1951 My True Story
Mme. Rousseau

1950 The Milkman
Mrs. Laura Carter

1950 Bunco Squad
Jessica Royce

1950 Sierra
Aunt Susan

1950 Hills of Oklahoma
Kate Carney

1950 The Secret Fury
Dr. Twining

1950 Guilty of Treason
Mother Mindszenty

1949 Down Dakota Way
Dolly Paxton

1948 Every Girl Should Be Married
Mary Nolan

1948 Sealed Verdict
Mrs. Hockland

1948 Bodyguard
Gene Dysen

1948 The Bride Goes Wild
Mrs. Carruthers

1947 High Wall
Mrs. Kenet

1947 Mourning Becomes Electra
Mrs. Hills

1947 Life with Father
Mrs. Whitehead

1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Emily Baggett

1947 The Egg and I
Betty's Mother

1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Mrs. Prichard

1946 Roll on Texas Moon
Cactus Kate Taylor

1946 Lover Come Back
'Ma' Williams

1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Catherine Walsh

1946 They Made Me a Killer
'Ma' Conley (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1946 The Fighting Guardsman
Mme. de Montrevel (uncredited)

1945 Mama Loves Papa
Jessie Todd

1945 The Unseen
Mrs. Norris

1945 A Song for Miss Julie
Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

1945 Grissly's Millions
Leona Palmor

1944 Blonde Fever
Mrs. Talford

1944 Tall in the Saddle
Miss Elizabeth Martin

1944 In the Meantime, Darling
Mrs. Helen Corkery

1944 The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Polverdine

1944 Weird Woman
Dean Grace Gunnison

1943 Higher and Higher
Mrs. Georgia Keating

1943 Lost Angel
Mrs. Pringle

1943 Never a Dull Moment
Mrs. Schuyler Manning III

1943 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Aunt Della Lindsay

1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Louise Holliday

1942 Random Harvest
Mrs. Lloyd

1942 Journey for Margaret
Mrs. Bailey

1942 Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Aunt Della Lindsay

1942 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Aunt Della Lindsay

1942 I Live on Danger
Mrs. Morrell

1942 Are Husbands Necessary?
Mrs. Westwood

1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Mrs. Claiborne

1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Aunt Della Lindsay

1942 The Lady Is Willing
Mrs. Cummings

1942 The Man Who Returned to Life
Minerva Sunday

1942 Jail House Blues
Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

1941 Paris Calling
Madame Jennetier

1941 Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Aunt Della

1941 At the Stroke of Twelve (short)
Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

1941 Footlight Fever
Aunt Hattie Drake

1941 Mr. Dynamite
Achilles

1941 Nice Girl?
Martha Peasley

1941 High Sierra
Ma (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1941 Let's Make Music
Malvina Adams

1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West
Aunt Della Lindsay

1940 Slightly Tempted
Ethelreda Knox

1940 The Howards of Virginia
Aunt Clarissa (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1940 Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot
Agatha

1940 Saturday's Children
Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
Minerva

1940 Honeymoon Deferred
Sarah Frome

1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Sarah Lincoln

1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Jury Member (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1940 Mexican Spitfire
Aunt Della Lindsay

1939 Disputed Passage
Mrs. Cunningham

1939 The Roaring Twenties
Mrs. Sherman (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1939 Full Confession
Norah O'Keefe

1939 The Forgotten Woman
Margaret Burke

1939 Five Came Back
Martha Spengler

1939 The Girl from Mexico
Aunt Della Lindsay

1939 Sorority House
Mrs. Scott

1939 The Man Who Dared
Jessie Carter (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglass (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1939 The Great Man Votes
Phoebe Ainslee

1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective
Aunt Sally

1938 Girls on Probation
Kate Heath

1938 The Affairs of Annabel
Mrs. Margaret Fletcher

1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mrs. Jordan (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1938 My Bill
Aunt Caroline Colbrook

1938 Mad About Music
Annette Fusenot

1937 Mannequin
'Ma' Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1937 Dead End
Mrs. Connell

1937 They Won't Forget
Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
Cora Payne

1937 Mountain Justice
Meg Harkins (as Elizabeth Risdon)

1937 The Woman I Love
Mme. Herbillion

1936 Theodora Goes Wild
Aunt Mary Linn

1936 Craig's Wife
Mrs. Landreth

1936 The Final Hour
Fortune Teller

1936 The King Steps Out
Grand Duchess Sofia

1936 Don't Gamble with Love
Grace

1936 Lady of Secrets
Mrs. Emily Whittaker

1935 Crime and Punishment
Mrs. Raskolnikov

1935 Guard That Girl
Aunt Catherine

1919 A Star Over Night (short)

1917 Smith
Smith

1917 The Mother of Dartmoor
Avesa Pomeroy

1917 The Manxman
Kate Gregeen

1916 A Mother's Influence (short)
Avesa Pomeroy

1916 The Princess of Happy Chance
Princess Felicia/Lucidora Eden

1916 The Hypocrites
Rachel Neve

1916 Mother Love
Mary

1916 Meg the Lady
Lady Brisby

1916 Esther
Esther

1916 Desperation
Katherine Crichton

1915 The Christian
Gloria Quayle

1915/II Fine Feathers
Meg Roberts

1915 A Will of Her Own
Isabel Stanton

1915 Love in a Wood
Rosiland

1915 Charity Ann
Ann Charity

1915 Home
Joan Bicester

1915 Grip (short)
Margaret Eden

1915 Her Nameless Child
Phyllis/Alice Ford

1915 Another Man's Wife (short)
The Wife

1915 London's Yellow Peril (short)
Ruth Graham

1915 From Shopgirl to Duchess
Sylvia Gray

1915 Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale

1915 Midshipman Easy (short)
Don's Daughter

1915 There's Good in Everyone (short)
Beatrice Maybrook

1915 Honeymoon for Three
Molly Van Dam

1915 Gilbert Gets Tiger-Itis (short)
Mrs. Gilbert

1914 The Sound of Her Voice (short)
Violet Morne

1914 It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary (short)
Molly Molloy

1914 Her Luck in London
Nellie Harbourne

1914 The Courage of a Coward (short)
The Wife

1914 The Bells of Rheims (short)
Nurse

1914 The Price of Justice (short)
Nancy Earle

1914 The Suicide Club
Zephyrine

1914 The Loss of the Birkenhead
Deborah

1914 The Battling British (short)
Black-eyed Susan

1914 Inquisitive Ike (short)
Dora

1914 The Finger of Destiny (short)
Doris

1914 The Cup Final Mystery (short)
Lizzie Keen

1914 The Idol of Paris
Flare-Flare

1913 Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn (short)
Maria Marten

1913 Bridegrooms Beware (short)
The Bride

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Other Works:

The Morris Dance (1917). Written by Harley Granville-Barker, from the novel "The Wrong Box" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Based on Lloyd Osbourne. Little Theatre: 13 Feb 1917- Mar 1917 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Sidney Blackmer, William Foster, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Ethelbert Hales, Dora Heritage... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Elizabeth Risden | Elizabeth Risdon

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Made her Broadway debut in 1912 with "Fanny's First Play." See more »

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Elisabeth Risdon (1887–1958)

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