Elisabeth Risdon

Actor 1913–1952 (39 year career)

5.8 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947 · as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

8.5

The Milkman

1950 · as Mrs. Carter

8.0

Lost Angel

1943 · as Mrs. Pringle

7.9

Known For

Film

The Roaring Twenties

Mrs. Sherman

Film

High Sierra

Film

Make Way for Tomorrow

Cora Payne

Film

Dead End

Mrs. Connell

Film

Random Harvest

Mrs. Lloyd

Film

Scaramouche

Isabelle de Valmorin

Film

Life with Father

Mrs. Whitehead

Film

Tall in the Saddle

Miss Elizabeth Martin

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (113)

Scaramouche

1952

as Isabelle de Valmorin

7.0

Crossroads - U.S.A.

1952

as Martha Farnum

Bannerline

1951

as Margaret Trimble

6.0

It's a Big Country

1951

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

In Old Amarillo

as Granny Adams

My True Story

as Mme. Rousseau

Sierra

as Aunt Susan

Bunco Squad

as Jessica Royce

The Milkman

as Mrs. Carter

The Secret Fury

as Dr. R.W. Roberts

Hills of Oklahoma

as Kate Carney

Down Dakota Way

as Dolly Paxton

Bodyguard

as Gene Dysen

The Bride Goes Wild

as rs. Carruthers

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Mary Nolan

Sealed Verdict

as Mrs. Hockland

Life with Father

as Mrs. Whitehead

High Wall

as Mrs. Kenet

The Egg and I

as Betty's Mother

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

as Mrs. Hills

6.0

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

as Emily Baggett

6.6

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947

as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

8.5

Lover Come Back

1946

as Ma Williams

6.2

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

1946

as Catherine Walsh

5.9

Roll on Texas Moon

1946

as Cactus Kate Taylor

6.0

They Made Me a Killer

1946

as 'Ma' Conley

5.4

The Fighting Guardsman

as Mme. de Montrevel

Grissly's Millions

as Leona Palmor

The Unseen

as Mrs. Norris

Mama Loves Papa

as Jessie Todd

A Song for Miss Julie

1945

as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris

1.0

The Canterville Ghost

1944

as Mrs. Polverdine

6.7

Tall in the Saddle

1944

as Miss Elizabeth Martin

6.5

Weird Woman

1944

as Dean Grace Gunnison

6.0

Blonde Fever

1944

as Mrs. Talford

3.9

In the Meantime, Darling

as Helen Corkery

Lost Angel

as Mrs. Pringle

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

6.7

Never a Dull Moment

1943

as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III

6.0

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

1943

as Aunt Della Lindsay

5.7

Higher and Higher

1943

as Georgia Keating

6.0

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

1942

as Aunt Della Lindsay

Reap the Wild Wind

as Mrs. Claiborne

The Lady Is Willing

as Mrs. Cummings

Journey for Margaret

as Mrs. Bailey

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942

as Aunt Della Lindsay

Random Harvest

as Mrs. Lloyd

I Live on Danger

as Mrs. Morrell

Jail House Blues

as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942

as Mrs. Westwood

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

1942

as Aunt Della Lindsay

4.4

The Man Who Returned to Life

1942

as Minerva Sunday

6.0

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

as Aunt Della

Nice Girl?

as Marrtha Peasley

Mr. Dynamite

as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")

High Sierra

as Ma

Paris Calling

as Madame Jennetier

Let's Make Music

as Malvina Adams

Footlight Fever

as Aunt Hattie Drake

At the Stroke of Twelve

1941

as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll

5.0

Slightly Tempted

1940

as Ethelreda Knox

The Howards of Virginia

1940

as Aunt Clarissa

6.5

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940

as Sarah Lincoln

6.8

Saturday's Children

1940

as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

6.3

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

1940

as Minerva

6.0

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1940

as Jury Member

4.0

Mexican Spitfire

1940

as Aunt Della Lindsay

4.6

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

as Aunt Della Lindsay

Honeymoon Deferred

as Sarah Frome

The Man Who Dared

as Jessie Carter

The Roaring Twenties

as Mrs. Sherman

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939

as Widow Douglass

6.6

The Forgotten Woman

1939

as Margaret Burke

Full Confession

as Norah O'Keefe

The Great Man Votes

as Phoebe Ainslee

Five Came Back

as Martha Spengler

The Girl from Mexico

as Della Lindsay

Sorority House

as Mrs. Scott

Disputed Passage

as Mrs. Cunningham

Mad About Music

Tom Sawyer, Detective

1938

as Aunt Sally Phelps

5.2

Mannequin

1938

as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Girls on Probation

as Kate Heath

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Mrs. Jordan

The Affairs of Annabel

as Mrs. Fletcher

My Bill

as Aunt Caroline

Mountain Justice

as Mrs. Harkins

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

as Cora Payne

7.5

The Woman I Love

1937

as Mme. Herbillion

Dead End

1937

as Mrs. Connell

7.0

They Won't Forget

1937

as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)

5.6

The Final Hour

1936

as Fortune Teller

6.0

Don't Gamble with Love

1936

as Grace

Craig's Wife

as Mrs. Landreth

Theodora Goes Wild

as Aunt Mary

The King Steps Out

as Grand Duchess Sofia

5.9

Lady of Secrets

1936

as Mrs. Emily Whittaker

Crime and Punishment

as Mrs. Raskolnikov

Guard That Girl

as Aunt Catherine

The Mother of Dartmoor

1916

as Avesa Pomeroy

The Princess of Happy Chance

1916

as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden

Florence Nightingale

1915

as Florence Nightingale

Love in a Wood

1915

as Rosiland

The Cup Final Mystery

1914

The Suicide Club

1914

as Zephyrine

The Idol of Paris

1914

as Flare-Flare

Beautiful Jim

1914

as Nancy Earle

Black-Eyed Susan

1914

as Black-Eyed Susan

Her Luck in London

1914

as Nellie Harbourne

Inquisitive Ike

1914

as Dora

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

1913

as Maria Marten

Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn

1913

as Maria Marten

5.0

Bridegrooms Beware!

1913

as Bride