Elsa Lanchester
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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
Credits
Mary Poppins (1964)
as Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Miss Plimsoll
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Murder by Death (1976)
as Jessica Marbles
That Darn Cat! (1965)
as Mrs. MacDougall
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
as Emily Stowecroft
Willard (1971)
as Henrietta Stiles
The Razor's Edge (1946)
as Miss Keith
Lassie Come Home (1943)
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Matilda
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
The Big Clock (1948)
as Louise Patterson
Me, Natalie (1969)
as Miss Dennison
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
as Madame Neherina
David Copperfield (1935)
as Clickett
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Pajama Party (1964)
as Aunt Wendy
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
as Mrs. Oates
Mystery Street (1950)
as Mrs. Smerrling
The Secret Garden (1949)
as Martha
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
as Megaera
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
as Anne of Cleves
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Madame d'Annard
The Inspector General (1949)
as Maria
In Name Only (1969)
as Gertrude Caruso
Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
as Madame Brizar
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Bristol Isabel
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
as Mrs. Smith
Frenchie (1950)
as Countess
The American Nightmare (2000)
as Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tonic (1928)
as Elsa
Blue Bottles (1928)
as Elsa
3 Ring Circus (1954)
as The Bearded Lady
Forever and a Day (1943)
as Mamie
Les Miserables (1952)
as Madame Magloire
The Glass Slipper (1955)
as Widow Sonder
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028)
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
as Miss Shepperton
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
as Julia Hawthorn
Rembrandt (1936)
as Hendrickje Stoffels
Rascal (1969)
as Mrs. Satterfield
Die Laughing (1980)
as Sophie
Ashes (1930)
as Girl
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
as Thelma
Dreamboat (1952)
as Mathilda Coffey
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vessel of Wrath (1938)
as Martha Jones
My Dog, the Thief (1969)
as Mrs. Formby
Come to the Stable (1949)
as Amelia Potts
Potiphar's Wife (1931)
as Thérèse
Ladies in Retirement (1941)
as Emily Creed
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Universal Horror (1998)
as (archive footage)
Passport to Destiny (1944)
as Ella Muggins
Alice in Wonderland (1955)
as Red Queen
The Petty Girl (1950)
as Dr. Crutcher
Arnold (1973)
as Hester
Hell's Half Acre (1954)
as Lida O'Reilly
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Honeymoon Hotel (1964)
as Chambermaid
The Stronger Sex (1931)
as Thompson
Mr. Smith Wakes Up (1929)
as Their Daughter
Noah and the Flood (1962)
as Noah's wife
Commercial Entertainment Product (1992)
as The Monster's Bride
Thumbs Up (1943)
as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Northwest Outpost (1947)
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama (1924)
as Beatrice de Carolle
Comets (1930)
as Herself
The Constant Nymph (1928)
as Lady
Heidi (1955)
as Fräulein Rottenmeier
Daydreams (1928)
as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
One of the Best (1927)
as Kitty
The Officers' Mess (1931)
as Cora Melville
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers (1993)
as Self
The Love Habit (1931)
as Matilde