Elizabeth Berridge

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elizabeth Berridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Miami Vice

as Julia Scianti

The Equalizer

as Susan Wilhite

Touched by an Angel

as Holly

Grounded for Life

as Amy

Still Standing

as Sandy Hartwick

The John Larroquette Show

as Eve Eggers

Hidalgo

as Annie Oakley

Amadeus

as Constanze Mozart

Payback

as Hooker in Bar (uncredited)

Please Give

as Elyse

Texas

Results

as Christine

The Powers That Be

as Charlotte

Leg Work

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Francine Tibbetts

The Funhouse

as Amy Harper

Nature Boy

as Miss Owthwaite

Five Corners

as Melanie

When the Party's Over

as Frankie