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person_profile-Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Elsa Lanchester

Date of Birth:

Oct 28, 1902

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Dec 26, 1986

Biography of

Elsa Lanchester

    Elsa Sullivan Lanchester  (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English-American character actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.

    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).

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Filmography of

Elsa Lanchester

Found 66 Movies in total

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

The American Nightmare

Herself ( Actor )

... 2000

Universal Horror

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1993

... 1984

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Die Laughing

Sophie ( Actor )

... 1980

Murder by Death

Jessica Marbles ( Actor )

... 1976

Arnold

Hester ( Actor )

... 1973

Terror in the Wax Museum

Julia Hawthorn ( Actor )

... 1973

Willard

Henrietta Stiles ( Actor )

... 1971

In Name Only

Gertrude Caruso ( Actor )

... 1969

My Dog, the Thief

Mrs. Formby ( Actor )

... 1969

Me, Natalie

Miss Dennison ( Actor )

... 1969

Rascal

Mrs. Satterfield ( Actor )

... 1969

Blackbeard's Ghost

Emily Stowecroft ( Actor )

... 1968

Easy Come, Easy Go

Madame Neherina ( Actor )

... 1967

That Darn Cat!

Mrs. MacDougall ( Actor )

... 1965

Mary Poppins

Katie Nanna ( Actor )

... 1964

Pajama Party

Aunt Wendy ( Actor )

... 1964

Honeymoon Hotel

Chambermaid ( Actor )

... 1964

Bell, Book and Candle

Aunt Queenie Holroyd ( Actor )

... 1958

Witness for the Prosecution

Miss Plimsoll ( Actor )

... 1957

Alice in Wonderland

Red Queen ( Actor )

... 1955

The Glass Slipper

Widow Sonder ( Actor )

... 1955

3 Ring Circus

The Bearded Lady ( Actor )

... 1954

Hell's Half Acre

Lida O'Reilly ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1953

Androcles and the Lion

Megaera ( Actor )

... 1952

Les Miserables

Madame Magloire ( Actor )

... 1952

Dreamboat

Mathilda Coffey ( Actor )

... 1952

Frenchie

Countess ( Actor )

... 1950

The Petty Girl

Dr. Crutcher ( Actor )

... 1950

Mystery Street

Mrs. Smerrling ( Actor )

... 1950

Buccaneer's Girl

Madame Brizar ( Actor )

... 1950

The Inspector General

Maria ( Actor )

... 1949

Come to the Stable

Amelia Potts ( Actor )

... 1949

The Secret Garden

Martha ( Actor )

... 1949

The Big Clock

Louise Patterson ( Actor )

... 1948

The Bishop's Wife

Matilda ( Actor )

... 1947

Northwest Outpost

Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana ( Actor )

... 1947

The Razor's Edge

Miss Keith ( Actor )

... 1946

The Spiral Staircase

Mrs. Oates ( Actor )

... 1946

Passport to Destiny

Ella Muggins ( Actor )

... 1944

Lassie Come Home

Mrs. Helen Carraclough ( Actor )

... 1943

Thumbs Up

Emily "Emmy" Ffinch ( Actor )

... 1943

Forever and a Day

Mamie ( Actor )

... 1943

Tales of Manhattan

Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

Ladies in Retirement

Emily Creed ( Actor )

... 1941

Vessel of Wrath

Martha Jones ( Actor )

... 1938

Rembrandt

Hendrickje Stoffels ( Actor )

... 1936

The Ghost Goes West

Miss Shepperton ( Actor )

... 1935

Bride of Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride ( Actor )

... 1935

Naughty Marietta

Madame d'Annard ( Actor )

... 1935

David Copperfield

Clickett ( Actor )

... 1935

The Private Life of Henry VIII

Anne of Cleves ( Actor )

... 1933

Potiphar's Wife

Thérèse ( Actor )

... 1931

The Stronger Sex

Thompson ( Actor )

... 1931

The Love Habit

Matilde ( Actor )

... 1931

Comets

Herself ( Actor )

... 1930

The Constant Nymph

Lady ( Actor )

... 1928

... 1924