Portrait of Elisabeth Risdon

Acting

Elisabeth Risdon

Titles
109movies
Career

Active from 1913 to 1952, with a break from 1917 to 1934, busiest in 1942 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Elisabeth Risdon Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Murder Mystery 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • 1940s Setting 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Film Noir 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

109

1950s

11 titles · average score 58
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Poster for Scaramouche

as Isabelle de Valmorin

Poster for My True Story

as Mme. Rousseau

Poster for Bannerline

as Margaret Trimble

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Poster for It's a Big Country

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

Poster for In Old Amarillo

as Granny Adams

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Poster for The Secret Fury

as Dr. R.W. Roberts

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Poster for Bunco Squad

as Jessica Royce

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Poster for Sierra

as Aunt Susan

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Poster for The Milkman

as Mrs. Carter

1940s

57 titles · average score 62
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Poster for Bodyguard

as Gene Dysen

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Poster for The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

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Poster for Tall in the Saddle

as Miss Elizabeth Martin

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Poster for Weird Woman

as Dean Grace Gunnison

Poster for Let's Make Music

as Malvina Adams

Poster for At the Stroke of Twelve

as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll

Poster for Footlight Fever

as Aunt Hattie Drake

All 57 titles from the 1940s

1930s

29 titles · average score 65
Poster for The Man Who Dared

as Jessie Carter

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Poster for Full Confession

as Norah O'Keefe

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Poster for Mannequin

as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)

Poster for Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Aunt Sally Phelps

Poster for The Woman I Love

as Mme. Herbillion

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Poster for The King Steps Out

as Grand Duchess Sofia

All 29 titles from the 1930s

1910s

12 titles
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