Elizabeth Risdon
Bio: Inaugurating her acting career in her native London, Elizabeth Risdon studied at the RADA, and later taught there. She made her Broadway bow in the 1912 production Fanny's First Play. She then returned to England, where she was voted 1915's most popular silent film star. The tiny but resilient actress spent the 1920s alternating between the New York and London… More Bio: Inaugurating her acting career in her native London, Elizabeth Risdon studied at the RADA, and later taught there. She made her Broadway bow in the 1912 production Fanny's First Play. She then returned to England, where she was voted 1915's most popular silent film star. The tiny but resilient actress spent the 1920s alternating between the New York and London stages. After a lengthy association with the Theatre Guild, Risdon settled in Hollywood in 1934. Her talkie career consisted mostly of iron-willed matriarchs, but she also played a few frivolous comedy roles; her screen credits ranged from the lofty heights of Mourning Becomes Electra to such homely divertissement as Roy Rogers Westerns. Elizabeth Risdon was married to director George Loane Tucker and actor Brandon Evans. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Scaramouche (1952)
- Isabelle de Valmorin
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In Old Amarillo (1951)
- Granny Adams
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It's a Big Country (1950)
- Woman
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Guilty of Treason (1950)
- Mother Mindszenty
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Bunco Squad (1950)
- Jessica Royce
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Elizabeth Risdon Videos
Random Harvest
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Life With Father
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High Sierra
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Reap The Wild Wind
1 minutes 41 seconds
Every Girl Should Be Married
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