Elsa Lanchester
Acting
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
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movieScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieMonster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
movieFamous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieUniversal Horror
1998
(archive footage)
movieCommercial Entertainment Product
1992
The Monster's Bride
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
(archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDie Laughing
1980
Sophie
movieMurder by Death
1976
Jessica Marbles
movieArnold
1973
Hester
movieTerror in the Wax Museum
1973
Julia Hawthorn
movieWillard
1971
Henrietta Stiles
tvNanny and the Professor
1970
Aunt Henrietta
movieIn Name Only
1969
Gertrude Caruso
movieMy Dog, the Thief
1969
Mrs. Formby
tvThen Came Bronson
1969
Hattie Calter
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969
Mrs. Wochuk
movieMe, Natalie
1969
Miss Dennison
movieRascal
1969
Mrs. Satterfield
tvHere's Lucy
1968
Mumsie Westcott
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieBlackbeard's Ghost
1968
Emily Stowecroft
tvMannix
1967
Portia Penhaven / Edna Barrington
movieEasy Come, Easy Go
1967
Madame Neherina
movieThat Darn Cat!
1965
Mrs. MacDougall
The John Forsythe Show
1965
Margaret Culver
movieMary Poppins
1964
Katie Nanna
moviePajama Party
1964
Aunt Wendy
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Dr. Agnes Dabree
movieHoneymoon Hotel
1964
Chambermaid
tvBurke's Law
1963
Mrs. Ormsby / Bessie Mopes
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Aggie McGregor
movieNoah and the Flood
1962
Noah's wife
tvStartime
1959
Self
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Miss Creshaw
movieBell, Book and Candle
1958
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
tvShirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Mother Goose
movieWitness for the Prosecution
1957
Miss Plimsoll
movieAlice in Wonderland
1955
Red Queen
movieHeidi
1955
Fräulein Rottenmeier
movieThe Glass Slipper
1955
Widow Sonder
movie3 Ring Circus
1954
The Bearded Lady
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Mrs. Formby
movieHell's Half Acre
1954
Lida O'Reilly
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Hanna Winters
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Rosie Bowker
movieLes Miserables
1952
Madame Magloire
movieDreamboat
1952
Mathilda Coffey
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Red Queen
tvI Love Lucy
1951
Edna Grundy
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Betsey Monk, the Widow
movieFrenchie
1950
Countess
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Emily / Miss Mabel
movieThe Petty Girl
1950
Dr. Crutcher
movieMystery Street
1950
Mrs. Smerrling
movieBuccaneer's Girl
1950
Madame Brizar
movieCome to the Stable
1949
Amelia Potts
tvStudio One
1948
Jenny Pratt
movieThe Big Clock
1948
Louise Patterson
movieThe Bishop's Wife
1947
Matilda
movieNorthwest Outpost
1947
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
movieThe Razor's Edge
1946
Miss Keith
movieThe Spiral Staircase
1946
Mrs. Oates
moviePassport to Destiny
1944
Ella Muggins
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter
movieLassie Come Home
1943
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
movieThumbs Up
1943
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
movieTales of Manhattan
1942
Mrs. Smith
movieSon of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Bristol Isabel
movieLadies in Retirement
1941
Emily Creed
movieVessel of Wrath
1938
Martha Jones
movieRembrandt
1936
Hendrickje Stoffels
movieThe Ghost Goes West
1935
Miss Shepperton
movieBride of Frankenstein
1935
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
movieNaughty Marietta
1935
Madame d'Annard
movieDavid Copperfield
1935
Clickett
movieThe Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
Anne of Cleves
The Officers' Mess
1931
Cora Melville
moviePotiphar's Wife
1931
Thérèse
movieThe Stronger Sex
1931
Thompson
movieThe Love Habit
1931
Matilde
movieComets
1930
Herself
Mr. Smith Wakes Up
1929
Their Daughter
movieDaydreams
1928
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
movieThe Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
1924
Beatrice de Carolle