Elisabeth Risdon
Acting
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Acting History
1952
Scaramouche
as Isabelle de Valmorin
1951
It's a Big Country
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
In Old Amarillo
as Granny Adams
Bannerline
as Margaret Trimble
1950
Bunco Squad
as Jessica Royce
The Milkman
as Mrs. Carter
Sierra
as Aunt Susan
The Secret Fury
as Dr. R.W. Roberts
Hills of Oklahoma
as Kate Carney
1949
Down Dakota Way
as Dolly Paxton
1948
Bodyguard
as Gene Dysen
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Mary Nolan
The Bride Goes Wild
as Mrs. Carruthers
1947
Life with Father
as Mrs. Whitehead
The Egg and I
as Betty's Mother
High Wall
as Mrs. Kenet
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Hills
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Emily Baggett
1946
Lover Come Back
as 'Ma' Williams
Roll on Texas Moon
as Cactus Kate Taylor
They Made Me a Killer
as 'Ma' Conley
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Catherine Walsh
1945
A Song for Miss Julie
as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
1944
Weird Woman
as Dean Grace Gunnison
Blonde Fever
as Mrs. Talford
In the Meantime, Darling
as Helen Corkery
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Polverdine
Tall in the Saddle
as Miss Elizabeth Martin
1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Higher and Higher
as Georgia Keating
Lost Angel
as Mrs. Pringle
1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Random Harvest
as Mrs. Lloyd
I Live on Danger
as Mrs. Morrell
The Lady Is Willing
as Mrs. Cummings
Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Bailey
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Claiborne
Jail House Blues
as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Mrs. Westwood
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Aunt Della
Mr. Dynamite
as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Footlight Fever
as Aunt Hattie Drake
Paris Calling
as Madame Jennetier
Let's Make Music
as Malvina Adams
High Sierra
as Ma
1940
Mexican Spitfire
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Aunt Della Lindsay
Saturday's Children
as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Slightly Tempted
as Ethelreda Knox
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Sarah Lincoln
The Howards of Virginia
as Aunt Clarissa
1939
The Great Man Votes
as Phoebe Ainslee
The Man Who Dared
as Jessie Carter
Full Confession
as Norah O'Keefe
The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Sherman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglass
The Girl from Mexico
as Della Lindsay
Five Came Back
as Martha Spengler
Disputed Passage
as Mrs. Cunningham
Sorority House
as Mrs. Scott
1938
Girls on Probation
as Kate Heath
Mannequin
as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Fletcher
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Jordan
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Sally Phelps
1937
Dead End
as Mrs. Connell
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Cora Payne
They Won't Forget
as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Mountain Justice
as Mrs. Harkins
The Woman I Love
as Mme. Herbillion
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as Aunt Mary
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Landreth
The Final Hour
as Fortune Teller
The King Steps Out
as Grand Duchess Sofia
1913
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
as Maria Marten