Elisabeth Risdon

Born: 1887-04-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts. Born in London, England, Risdon graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1918 with high honours. She attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw and was cast as the lead in his biggest plays. Besides her performances for Shaw, she was leading lady for actors including George Arliss, Otis Skinner, and William Faversham. She was also under contract to the Theatre Guild for many years. In later years, she taught drama to patients at a veterans administration hospital near her Brentwood home. She was married to the prolific silent film director George Loane Tucker who left her a widow in 1921. She later married actor Brandon Evans, who died in April 1958. She was the great-aunt of actress Wendy Barrie-Wilson. Risdon died in December 1958 in St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, California from a cerebral haemorrhage. Her body was donated to medical science.


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Scaramouche

as Isabelle de Valmorin
Released: 1952-05-08

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

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Reap the Wild Wind

as Mrs. Claiborne
Released: 1942-03-26

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the...

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Make Way for Tomorrow

as Cora Payne
Released: 1937-05-09

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed....

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Random Harvest

as Mrs. Lloyd
Released: 1942-12-17

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall...

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Dead End

as Mrs. Connell
Released: 1937-08-27

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up,...

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High Sierra

as Ma
Released: 1941-01-23

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

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The Roaring Twenties

as Mrs. Sherman
Released: 1939-10-28

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...

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Tall in the Saddle

as Miss Elizabeth Martin
Released: 1944-09-29

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has...

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Life with Father

as Mrs. Whitehead
Released: 1947-09-13

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who...

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The Canterville Ghost

as Mrs. Polverdine
Released: 1944-07-20

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying...

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The Egg and I

as Betty's Mother
Released: 1947-05-01

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and...

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Crime and Punishment

as Mrs. Raskolnikov
Released: 1935-11-22

A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Widow Douglass
Released: 1939-02-10

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...

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The Secret Fury

as Dr. R.W. Roberts
Released: 1950-02-21

The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already...

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Theodora Goes Wild

as Aunt Mary
Released: 1936-11-12

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They...

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Mannequin

as Mrs. Cassidy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Released: 1938-01-21

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only...

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Sarah Lincoln
Released: 1940-02-22

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...

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Five Came Back

as Martha Spengler
Released: 1939-06-23

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when...

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Roll on Texas Moon

as Cactus Kate Taylor
Released: 1946-09-12

To get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the...

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Craig's Wife

as Mrs. Landreth
Released: 1936-09-25

Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material...

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High Wall

as Mrs. Kenet
Released: 1947-12-17

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife....

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Bodyguard

as Gene Dysen
Released: 1948-09-04

A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.

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The Great Man Votes

as Phoebe Ainslee
Released: 1939-01-13

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from...

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The Lady Is Willing

as Mrs. Cummings
Released: 1942-02-12

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a...

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The Unseen

as Mrs. Norris
Released: 1945-05-12

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of...

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Mourning Becomes Electra

as Mrs. Hills
Released: 1947-11-19

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping...

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Sierra

as Aunt Susan
Released: 1950-05-26

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff...

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Weird Woman

as Dean Grace Gunnison
Released: 1944-03-01

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she...

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Mrs. Jordan
Released: 1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as Jury Member
Released: 1940-01-11

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....

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It's a Big Country

as Diner on Train (uncredited)
Released: 1951-11-20

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American...

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They Made Me a Killer

as 'Ma' Conley
Released: 1946-05-03

A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and...

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They Won't Forget

as Mrs. Hale (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Released: 1937-07-14

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate...

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Every Girl Should Be Married

as Mary Nolan
Released: 1948-12-25

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison...

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Higher and Higher

as Georgia Keating
Released: 1943-12-31

A valet to a bankrupt millionaire plans to rebuild his boss's fortune by passing a scullery maid...

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The Affairs of Annabel

as Mrs. Fletcher
Released: 1938-09-09

Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to...

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The Howards of Virginia

as Aunt Clarissa
Released: 1940-09-19

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...

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Journey for Margaret

as Mrs. Bailey
Released: 1942-12-17

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening...

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Bunco Squad

as Jessica Royce
Released: 1950-09-01

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony...

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Paris Calling

as Madame Jennetier
Released: 1941-12-04

Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government...

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The Man Who Returned to Life

as uncredited
Released: 1942-02-05

An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an...

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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

as Aunt Della
Released: 1941-11-28

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a...

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The Woman I Love

as Mme. Herbillion
Released: 1937-04-15

In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.

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The Walls Came Tumbling Down

as Catherine Walsh
Released: 1946-06-07

A PI investigates a priest's murder.

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Saturday's Children

as Mrs. Myrtle Halevy (as Elizabeth Risdon)
Released: 1940-05-04

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

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The Forgotten Woman

as Margaret Burke
Released: 1939-07-07

A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.

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My True Story

as Mme. Rousseau
Released: 1951-03-08

Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly...

