Elsa Lanchester
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 28, 1902
- Died
- Dec 26, 1986 (aged 84)
- Place of birth
- Lewisham, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 113
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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Known for
Mary Poppins
1964Movie
Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution
1957Movie
Miss Plimsoll
Bride of Frankenstein
1935Movie
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Murder by Death
1976Movie
Jessica Marbles
The Bishop's Wife
1947Movie
Matilda
The Spiral Staircase
1946Movie
Mrs. Oates
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028Movie
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014Movie
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000Movie
Self
Universal Horror
1998Movie
(archive footage)
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993Movie
Self
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992Movie
The Monster's Bride
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991Movie
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Die Laughing
1980Movie
Sophie
Murder by Death
1976Movie
Jessica Marbles
Arnold
1973Movie
Hester
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973Movie
Julia Hawthorn
Willard
1971Movie
Henrietta Stiles
Night Gallery
1970TV
Nanny and the Professor
1970TV
Aunt Henrietta
In Name Only
1969Movie
Gertrude Caruso
My Dog, the Thief
1969Movie
Mrs. Formby
Then Came Bronson
1969TV
Hattie Calter
The Bill Cosby Show
1969TV
Mrs. Wochuk
Me, Natalie
1969Movie
Miss Dennison
Rascal
1969Movie
Mrs. Satterfield
Here's Lucy
1968TV
Mumsie Westcott
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968Movie
Emily Stowecroft
Mannix
1967TV
Portia Penhaven, Edna Barrington
Mondo Hollywood
1967Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967Movie
Madame Neherina
That Darn Cat!
1965Movie
Mrs. MacDougall
The John Forsythe Show
1965TV
Margaret Culver
Mary Poppins
1964Movie
Katie Nanna
Pajama Party
1964Movie
Aunt Wendy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Dr. Agnes Dabree
Honeymoon Hotel
1964Movie
Chambermaid
Burke's Law
1963TV
Mrs. Ormsby, Bessie Mopes
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Aggie McGregor
Noah and the Flood
1962Movie
Noah's wife
Ben Casey
1961TV
Follow the Sun
1961TV
Startime
1959TV
Self
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Miss Creshaw
Bell, Book and Candle
1958Movie
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958TV
Mother Goose
Witness for the Prosecution
1957Movie
Miss Plimsoll
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956TV
Self
Alice in Wonderland
1955Movie
Red Queen
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Heidi
1955Movie
Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Glass Slipper
1955Movie
Widow Sonder
3 Ring Circus
1954Movie
The Bearded Lady
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Mrs. Formby
Hell's Half Acre
1954Movie
Lida O'Reilly
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953Movie
Thelma
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Hanna Winters
Androcles and the Lion
1952Movie
Megaera
Omnibus
1952TV
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Rosie Bowker
Les Miserables
1952Movie
Madame Magloire
Dreamboat
1952Movie
Mathilda Coffey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Red Queen
I Love Lucy
1951TV
Edna Grundy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Betsey Monk, the Widow
Frenchie
1950Movie
Countess
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Emily, Miss Mabel
The Petty Girl
1950Movie
Dr. Crutcher
Mystery Street
1950Movie
Mrs. Smerrling
Buccaneer's Girl
1950Movie
Madame Brizar
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
The Inspector General
1949Movie
Maria
The Ed Wynn Show
1949TV
Self
Come to the Stable
1949Movie
Amelia Potts
The Secret Garden
1949Movie
Martha
Studio One
1948TV
Jenny Pratt
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
The Big Clock
1948Movie
Louise Patterson
The Bishop's Wife
1947Movie
Matilda
Northwest Outpost
1947Movie
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
The Razor's Edge
1946Movie
Miss Keith
The Spiral Staircase
1946Movie
Mrs. Oates
Passport to Destiny
1944Movie
Ella Muggins
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter
Lassie Come Home
1943Movie
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Thumbs Up
1943Movie
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Forever and a Day
1943Movie
Mamie
Tales of Manhattan
1942Movie
Mrs. Smith
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942Movie
Bristol Isabel
Ladies in Retirement
1941Movie
Emily Creed
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940Movie
Self
Vessel of Wrath
1938Movie
Martha Jones
Rembrandt
1936Movie
Hendrickje Stoffels
The Ghost Goes West
1935Movie
Miss Shepperton
Bride of Frankenstein
1935Movie
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Naughty Marietta
1935Movie
Madame d'Annard
David Copperfield
1935Movie
Clickett
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933Movie
Anne of Cleves
The Officers' Mess
1931Movie
Cora Melville
Potiphar's Wife
1931Movie
Thérèse
The Stronger Sex
1931Movie
Thompson
The Love Habit
1931Movie
Matilde
Ashes
1930Movie
Girl
Comets
1930Movie
Herself
Mr. Smith Wakes Up
1929Movie
Their Daughter
Blue Bottles
1928Movie
Elsa
Daydreams
1928Movie
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Tonic
1928Movie
Elsa
The Constant Nymph
1928Movie
Lady
One of the Best
1927Movie
Kitty
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
1924Movie
Beatrice de Carolle