Elsa Lanchester
71 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 28, 1902
- Died
- Dec 26, 1986 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Lewisham, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Elsa Sullivan Lanchester · Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
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.
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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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Elsa Lanchester: movies and TV shows
Acting (95)
- 2014 Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
- 1998 Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
- 1992 Commercial Entertainment Product
as The Monster's Bride
- 1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
- 1988 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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 Willard
as Henrietta Stiles
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969 In Name Only
as Gertrude Caruso
- 1969 My Dog, the Thief
as Mrs. Formby
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Me, Natalie
as Miss Dennison
- 1969 Rascal
as Mrs. Satterfield
- 1968
- 1968 Blackbeard's Ghost
as Emily Stowecroft
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 Easy Come, Easy Go
as Madame Neherina
- 1965 That Darn Cat!
as Mrs. MacDougall
- 1965
- 1964 Mary Poppins
as Katie Nanna
- 1964 Pajama Party
as Aunt Wendy
- 1964
- 1964 Honeymoon Hotel
as Chambermaid
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962 Noah and the Flood
as Noah's wife
- 1961
- 1961
- 1959
- 1958 Bell, Book and Candle
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
- 1958
- 1957 Witness for the Prosecution
as Miss Plimsoll
- 1955 Alice in Wonderland
as Red Queen
- 1955
- 1955 Heidi
as Fräulein Rottenmeier
- 1955 The Glass Slipper
as Widow Sonder
- 1954 3 Ring Circus
as The Bearded Lady
- 1954
- 1954 Hell's Half Acre
as Lida O'Reilly
- 1953 The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Thelma
- 1953
- 1952 Androcles and the Lion
as Megaera
- 1952
- 1952 Les Miserables
as Madame Magloire
- 1952 Dreamboat
as Mathilda Coffey
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950 Frenchie
as Countess
- 1950
- 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
- 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 Mrs. Smith
- 1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Bristol Isabel
- 1941 Ladies in Retirement
as Emily Creed
- 1938 Vessel of Wrath
as Martha Jones
- 1936 Rembrandt
as Hendrickje Stoffels
- 1935 The Ghost Goes West
as Miss Shepperton
- 1935 Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
- 1935 Naughty Marietta
as Madame d'Annard
- 1935 David Copperfield
as Clickett
- 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne of Cleves
- 1931 The Officers' Mess
as Cora Melville
- 1931 Potiphar's Wife
as Thérèse
- 1931 The Stronger Sex
as Thompson
- 1931 The Love Habit
as Matilde
- 1930 Ashes
as Girl
- 1929 Mr. Smith Wakes Up
as Their Daughter
- 1928 Blue Bottles
as Elsa
- 1928 Daydreams
as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
- 1928 The Tonic
as Elsa
- 1928 The Constant Nymph
as Lady
- 1927 One of the Best
as Kitty
- 1924 The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
as Beatrice de Carolle
Talk shows and appearances (18)
- Upcoming
- 2018
- 2007
- 2000
- 1993
- 1983
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
2 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
3 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1959 Startime
1 episode
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1 episode
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1 episode
- 1952 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1949 The Ed Wynn Show
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode
- 1940
- 1930