Elsa Lanchester
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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Fotos
Películas (79)
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000 · Self
Universal Horror
1998 · (archive footage)
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993 · Self
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992 · The Monster's Bride
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Die Laughing
1980 · Sophie
Murder by Death
1976 · Jessica Marbles
Arnold
1973 · Hester
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973 · Julia Hawthorn
Willard
1971 · Henrietta Stiles
In Name Only
1969 · Gertrude Caruso
My Dog, the Thief
1969 · Mrs. Formby
Me, Natalie
1969 · Miss Dennison
Rascal
1969 · Mrs. Satterfield
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Emily Stowecroft
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967 · Madame Neherina
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Mrs. MacDougall
Mary Poppins
1964 · Katie Nanna
Pajama Party
1964 · Aunt Wendy
Honeymoon Hotel
1964 · Chambermaid
Noah and the Flood
1962 · Noah's wife
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Aunt Queenie Holroyd
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Miss Plimsoll
Alice in Wonderland
1955 · Red Queen
Heidi
1955 · Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Glass Slipper
1955 · Widow Sonder
3 Ring Circus
1954 · The Bearded Lady
Hell's Half Acre
1954 · Lida O'Reilly
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953 · Thelma
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Megaera
Les Miserables
1952 · Madame Magloire
Dreamboat
1952 · Mathilda Coffey
Frenchie
1950 · Countess
The Petty Girl
1950 · Dr. Crutcher
Mystery Street
1950 · Mrs. Smerrling
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · Madame Brizar
The Inspector General
1949 · Maria
Come to the Stable
1949 · Amelia Potts
The Secret Garden
1949 · Martha
The Big Clock
1948 · Louise Patterson
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · Matilda
Northwest Outpost
1947 · Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
The Razor's Edge
1946 · Miss Keith
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Mrs. Oates
Passport to Destiny
1944 · Ella Muggins
Lassie Come Home
1943 · Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Thumbs Up
1943 · Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Forever and a Day
1943 · Mamie
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Mrs. Smith
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · Bristol Isabel
Ladies in Retirement
1941 · Emily Creed
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
Vessel of Wrath
1938 · Martha Jones
Rembrandt
1936 · Hendrickje Stoffels
The Ghost Goes West
1935 · Miss Shepperton
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Naughty Marietta
1935 · Madame d'Annard
David Copperfield
1935 · Clickett
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · Anne of Cleves
The Officers' Mess
1931 · Cora Melville
Potiphar's Wife
1931 · Thérèse
The Stronger Sex
1931 · Thompson
The Love Habit
1931 · Matilde
Ashes
1930 · Girl
Comets
1930 · Herself
Mr. Smith Wakes Up
1929 · Their Daughter
Blue Bottles
1928 · Elsa
Daydreams
1928 · Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Tonic
1928 · Elsa
The Constant Nymph
1928 · Lady
One of the Best
1927 · Kitty
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
1924 · Beatrice de Carolle
Series (34)
Night Gallery
1970
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · Aunt Henrietta
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Hattie Calter
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Mrs. Wochuk
Here's Lucy
1968 · Mumsie Westcott
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Mannix
1967 · Portia Penhaven, Edna Barrington
The John Forsythe Show
1965 · Margaret Culver
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Dr. Agnes Dabree
Burke's Law
1963 · Mrs. Ormsby, Bessie Mopes
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Aggie McGregor
Ben Casey
1961
Follow the Sun
1961
Startime
1959 · Self
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Miss Creshaw
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Mother Goose
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Mrs. Formby
General Electric Theater
1953 · Hanna Winters
Omnibus
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Rosie Bowker
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Red Queen
I Love Lucy
1951 · Edna Grundy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Betsey Monk, the Widow
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Emily, Miss Mabel
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Ed Wynn Show
1949 · Self
Studio One
1948 · Jenny Pratt
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter