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