Elsa Lanchester
Acting
1902-10-28 · Lewisham, London, England, UK
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
Filmography
TheatersCharmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028 · Movie
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Movie
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Movie
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Movie
The American Nightmare
2000 · Movie
Universal Horror
1998 · Movie
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993 · Movie
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992 · Movie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
Die Laughing
1980 · Movie
Murder by Death
1976 · Movie
Arnold
1973 · Movie
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973 · Movie
Willard
1971 · Movie
Night Gallery
1970 · Series
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · Series
In Name Only
1969 · Movie
My Dog, the Thief
1969 · Movie
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Series
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Series
Me, Natalie
1969 · Movie
Rascal
1969 · Movie
Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Mondo Hollywood
1967 · Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967 · Movie
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Movie
The John Forsythe Show
1965 · Series
Mary Poppins
1964 · Movie
Pajama Party
1964 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Honeymoon Hotel
1964 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
Noah and the Flood
1962 · Movie
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Follow the Sun
1961 · Series
Startime
1959 · Series
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Movie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Series
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Movie
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
Alice in Wonderland
1955 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Heidi
1955 · Movie
The Glass Slipper
1955 · Movie
3 Ring Circus
1954 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Hell's Half Acre
1954 · Movie
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Les Miserables
1952 · Movie
Dreamboat
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
I Love Lucy
1951 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Frenchie
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Petty Girl
1950 · Movie
Mystery Street
1950 · Movie
Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · Movie
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
The Inspector General
1949 · Movie
The Ed Wynn Show
1949 · Series
Come to the Stable
1949 · Movie
The Secret Garden
1949 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
The Big Clock
1948 · Movie
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · Movie
Northwest Outpost
1947 · Movie
The Razor's Edge
1946 · Movie
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Movie
Passport to Destiny
1944 · Movie
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Lassie Come Home
1943 · Movie
Thumbs Up
1943 · Movie
Forever and a Day
1943 · Movie
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Movie
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · Movie
Ladies in Retirement
1941 · Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
Vessel of Wrath
1938 · Movie
Rembrandt
1936 · Movie
The Ghost Goes West
1935 · Movie
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Movie
Naughty Marietta
1935 · Movie
David Copperfield
1935 · Movie
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · Movie
The Officers' Mess
1931 · Movie
Potiphar's Wife
1931 · Movie
The Stronger Sex
1931 · Movie
The Love Habit
1931 · Movie
Ashes
1930 · Movie
Comets
1930 · Movie
Mr. Smith Wakes Up
1929 · Movie
Blue Bottles
1928 · Movie
The Tonic
1928 · Movie
Daydreams
1928 · Movie
The Constant Nymph
1928 · Movie
One of the Best
1927 · Movie
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
1924 · Movie