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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 Br…
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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
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Elsa Lanchester's Filmography
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
as Self
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
as Self
Commercial Entertainment Product
as The Monster's Bride
No Poster
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Die Laughing
as Sophie
Murder by Death
as Jessica Marbles
Arnold
as Hester
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Julia Hawthorn
Willard
as Henrietta Stiles
In Name Only
as Gertrude Caruso
My Dog, the Thief
as Mrs. Formby
Me, Natalie
as Miss Dennison
Rascal
as Mrs. Satterfield
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Emily Stowecroft
Mondo Hollywood
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Madame Neherina
That Darn Cat!
as Mrs. MacDougall
Mary Poppins
as Katie Nanna
Pajama Party
as Aunt Wendy
Honeymoon Hotel
as Chambermaid
Noah and the Flood
as Noah's wife
Bell, Book and Candle
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
Witness for the Prosecution
as Miss Plimsoll
Alice in Wonderland
as Red Queen
Heidi
as Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Glass Slipper
as Widow Sonder
3 Ring Circus
as The Bearded Lady
Hell's Half Acre
as Lida O'Reilly
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Thelma
Androcles and the Lion
as Megaera
Les Miserables
as Madame Magloire
Dreamboat
as Mathilda Coffey
Frenchie
as Countess
The Petty Girl
as Dr. Crutcher
Mystery Street
as Mrs. Smerrling
Buccaneer's Girl
as Madame Brizar
The Inspector General
as Maria
Come to the Stable
as Amelia Potts
The Secret Garden
as Martha
The Big Clock
as Louise Patterson
The Bishop's Wife
as Matilda
Northwest Outpost
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
The Razor's Edge
as Miss Keith
The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Oates
Passport to Destiny
as Ella Muggins
Lassie Come Home
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Thumbs Up
as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Forever and a Day
as Mamie
Tales of Manhattan
as Mrs. Smith
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Bristol Isabel
Ladies in Retirement
as Emily Creed
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
Vessel of Wrath
as Martha Jones
Rembrandt
as Hendrickje Stoffels
The Ghost Goes West
as Miss Shepperton
Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Naughty Marietta
as Madame d'Annard
David Copperfield
as Clickett
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne of Cleves
No Poster
The Officers' Mess
as Cora Melville
Potiphar's Wife
as Thérèse
The Stronger Sex
as Thompson
The Love Habit
as Matilde
No Poster
Ashes
as Girl
Comets
as Herself
No Poster
Mr. Smith Wakes Up
as Their Daughter
Blue Bottles
as Elsa
Daydreams
as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Tonic
as Elsa
The Constant Nymph
as Lady
No Poster
One of the Best
as Kitty
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
as Beatrice de Carolle