Elsa Lanchester
Acting
Born: October 28, 1902 · Lewisham, London, England, UK
Died: December 26, 1986 (aged 84)
Highest Rated
Biography
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (October 28, 1902 – December 26, 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television and former dancer. Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the First World War began performing in theatre and cabaret, where she established her career over the following decade. She met the actor Charles Laughton in 1927, and they were married two years later. She began playing small roles in British films, including the role of Anne of Cleves with Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Laughton's success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles. Her role as the bride in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), brought her recognition, and came to be one of the roles most closely associated with her throughout her life. Lanchester played supporting roles through the 1940s and 1950s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come to the Stable (1949) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957), the last of twelve films in which she appeared with Laughton. Following Laughton's death in 1962, Lanchester resumed her career with appearances in such Disney films as Mary Poppins (1964), That Darn Cat! (1965) and Blackbeard's Ghost (1968). The horror film, Willard, (1971) was highly successful and one of her last roles was in Murder By Death (1976). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elsa Lanchester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Mary Poppins
1964
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
Murder by Death
1976
The Bishop's Wife
1947
The Spiral Staircase
1946
I Love Lucy
1951
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
That Darn Cat!
1965
The Big Clock
1948
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Lassie Come Home
1943
Photos (4)
Movies (66)
Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution
Miss Plimsoll
Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Murder by Death
Jessica Marbles
Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Bell, Book and Candle
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
That Darn Cat!
Mrs. MacDougall
The Bishop's Wife
Matilda
Blackbeard's Ghost
Emily Stowecroft
The Inspector General
Maria
Willard
Henrietta Stiles
The Razor's Edge
Miss Keith
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
The Secret Garden
Martha
The Big Clock
Louise Patterson
Mystery Street
Mrs. Smerrling
Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison
David Copperfield
Clickett
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
Pajama Party
Aunt Wendy
Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed
Naughty Marietta
Madame d'Annard
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel
Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Oates
In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso
Forever and a Day
Mamie
Les Miserables
Madame Magloire
Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey
Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins
3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady
Blue Bottles
Elsa
Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar
The Tonic
Elsa
Frenchie
Countess
Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly
Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Smith
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Terror in the Wax Museum
Julia Hawthorn
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
Die Laughing
Sophie
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma
The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder
Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield
Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts
Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels
My Dog, the Thief
Mrs. Formby
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride
Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid
Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones
The Stronger Sex
Thompson
The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher
Arnold
Hester
Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse
Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
Noah and the Flood
Noah's wife
The Constant Nymph
Lady
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle
Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Heidi
Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Love Habit
Matilde
Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
TV Shows (25)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aggie McGregor · 1 eps
Mannix
Portia Penhaven · 1 eps
Mannix
Edna Barrington · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
I Love Lucy
Edna Grundy · 1 eps
Studio One
Jenny Pratt · 1 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Burke's Law
Mrs. Ormsby · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Bessie Mopes · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Mumsie Westcott · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Agnes Dabree · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Miss Creshaw · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Rosie Bowker · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mother Goose · 1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
Aunt Henrietta · 3 eps
Then Came Bronson
Hattie Calter · 1 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Wochuk · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Formby · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters · 1 eps
Follow the Sun
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (14)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 1 eps
Startime
Self · 1 eps
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American Nightmare
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Comets
Herself
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self
