Elizabeth Risdon

• Born: Apr 26, 1887 in London, England, UK
• Died: Dec 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: teens, '30s-'40s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Crime and Punishment, Mexican Spitfire, Theodora Goes Wild
• First Major Screen Credit: Crime and Punishment (1935)

Biography

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, All Movie Guide

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