---
name: "Elisabeth Risdon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elisabeth-risdon"
fi1m_id: "elisabeth-risdon"
imdb_id: "nm0728230"
tmdb_id: 99329
wikidata_id: "Q2448741"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 April 1887"
died: "20 December 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T03:01:20.086162+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elisabeth Risdon

## Identity

Elisabeth Risdon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elisabeth-risdon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elisabeth-risdon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0728230
- **TMDB ID:** 99329
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2448741
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Risdon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2448741, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99329

Actor. Born 26 April 1887 in London, England, UK. Died 20 December 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 April 1887, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 20 December 1958
- **Active:** 1937–1942
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Risden, Elizabeth Risdon , Elizabeth Evans
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (2), 1940s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Risdon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2448741, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99329

## Biography

Elisabeth Risdon was an English actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952, initially in society parts and later in character roles. She is credited as Cora Payne in *Make Way for Tomorrow* (1937) and appeared in *High Sierra* (1941), *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), *Dead End* (1937), *Random Harvest* (1942) and *Scaramouche* (1952).

Risdon had an extensive stage career, appearing on Broadway from 1912 and working with the Theatre Guild. She was married to silent film director George Loane Tucker from 1916 until his death in 1921, and later to actor Brandon Evans until his death in 1958. She died in Santa Monica, California, in December 1958.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Random Harvest* (1942), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Lloyd — [page](https://film.one/film/random-harvest.md)
- *High Sierra* (1941), Fi1m 79, as Ma — [page](https://film.one/film/high-sierra.md)
- *Dead End* (1937), Fi1m 73, as Mrs. Connell — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Make Way for Tomorrow* (1937), Fi1m 91, as Cora Payne — [page](https://film.one/film/make-way-for-tomorrow.md)

## Complete filmography (113)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Scaramouche* (1952), as Isabelle de Valmorin
- *Crossroads - U.S.A.* (1952), as Martha Farnum
- *It's a Big Country* (1951), as Diner on Train (uncredited)
- *Bannerline* (1951), as Margaret Trimble
- *In Old Amarillo* (1951), as Granny Adams
- *My True Story* (1951), as Mme. Rousseau
- *The Milkman* (1950), as Mrs. Carter
- *Bunco Squad* (1950), as Jessica Royce
- *Hills of Oklahoma* (1950), as Kate Carney
- *Sierra* (1950), as Aunt Susan
- *The Secret Fury* (1950), as Dr. R.W. Roberts
- *Down Dakota Way* (1949), as Dolly Paxton
- *Every Girl Should Be Married* (1948), as Mary Nolan
- *Sealed Verdict* (1948), as Mrs. Hockland
- *Bodyguard* (1948), as Gene Dysen
- *The Bride Goes Wild* (1948), as rs. Carruthers, Mrs. Carruthers
- *High Wall* (1947), as Mrs. Kenet
- *Mourning Becomes Electra* (1947), as Mrs. Hills
- *Life with Father* (1947), as Mrs. Whitehead
- *The Romance of Rosy Ridge* (1947), as Emily Baggett
- *The Egg and I* (1947), as Betty's Mother
- *The Shocking Miss Pilgrim* (1947), as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
- *Roll on Texas Moon* (1946), as Cactus Kate Taylor
- *Lover Come Back* (1946), as Ma Williams, 'Ma' Williams
- *The Walls Came Tumbling Down* (1946), as Catherine Walsh
- *They Made Me a Killer* (1946), as 'Ma' Conley
- *Mama Loves Papa* (1945), as Jessie Todd
- *The Unseen* (1945), as Mrs. Norris
- *The Fighting Guardsman* (1945), as Mme. de Montrevel
- *A Song for Miss Julie* (1945), as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
- *Grissly's Millions* (1945), as Leona Palmor
- *Blonde Fever* (1944), as Mrs. Talford
- *Tall in the Saddle* (1944), as Miss Elizabeth Martin
- *In the Meantime, Darling* (1944), as Helen Corkery
- *The Canterville Ghost* (1944), as Mrs. Polverdine
- *Weird Woman* (1944), as Dean Grace Gunnison
- *Higher and Higher* (1943), as Georgia Keating
- *Lost Angel* (1943), as Mrs. Pringle
- *Never a Dull Moment* (1943), as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
- *Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event* (1943), as Aunt Della Lindsay
- *The Amazing Mrs. Holliday* (1943), Actor
- *Random Harvest* (1942), as Mrs. Lloyd — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/random-harvest.md)
- *Journey for Margaret* (1942), as Mrs. Bailey
- *Mexican Spitfire's Elephant* (1942), as Aunt Della Lindsay
- *Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost* (1942), as Aunt Della Lindsay
- *I Live on Danger* (1942), as Mrs. Morrell
- *Are Husbands Necessary?* (1942), as Mrs. Westwood
- *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), as Mrs. Claiborne
- *Mexican Spitfire at Sea* (1942), as Aunt Della Lindsay
- *The Lady Is Willing* (1942), as Mrs. Cummings
- *The Man Who Returned to Life* (1942), as Minerva Sunday
- *Jail House Blues* (1942), as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
- *Paris Calling* (1941), as Madame Jennetier
- *The Mexican Spitfire's Baby* (1941), as Aunt Della
- *At the Stroke of Twelve* (1941), as Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll
- *Footlight Fever* (1941), as Aunt Hattie Drake
- *Mr. Dynamite* (1941), as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
- *Nice Girl?* (1941), as Marrtha Peasley
- *High Sierra* (1941), as Ma — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/high-sierra.md)
- *Let's Make Music* (1941), as Malvina Adams
- *Mexican Spitfire Out West* (1940), as Aunt Della Lindsay
- *Slightly Tempted* (1940), as Ethelreda Knox
- *The Howards of Virginia* (1940), as Aunt Clarissa
- *Saturday's Children* (1940), as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- *Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!* (1940), as Minerva
- *Abe Lincoln in Illinois* (1940), as Sarah Lincoln
- *Honeymoon Deferred* (1940), as Sarah Frome
- *Mexican Spitfire* (1940), as Aunt Della Lindsay
- *The Man Who Wouldn't Talk* (1940), as Jury Member
- *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), as Mrs. Sherman
- *Disputed Passage* (1939), as Mrs. Cunningham
- *Full Confession* (1939), as Norah O'Keefe
- *The Forgotten Woman* (1939), as Margaret Burke
- *Five Came Back* (1939), as Martha Spengler
- *The Man Who Dared* (1939), as Jessie Carter
- *The Girl from Mexico* (1939), as Della Lindsay
- *Sorority House* (1939), as Mrs. Scott
- *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1939), as Widow Douglass
- *The Great Man Votes* (1939), as Phoebe Ainslee
- *Tom Sawyer, Detective* (1938), as Aunt Sally Phelps
- *Girls on Probation* (1938), as Kate Heath
- *The Affairs of Annabel* (1938), as Mrs. Fletcher
- *Cowboy from Brooklyn* (1938), as Mrs. Jordan
- *My Bill* (1938), as Aunt Caroline
- *Mad About Music* (1938), Actor
- *Mannequin* (1938), as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- *Dead End* (1937), as Mrs. Connell — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *They Won't Forget* (1937), as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
- *Make Way for Tomorrow* (1937), as Cora Payne — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/make-way-for-tomorrow.md)
- *Mountain Justice* (1937), as Mrs. Harkins
- *The Woman I Love* (1937), as Mme. Herbillion
- *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936), as Aunt Mary
- *Craig's Wife* (1936), as Mrs. Landreth
- *The Final Hour* (1936), as Fortune Teller
- *The King Steps Out* (1936), as Grand Duchess Sofia
- *Don't Gamble with Love* (1936), as Grace
- *Lady of Secrets* (1936), as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
- *Crime and Punishment* (1935), as Mrs. Raskolnikov
- *Guard That Girl* (1935), 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 Suicide Club* (1914), as Zephyrine
- *Black-Eyed Susan* (1914), as Black-Eyed Susan
- *Inquisitive Ike* (1914), as Dora
- *The Idol of Paris* (1914), as Flare-Flare
- *Beautiful Jim* (1914), as Nancy Earle
- *The Cup Final Mystery* (1914), Actor
- *Her Luck in London* (1914), as Nellie Harbourne
- *Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn* (1913), as Maria Marten
- *Bridegrooms Beware!* (1913), as Bride
- *Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn* (1913), as Maria Marten

