--- name: "Elizabeth Berridge" canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-berridge" fi1m_id: "elizabeth-berridge" imdb_id: "nm0000931" tmdb_id: 4000 wikidata_id: "Q436905" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 May 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-07T13:04:41.337723+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." --- # Elizabeth Berridge ## Identity Elizabeth Berridge - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elizabeth-berridge - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** elizabeth-berridge - **IMDb ID:** nm0000931 - **TMDB ID:** 4000 - **Wikidata ID:** Q436905 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Berridge_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4000 Actor. Born 2 May 1962 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 May 1962, New Rochelle, New York, USA - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Berridge_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4000 ## Fi1m on Elizabeth Berridge > Elizabeth Berridge brings a plain, contemporary directness to supporting roles. In *Amadeus*, it is a relief beside Mozart’s childishness, though the writing gives her too little room to develop. In *Amadeus* (1984), Elizabeth Berridge’s Constanze Mozart brings a welcome directness beside the two leads. Miloš Forman lets the film be bawdy, and her straightforward manner suits a period drama with little interest in making its famous composer respectable. We felt relieved by her plainness, because the repeated emphasis on Mozart’s childishness can become wearing. It is a performance we value, without pretending that the writing gives her as much room to develop as the leads. The music and the rivalry are absorbing, but the film also knows the value of good company. That contemporary manner, sometimes coupled with vulnerability, is a recurring feature of Berridge’s supporting roles. Her early work also included a lead as Amy Harper in the horror film *The Funhouse* (1981), before *Amadeus* brought her wider notice. Supporting parts in *Smooth Talk* (1985), opposite Laura Dern, and *Five Corners* (1987), from a John Patrick Shanley script, followed. The unforced quality of her work in *Five Corners* helps explain the appeal: she can make a character credible without making the acting conspicuous. Some viewers found her Constanze too youthful or objected to the lack of a period accent. We are less troubled by that than by a script that lets us enjoy her company without giving Constanze the attention it gives Mozart and Salieri. A more ceremonious delivery would not fix the writing. Forman gets something valuable from her lack of fuss, though, and it suits a film that is funny and cruel about its famous men. Regular television comedy followed with *The Powers That Be* (1992–93) and *The John Larroquette Show* (1993–96). Later film work included the independent films *Please Give* (2010) and *Results* (2015). That movement between drama and comedy is worth remembering when one period role threatens to stand for everything an actor does. Start with *Amadeus*, and do not go expecting everyone in period dress to mind their manners. ## Biography Elizabeth Berridge is an American film and theatre actress. She was born on 2 May 1962 in New Rochelle, New York. She is best known for playing Constanze Mozart in Miloš Forman’s *Amadeus* (1984). Berridge has appeared in films including *The Funhouse* (1981), *Five Corners* (1987) and *Hidalgo* (2004). On television she played Charlotte in the sitcom *The Powers That Be* (1992–1993) and Officer Eve Eggers in *The John Larroquette Show* (1993–1996). She has worked extensively in theatre, with credits including productions in New York, Los Angeles and London, and received a DramaLogue Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Amadeus* (1984), Fi1m 91, as Constanze Mozart — [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md) ## Complete filmography (32) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing* (2024), Executive Producer - *Two Wrongs* (2023), Executive Producer - *Support the Girls* (2018), Thanks - *Results* (2015), as Christine - *Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen* (2012), as (archive footage) - *Please Give* (2010), as Elyse - *Break a Leg* (2005), as New York Girl - *Hidalgo* (2004), as Annie Oakley - *Still Standing* (2002), series, as Sandy Hartwick - *When Billie Beat Bobby* (2001), as Rosie Casals - *Grounded for Life* (2001), series, as Amy - *Nature Boy* (2000), series, as Miss Owthwaite - *Broke Even* (2000), as Leslie - *Payback* (1999), as Hooker in Bar (uncredited) - *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Holly - *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, as Eve Eggers - *When the Party's Over* (1993), as Frankie - *The Powers That Be* (1992), series, as Charlotte - *Montana* (1990), as Lavetta - *Home Fires Burning* (1989), as Francine Tibbettes - *Leg Work* (1987), series, Actor - *Five Corners* (1987), as Melanie - *Smooth Talk* (1985), as June Wyatt - *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Susan Wilhite - *Silence of the Heart* (1984), as Penny - *Amadeus* (1984), as Constanze Mozart — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md) - *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Julia Scianti — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as June - *The Funhouse* (1981), as Amy Harper - *Texas* (1980), series, Actor - *Natural Enemies* (1979), as Sheila Steward - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Francine Tibbetts --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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