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Elsa Lanchester
Actor
Died December 26, 1986 (84 years)
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).
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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film · as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | |
| 2005 | The Great Man: W.C. Fields · as Clickett |
| 2002 | The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster · as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| 1998 | Universal Horror · as (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as The Monster's Mate |
| 1980 | Die Laughing · as Sophie |
| 1976 | Murder by Death · as Jessica Marbles |
| 1973 | Arnold · as Hester |
| 1973 | Terror in the Wax Museum · as Julia Hawthorn |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Aunt Henrietta |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie · as Miss Dennison |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) |
| 1969 | My Dog the Thief · as Mrs. Formby |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wochuk |
| 1969 | Rascal · as Mrs. Satterfield |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Mumsie Westcott |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost · as Emily Stowecroft |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Miss Mollie Taylor |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Portia Penhaven |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as Widow Sonder |
| 1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go · as Madame Neherina |
| 1965 | That Darn Cat! · as Mrs. Macdougall |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins · as Katie Nanna |
| 1964 | Pajama Party · as Aunt Wendy |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Dr. Agnes Dabree |
| 1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) · as Louella Woodward |
| 1964 | Honeymoon Hotel · as Chambermaid |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ormsby |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dalrymple |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Aggie Mcgregor |
| 1962 | The Flood · as Noah's Wife |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Naomi Griswald |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Miss Creshaw |
| 1958 | Bell Book and Candle · as Aunt Queenie Holroyd |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Mother Goose |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution · as Miss Plimsoll |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper · as Widow Sonder |
| 1955 | Alice in Wonderland · as Red Queen |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus · as The Bearded Lady |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mrs. Formby |
| 1954 | Shower of Stars (TV Series) · as Mrs. Zooker |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway (TV Series) · as Mrs. Orcutt |
| 1954 | Hell's Half Acre · as Lida O'reilly |
| 1953 | The Girls of Pleasure Island · as Thelma |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Hanna Winters |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion · as Megaera |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as (segment "toine") |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Rosie Bowker |
| 1952 | Les Miserables · as Madame Magloire |
| 1952 | Dreamboat · as Mathilda Coffey |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Red Queen |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Edna Grundy |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Betsey Monk, The Widow |
| 1950 | Frenchie · as Countess |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Miss Mabel |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl · as Dr. Crutcher |
| 1950 | Mystery Street · as Mrs. Smerrling |
| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl · as Madame Brizar |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | The Inspector General · as Maria |
| 1949 | Come to the Stable · as Amelia Potts |
| 1949 | The Secret Garden · as Martha |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Jenny Pratt |
| 1948 | The Big Clock · as Louise Patterson |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife · as Matilda |
| 1947 | Northwest Outpost · as Princess 'tanya' Tatiana |
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge · as Miss Keith |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase · as Mrs. Oates |
| 1944 | Passport to Destiny · as Ella Muggins |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home · as Mrs. Helen Carraclough |
| 1943 | Thumbs Up · as Emily "emmy" Ffinch |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Mamie |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan · as Elsa (mrs Charles) Smith |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake · as Bristol Isabel |
| 1941 | Ladies in Retirement · as Emily Creed |
| 1938 | The Beachcomber · as Martha Jones |
| 1936 | Rembrandt · as Hendrickje Stoffels |
| 1935 | The Ghost Goes West · as Miss Shepperton |
| 1935 | David Copperfield · as Clickett |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein · as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta · as Madame D'annard |
| 1934 | The Private Life of Don Juan · as Maid |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII · as Anne Of Cleves |
| 1931 | The Officers' Mess · as Cora Melville |
| 1929 | Mr. Smith Wakes Up · as Cast |
| 1928 | Blue Bottles · as Elsa |
| 1928 | Day-Dreams · as Elsa / Heroine In Dream Sequence |
| 1928 | The Tonic · as Elsa |
| 1928 | The Constant Nymph · as Lady |
| 1927 | One of the Best · as Kitty |