## Gallery

- ![Elisabeth Risdon in "Dear Brutus" (1919)](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-4465622a24a9.jpg) Elisabeth Risdon in "Dear Brutus" (1919) — Abbe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Elisabeth_Risdon_in_%22Dear_Brutus%22.jpg/1280px-Elisabeth_Risdon_in_%22Dear_Brutus%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elizabeth Risdon, silent film actress Subjects: actresses (1917)](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-9f8db3c65b79.jpg) Elizabeth Risdon, silent film actress Subjects: actresses (1917) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Elizabeth_Risdon%2C_silent_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8748%29.jpg/1280px-Elizabeth_Risdon%2C_silent_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8748%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elisabeth Risdon](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-790816f58e3c.jpg) Elisabeth Risdon — Vandamm Studio, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Elisabeth_Risdon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elisabeth Risdon, wearing a Hudson seal and skunk coat from Balch, Price & Co. (1917)](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-7aa9048202e4.jpg) Elisabeth Risdon, wearing a Hudson seal and skunk coat from Balch, Price & Co. (1917) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Elisabeth_Risdon_1917.jpg/1280px-Elisabeth_Risdon_1917.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elisabeth Risdon](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-88b8f758d82b.jpg) Elisabeth Risdon — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Risdon](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-a6d4bfb20001.jpg) Elisabeth Risdon — Image via TMDB
- ![Elisabeth Risdon](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-81cfa5db6e9b.jpg) Elisabeth Risdon — Image via TMDB
- ![A scene from "Mother," which played at the Colonial Theater, Seattle. Date stamped Nov. 24, 1918. Includes Elizabeth Risdon. Subjects: motion pictures, actresse](https://film.one/media/person/1229826/gallery-edfc5fb54e0e.jpg) A scene from "Mother," which played at the Colonial Theater, Seattle. Date stamped Nov. 24, 1918. Includes Elizabeth Risdon. Subjects: motion pictures, actresse — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/A_scene_from_%22Mother%22_%28SAYRE_12979%29.jpg/1280px-A_scene_from_%22Mother%22_%28SAYRE_12979%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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