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Elsa Lanchester
Born · October 28, 1902
Died · December 26, 1986 (84 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK
Bio
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
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2018
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
7.5
2014
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2009
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
9.0
2007
The American Nightmare
Self
6.9
2000
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
7.2
1998
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self
0.0
1993
Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride
8.5
1992
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
5.7
1991
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
1983
Die Laughing
Sophie
4.7
1980
Murder by Death
Jessica Marbles
7.2
1976
Arnold
Hester
5.2
1973
Terror in the Wax Museum
Julia Hawthorn
5.3
1973
Willard
Henrietta Stiles
6.0
1971
Night Gallery
(1 episode)
7.8
1970
Nanny and the Professor
Aunt Henrietta · (3 episodes)
6.0
1970
In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso
0.0
1969
My Dog, the Thief
Mrs. Formby
6.8
1969
Then Came Bronson
(1 episode)
4.8
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Wochuk · (2 episodes)
5.2
1969
Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison
5.6
1969
Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield
5.8
1969
Here's Lucy
Mumsie Westcott · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
6.6
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
Emily Stowecroft
6.7
1968
Mannix
Portia Penhaven · (1 episode)
6.7
1967
Mannix
Edna Barrington · (1 episode)
6.7
1967
Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina
5.9
1967
That Darn Cat!
Mrs. MacDougall
6.5
1965
The John Forsythe Show
Margaret Culver · (29 episodes)
5.0
1965
Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna
7.6
1964
Pajama Party
Aunt Wendy
4.9
1964
Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid
4.6
1964
Burke's Law
Mrs. Ormsby · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Burke's Law
Bessie Mopes · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (3 episodes)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aggie McGregor · (1 episode)
7.8
1962
The Flood
Noah's wife
0.0
1962
Ben Casey
(1 episode)
5.6
1961
Follow the Sun
(1 episode)
6.0
1961
Adventures in Paradise
Miss Creshaw · (1 episode)
5.7
1959
Bell, Book and Candle
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
6.5
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mother Goose · (1 episode)
5.8
1958
Witness for the Prosecution
Miss Plimsoll
8.2
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.3
1956
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
0.0
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1 episode)
5.2
1955
The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder
6.3
1955
3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady
5.5
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Formby · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly
5.4
1954
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma
5.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
5.8
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Rosie Bowker · (1 episode)
7.0
1952
Les Miserables
Madame Magloire
5.4
1952
Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey
6.0
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
I Love Lucy
Edna Grundy · (1 episode)
7.9
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow · (1 episode)
7.0
1951
Frenchie
Countess
5.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Emily · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Miss Mabel · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Star Time
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1950
The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher
4.1
1950
Mystery Street
Mrs. Smerrling
6.8
1950
Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar
5.6
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1 episode)
5.2
1950
The Inspector General
Maria
6.4
1949
Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts
6.4
1949
The Secret Garden
Martha
7.1
1949
Studio One
Jenny Pratt · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
The Big Clock
Louise Patterson
7.3
1948
The Bishop's Wife
Matilda
7.0
1947
Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
0.0
1947
The Razor's Edge
Miss Keith
6.9
1946
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Oates
7.0
1946
Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins
5.2
1944
Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
6.6
1943
Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
6.0
1943
Forever and a Day
Mamie
7.4
1943
Tales of Manhattan
Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
6.3
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel
7.2
1942
Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed
6.5
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
6.5
1940
Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones
6.7
1938
Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels
6.8
1936
The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton
6.5
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
7.5
1935
Naughty Marietta
Madame d'Annard
5.1
1935
David Copperfield
Clickett
6.6
1935
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves
6.4
1933
The Officers' Mess
Cora Melville
0.0
1931
Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse
0.0
1931
The Stronger Sex
Thompson
0.0
1931
The Love Habit
Matilde
0.0
1931
Ashes
0.0
1930
Comets
Herself
0.0
1930
Blue Bottles
Elsa
6.5
1928
Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
0.0
1928
The Tonic
Elsa
0.0
1928
The Constant Nymph
Lady
0.0
1928
One of the Best
Kitty
0.0
1927
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle
0.0
1924