6 Best Elizabeth Risdon Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 4, 2026

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Elizabeth Risdon brought a dignified, often heartbreaking presence to Hollywood’s golden age, memorably portraying weary mothers and working-class matriarchs.

Random Harvest (1942) 01

Random Harvest (1942)

IMDb ★ 7.3

An amnesiac war veteran forgets the wife he secretly married, then meets and falls for her again years later without recognizing her.

High Sierra (1941) 02

High Sierra (1941)

IMDb ★ 7.1

An aging gangster fresh out of prison plans one last big heist at a mountain resort.

The Roaring Twenties (1939) 03

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A World War I veteran turned bootlegger rises and falls with the fortunes of Prohibition-era organized crime.

Dead End (1937) 04

Dead End (1937)

IMDb ★ 7.0

The residents of a New York slum street confront poverty, crime, and the corrupting lure of a notorious local gangster.

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) 05

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

IMDb ★ 7.5

An elderly couple forced to sell their home are separated and shuffled between their unwelcoming adult children.

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) 06

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A small-town author's secret career writing a scandalous novel threatens to expose her respectable double life.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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