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