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Elisabeth Risdon

British actress (1887-1958)

PersonDied aged 71humanQ2448741

Born: April 26, 1887
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: December 20, 1958
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: London
Place of death: Santa Monica
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: stage actor
, film actor
, actor
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Spouse: George Loane Tucker(1916–1921)
, Brandon Evans
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Overview

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Elisabeth Risdon was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films from 1913 to 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts.

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Are Husbands Necessary?(1942)
Journey for Margaret(1942)
The Lady is Willing(1942)
Reap the Wild Wind(1942)
Random Harvest(1942)
Paris Calling(1941)
Nice Girl?(1941)
High Sierra(1941)
Mexican Spitfire Out West(1940)
The Howards of Virginia(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940)
The Great Man Votes(1939)
Sorority House(1939)
The Girl from Mexico(1939)
Full Confession(1939)
Disputed Passage(1939)
Five Came Back(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1939)
The Roaring Twenties(1939)
My Bill(1938)
Girls on Probation(1938)
Mad About Music(1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn(1938)
Mountain Justice(1937)
The Woman I Love(1937)
They Won't Forget(1937)
Mannequin(1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow(1937)
Dead End(1937)
The Final Hour(1936)
The King Steps Out(1936)
Craig's Wife(1936)
Theodora Goes Wild(1936)
Crime and Punishment(1935)
The Mother of Dartmoor(1916)
Driven(1916)
Mother Love(1916)
Meg the Lady(1916)
Esther(1916)
Charity Ann(1915)
A Will of Her Own(1915)
Home(1915)
Florence Nightingale(1915)
London's Yellow Peril(1915)
Grip(1915)
Honeymoon for Three(1915)
Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is(1915)
There's Good in Everyone(1915)
Her Nameless Child(1915)
Midshipman Easy(1915)
The Bells of Rheims(1914)
It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary(1914)
Inquisitive Ike(1914)
In the Days of Trafalgar(1914)
Beautiful Jim(1914)
The Cup Final Mystery(1914)
The Idol of Paris(1914)
The Suicide Club(1914)
The Loss of the Birkenhead(1914)
Her Luck in London(1914)
Bridegrooms Beware(1913)
Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn(1913)

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Sex or gender: female
Given name: Elisabeth
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage
Family name: Risdon
Start of work period: 1913
Birth name: Daisy Cartwright Risdon

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