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Mad About Music

as uncredited
Released: 1938-02-27

A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself...

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge

as Emily Baggett
Released: 1947-08-04

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.

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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

as uncredited
Released: 1943-02-19

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

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The Bride Goes Wild

as Mrs. Carruthers
Released: 1948-03-03

McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately,...

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The Bride Goes Wild

as rs. Carruthers
Released: 1948-03-03

McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately,...

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Lost Angel

as Mrs. Pringle
Released: 1943-12-23

Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest...

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The King Steps Out

as Grand Duchess Sofia
Released: 1936-05-27

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

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Let's Make Music

as Malvina Adams
Released: 1941-01-17

An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.

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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

as Aunt Della Lindsay
Released: 1942-09-17

A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette,...

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In the Meantime, Darling

as Helen Corkery
Released: 1944-09-22

A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house...

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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard
Released: 1947-01-04

In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female...

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A Song for Miss Julie

as Mrs. Ambrose Charteris
Released: 1945-02-19

Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're...

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Sealed Verdict

as Mrs. Hockland
Released: 1948-11-05

John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of...

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In Old Amarillo

as Granny Adams
Released: 1951-05-15

A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all...

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The Final Hour

as Fortune Teller
Released: 1936-07-07

A down-and-out lawyer gets back on his feet with help from a singer who later retains him to...

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The Girl from Mexico

as Della Lindsay
Released: 1939-06-01

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis...

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The Suicide Club

as uncredited
Released: 1914-07-01

A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.

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I Live on Danger

as Mrs. Morrell
Released: 1942-06-16

A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.

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Full Confession

as Norah O'Keefe
Released: 1939-09-08

A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent...

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Girls on Probation

as Kate Heath
Released: 1938-10-22

A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

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Lover Come Back

as Ma Williams
Released: 1946-06-21

A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.

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Lover Come Back

as 'Ma' Williams
Released: 1946-06-21

A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.

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Bannerline

as Margaret Trimble
Released: 1951-10-12

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

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Disputed Passage

as Mrs. Cunningham
Released: 1939-10-25

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl...

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Mountain Justice

as Mrs. Harkins
Released: 1937-04-24

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid...

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Mexican Spitfire

as Aunt Della Lindsay
Released: 1940-01-12

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage:...

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My Bill

as Aunt Caroline
Released: 1938-07-08

An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.

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The Fighting Guardsman

as Mme. de Montrevel
Released: 1945-04-24

A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

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Hills of Oklahoma

as Kate Carney
Released: 1950-06-01

In this remake of Gene Autry's 1942 "Call of the Canyon", Rex Allen, the newly-elected head of...

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Blonde Fever

as Mrs. Talford
Released: 1944-12-05

Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable...

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Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Aunt Della Lindsay
Released: 1940-10-29

Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita....

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Mr. Dynamite

as Limping Woman (aka "Achilles")
Released: 1941-03-01

A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.

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Never a Dull Moment

as Mrs. Schuyler Manning III
Released: 1943-11-19

Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).

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Mexican Spitfire at Sea

as Aunt Della Lindsay
Released: 1942-03-13

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The...

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Nice Girl?

as Marrtha Peasley
Released: 1941-02-21

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his...

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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

as Aunt Della Lindsay
Released: 1943-07-14

Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the...

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The Milkman

as Mrs. Carter
Released: 1950-10-17

A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.

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Mama Loves Papa

as Jessie Todd
Released: 1945-08-08

A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing...

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Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

as Minerva
Released: 1940-03-15

In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her...

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Grissly's Millions

as Leona Palmor
Released: 1945-01-16

An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.

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Sorority House

as Mrs. Scott
Released: 1939-05-05

A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.

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Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

as Aunt Della Lindsay
Released: 1942-06-26

Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy...

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Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Aunt Sally Phelps
Released: 1938-12-24

The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his...

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Don't Gamble with Love

as Grace
Released: 1936-02-28

Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she...

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Guard That Girl

as Aunt Catherine
Released: 1935-11-02

Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into...

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Honeymoon Deferred

as Sarah Frome
Released: 1940-02-16

Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case...

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Lady of Secrets

as Mrs. Emily Whittaker
Released: 1936-02-21

Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the...

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Are Husbands Necessary?

as Mrs. Westwood
Released: 1942-06-15

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and...

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At the Stroke of Twelve

as Abigail Osley, aka The Old Doll
Released: 1941-11-15

This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short...

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Down Dakota Way

as Dolly Paxton
Released: 1949-09-09

In Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by...

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Jail House Blues

as Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann
Released: 1942-02-01

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his...

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Slightly Tempted

as Ethelreda Knox
Released: 1940-10-18

A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.

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The Mother of Dartmoor

as Avesa Pomeroy
Released: 1916-10-01

A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.

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Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

as Maria Marten
Released: 1913-01-01

A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a...

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