Elisabeth Risdon: movies and TV shows
Elisabeth Risdon has 115 credits in the archive: 115 films and 0 TV series, from 1913 to 1952. Highest rated: High Sierra (7.1/10).
Career timeline
1913 – 1952 · busiest year: 1942 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Isabelle de Valmorin | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1952 | Crossroads - U.S.A. | Martha Farnum | Film | — | 65 |
| 1951 | Bannerline | Margaret Trimble | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Diner on Train (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1951 | My True Story | Mme. Rousseau | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1951 | In Old Amarillo | Granny Adams | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1950 | Sierra | Aunt Susan | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Dr. R.W. Roberts | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1950 | The Milkman | Mrs. Carter | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma | Kate Carney | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad | Jessica Royce | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1949 | Down Dakota Way | Dolly Paxton | Film | 8.3 | 62 |
| 1948 | Bodyguard | Gene Dysen | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Mrs. Carruthers | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | rs. Carruthers | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Mary Nolan | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1948 | Sealed Verdict | Mrs. Hockland | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Mrs. Whitehead | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Mrs. Hills | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Betty's Mother | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Emily Baggett | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1947 | High Wall | Mrs. Kenet | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Mrs. Amanda Pritchard | Film | 8.8 | 60 |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | Ma Williams | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back | 'Ma' Williams | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1946 | Roll on Texas Moon | Cactus Kate Taylor | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Catherine Walsh | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1946 | They Made Me a Killer | 'Ma' Conley | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1945 | Mama Loves Papa | Jessie Todd | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Leona Palmor | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman | Mme. de Montrevel | Film | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1945 | The Unseen | Mrs. Norris | Film | 4.7 | 58 |
| 1945 | A Song for Miss Julie | Mrs. Ambrose Charteris | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Miss Elizabeth Martin | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost | Mrs. Polverdine | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1944 | Blonde Fever | Mrs. Talford | Film | 3.9 | 57 |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling | Helen Corkery | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1944 | Weird Woman | Dean Grace Gunnison | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1943 | Higher and Higher | Georgia Keating | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Film | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1943 | Lost Angel | Mrs. Pringle | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1943 | Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event | Aunt Della Lindsay | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1943 | Never a Dull Moment | Mrs. Schuyler Manning III | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Mrs. Claiborne | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1942 | Jail House Blues | Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | Mrs. Lloyd | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Lady Is Willing | Mrs. Cummings | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Aunt Della Lindsay | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger | Mrs. Morrell | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1942 | Are Husbands Necessary? | Mrs. Westwood | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Aunt Della Lindsay | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | Mrs. Bailey | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Man Who Returned to Life | Minerva Sunday | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Aunt Della Lindsay | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Marrtha Peasley | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Ma | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1941 | Paris Calling | Madame Jennetier | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | At the Stroke of Twelve | Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Mr. Dynamite | Limping Woman (aka "Achilles") | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Aunt Della | Film | 4.6 | 54 |
| 1941 | Footlight Fever | Aunt Hattie Drake | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Let's Make Music | Malvina Adams | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Aunt Clarissa | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1940 | Saturday's Children | Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon) | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Sarah Lincoln | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Jury Member | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire | Aunt Della Lindsay | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! | Minerva | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Aunt Della Lindsay | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Slightly Tempted | Ethelreda Knox | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Honeymoon Deferred | Sarah Frome | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Mrs. Sherman | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Forgotten Woman | Margaret Burke | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Widow Douglass | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1939 | Five Came Back | Martha Spengler | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes | Phoebe Ainslee | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1939 | Disputed Passage | Mrs. Cunningham | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Girl from Mexico | Della Lindsay | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1939 | Full Confession | Norah O'Keefe | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1939 | Sorority House | Mrs. Scott | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Man Who Dared | Jessie Carter | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon) | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Kate Heath | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Mrs. Fletcher | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 1938 | Mad About Music | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Mrs. Jordan | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Tom Sawyer, Detective | Aunt Sally Phelps | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1938 | My Bill | Aunt Caroline | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1937 | Dead End | Mrs. Connell | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow | Cora Payne | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon) | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Mrs. Harkins | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1937 | The Woman I Love | Mme. Herbillion | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Aunt Mary | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Mrs. Landreth | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1936 | Don't Gamble with Love | Grace | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Lady of Secrets | Mrs. Emily Whittaker | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Grand Duchess Sofia | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | The Final Hour | Fortune Teller | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Mrs. Raskolnikov | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1935 | Guard That Girl | Aunt Catherine | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1916 | The Mother of Dartmoor | Avesa Pomeroy | Film | — | 29 |
| 1916 | The Princess of Happy Chance | Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden | Film | — | 29 |
| 1915 | Florence Nightingale | Florence Nightingale | Film | — | 28 |
| 1915 | Love in a Wood | Rosiland | Film | — | 28 |
| 1914 | Beautiful Jim | Nancy Earle | Film | — | 27 |
| 1914 | Inquisitive Ike | Dora | Film | — | 27 |
| 1914 | The Suicide Club | Zephyrine | Film | — | 27 |
| 1914 | Her Luck in London | Nellie Harbourne | Film | — | 27 |
| 1914 | Black-Eyed Susan | Black-Eyed Susan | Film | — | 27 |
| 1914 | The Cup Final Mystery | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1914 | The Idol of Paris | Flare-Flare | Film | — | 27 |
| 1913 | Bridegrooms Beware! | Bride | Film | — | 26 |
| 1913 | Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn | Maria Marten | Film | — | 26 |
| 1913 | Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn | Maria Marten | Film | 5.0 | 26 |