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Elizabeth Berridge

Acting Born May 2, 1962 New Rochelle, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

Elizabeth Berridge (born May 2, 1962) is an American film and theatre actress. She is best-known for playing Constanze Mozart in the Academy Award winning 1984 film Amadeus.

Berridge was born in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of George Berridge, a lawyer, and Mary L. Berridge (née Robinson), a social worker. The Berridge family settled in Larchmont, New York, where she attended Chatsworth Elementary School, there she began to perform and sing. Due to her acting commitments, she earned her diploma through an independent-study program at Mamaroneck High School.

Berridge was called in to audition for the part of Constanze Mozart after filming had already commenced in Prague on Amadeus. The actress who had begun the role, Meg Tilly, injured her leg in a neighborhood soccer game and had to quit the project. Two actresses were flown to Prague, and after a week's auditions Berridge was given the part (supposedly because the other actress was "too pretty" to play the part of an innkeeper's daughter). Berridge (and the other cast members) remained in Prague for six months to complete the onsite filming.

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Known for

Film

Inherit the Wind

as Julia Scianti

Touched by an Angel

as Holly

The Equalizer

as Susan Wilhite

Grounded for Life

as Amy
Film

Basic Instinct

as Sandy Hartwick
Film

Sliver

as Eve Eggers
Film

Amadeus

as Constanze Mozart
Film

Payback

as Hooker in Bar (uncredited)
Film

Hidalgo

as Annie Oakley
Film

Lords of Dogtown

as Charlotte

Roots

as Amy Harper

Full filmography

  • Miami Vice (1984) as Julia Scianti
  • Touched by an Angel (1994) as Holly
  • The Equalizer (1985) as Susan Wilhite
  • Grounded for Life (2001) as Amy
  • Still Standing (2002) as Sandy Hartwick
  • The John Larroquette Show (1993) as Eve Eggers
  • Amadeus (1984) as Constanze Mozart
  • Texas (1980)
  • Payback (1999) as Hooker in Bar (uncredited)
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Francine Tibbetts
  • Leg Work (1987)
  • Hidalgo (2004) as Annie Oakley
  • The Powers That Be (1992) as Charlotte
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
  • Nature Boy (2000) as Miss Owthwaite
  • The Funhouse (1981) as Amy Harper
  • Five Corners (1987) as Melanie
  • Smooth Talk (1985) as June Wyatt
  • Please Give (2010) as Elyse
  • Break a Leg (2005) as New York Girl
  • When the Party's Over (1993) as Frankie
  • Montana (1990) as Lavetta
  • Silence of the Heart (1984) as Penny
  • Results (2015) as Christine