Elizabeth Berridge

Elizabeth Berridge born May 2 1962 is an American film and theatre actress She is bestknown 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 independentstudy 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 weeks auditions Berridge was given the part supposedly because the other actress was too pretty to play the part of an innkeepers 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia