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
Blackbeard's Ghost
Emily Stowecroft
Murder by Death
Jessica Marbles
Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
That Darn Cat!
Mrs. MacDougall
The Bishop's Wife
Matilda
Bell, Book and Candle
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Oates
The Big Clock
Louise Patterson
The Secret Garden
Martha
Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina
Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar
The Razor's Edge
Miss Keith
Frenchie
Countess
The Inspector General
Maria
3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel
Willard
Henrietta Stiles
Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison
Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
David Copperfield
Clickett
The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton
Naughty Marietta
Madame d'Annard
Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves
Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts
Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid
Les Miserables
Madame Magloire
In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso
Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
My Dog, the Thief
Mrs. Formby
Mystery Street
Mrs. Smerrling
Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels
Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Smith
Pajama Party
Aunt Wendy
Die Laughing
Sophie
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Terror in the Wax Museum
Julia Hawthorn
Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield
The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder
Noah and the Flood
Noah's wife
Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
Arnold
Hester
Forever and a Day
Mamie
Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma
Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins
The Tonic
Elsa
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed
Blue Bottles
Elsa
Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
The Constant Nymph
Lady
Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle
The Stronger Sex
Thompson
Heidi
Fräulein Rottenmeier
Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse
The Love Habit
Matilde
TV Shows (27)
Mannix
Portia Penhaven · 1 eps
Mannix
Edna Barrington · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aggie McGregor · 1 eps
Studio One
Jenny Pratt · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
I Love Lucy
Edna Grundy · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Burke's Law
Mrs. Ormsby · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Bessie Mopes · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Mumsie Westcott · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Rosie Bowker · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Miss Creshaw · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Agnes Dabree · 1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
Aunt Henrietta · 3 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Emily · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Miss Mabel · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mother Goose · 1 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Wochuk · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Formby · 1 eps
Then Came Bronson
Hattie Calter · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen · 1 eps
Follow the Sun
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 1 eps
Startime
Self · 1 eps
The American Nightmare
Self
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self
Comets
Herself
