Elizabeth Berridge
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Payback
as Hooker in Bar (uncredited) 1999
Hidalgo
as Annie Oakley 2004
The Funhouse
as Amy Harper 1981
Results
as Christine 2015
Please Give
as Elyse 2010
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) 2012
Smooth Talk
as June Wyatt 1985
Five Corners
as Melanie 1987
When the Party's Over
as Frankie 1993
Natural Enemies
as Sheila Steward 1979
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Rosie Casals 2001
Break a Leg
as New York Girl 2005
Montana
as Lavetta 1990
The Making of 'Amadeus'
as Self - Constanze 2002
Home Fires Burning
as Francine Tibbettes 1989
Silence of the Heart
as Penny 1984