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Elisabeth Risdon

Best known for playing Ma in High Sierra

Showing credits as

106 films

Make Way for Tomorrow

Cora Payne · 1937

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Mrs. Lloyd · 1942

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The Roaring Twenties

Mrs. Sherman · 1939

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Ma · 1941

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Theodora Goes Wild

Aunt Mary · 1936

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Mrs. Connell · 1937

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A Song for Miss Julie

Mrs. Ambrose Charteris · 1945

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Sarah Lincoln · 1940

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Are Husbands Necessary?

Mrs. Westwood · 1942

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At the Stroke of Twelve

Abigail Ardsley, aka The Old Doll · 1941

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Margaret Trimble · 1951

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Nancy Earle · 1914

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Black-Eyed Susan

Black-Eyed Susan · 1914

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Mrs. Talford · 1944

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Gene Dysen · 1948

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Bridegrooms Beware!

Bride · 1913

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Jessica Royce · 1950

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

Mrs. Jordan · 1938

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Mrs. Landreth · 1936

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Crime and Punishment

Mrs. Raskolnikov · 1935

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Crossroads - U.S.A.

Martha Farnum · 1952

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Disputed Passage

Mrs. Cunningham · 1939

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Don't Gamble with Love

Grace · 1936

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Down Dakota Way

Dolly Paxton · 1949

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Every Girl Should Be Married

Mary Nolan · 1948

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Martha Spengler · 1939

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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale · 1915

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Footlight Fever

Aunt Hattie Drake · 1941

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Full Confession

Norah O'Keefe · 1939

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Girls on Probation

Kate Heath · 1938

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Guard That Girl

Aunt Catherine · 1935

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Her Luck in London

Nellie Harbourne · 1914

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Mrs. Kenet · 1947

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Higher and Higher

Georgia Keating · 1943

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Hills of Oklahoma

Kate Carney · 1950

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Honeymoon Deferred

Sarah Frome · 1940

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I Live on Danger

Mrs. Morrell · 1942

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In Old Amarillo

Granny Adams · 1951

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In the Meantime, Darling

Helen Corkery · 1944

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Inquisitive Ike

Dora · 1914

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It's a Big Country

Diner on Train (uncredited) · 1951

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Jail House Blues

Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann · 1942

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Journey for Margaret

Mrs. Bailey · 1942

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Lady of Secrets

Mrs. Emily Whittaker · 1936

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Let's Make Music

Malvina Adams · 1941

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Life with Father

Mrs. Whitehead · 1947

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Mrs. Pringle · 1943

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Rosiland · 1915

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Lover Come Back

Ma Williams · 1946

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Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Minerva · 1940

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Mad About Music

1938

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Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon) · 1937

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Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn

Maria Marten · 1913

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Mexican Spitfire

Aunt Della Lindsay · 1940

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Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Aunt Della Lindsay · 1942

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Mexican Spitfire Out West

Aunt Della Lindsay · 1940

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Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Aunt Della Lindsay · 1942

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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Aunt Della Lindsay · 1942

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Mountain Justice

Mrs. Harkins · 1937

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Mourning Becomes Electra

Mrs. Hills · 1947

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Aunt Caroline · 1938

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Mme. Rousseau · 1951

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Never a Dull Moment

Mrs. Schuyler Manning III · 1943

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Marrtha Peasley · 1941

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Madame Jennetier · 1941

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Reap the Wild Wind

Mrs. Claiborne · 1942

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Roll on Texas Moon

Cactus Kate Taylor · 1946

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Saturday's Children

Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon) · 1940

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Isabelle de Valmorin · 1952

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Mrs. Hockland · 1948

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Aunt Susan · 1950

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Slightly Tempted

Ethelreda Knox · 1940

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Mrs. Scott · 1939

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Tall in the Saddle

Miss Elizabeth Martin · 1944

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Widow Douglass · 1939

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The Affairs of Annabel

Mrs. Fletcher · 1938

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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

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The Bride Goes Wild

rs. Carruthers · 1948

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The Canterville Ghost

Mrs. Polverdine · 1944

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The Cup Final Mystery

1914

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Betty's Mother · 1947

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Fortune Teller · 1936

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The Forgotten Woman

Margaret Burke · 1939

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The Girl from Mexico

Della Lindsay · 1939

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The Great Man Votes

Phoebe Ainslee · 1939

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The Howards of Virginia

Aunt Clarissa · 1940

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The Idol of Paris

Flare-Flare · 1914

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The King Steps Out

Grand Duchess Sofia · 1936

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The Lady Is Willing

Mrs. Cummings · 1942

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The Man Who Dared

Jessie Carter · 1939

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The Man Who Returned to Life

Minerva Sunday · 1942

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Jury Member · 1940

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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Aunt Della · 1941

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Mrs. Carter · 1950

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The Mother of Dartmoor

Avesa Pomeroy · 1916

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The Princess of Happy Chance

Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden · 1916

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Emily Baggett · 1947

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The Secret Fury

Dr. R.W. Roberts · 1950

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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Mrs. Amanda Pritchard · 1947

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The Suicide Club

Zephyrine · 1914

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Mrs. Norris · 1945

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The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Catherine Walsh · 1946

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The Woman I Love

Mme. Herbillion · 1937

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They Made Me a Killer

'Ma' Conley · 1946

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They Won't Forget

Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon) · 1937

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Dean Grace Gunnison · 1944

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