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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
Acted in 90
2010s
- 2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
1990s
- 1998
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
- 1992
Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride
1980s
- 1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1980
Die Laughing
Sophie
1970s
- 1976
- 1973
Arnold
Hester
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso
Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison
Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield
- 1968
- 1967
Mondo Hollywood
Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina
- 1965
- 1964
Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid
- 1963
- 1962
Noah and the Flood
Noah's wife
- 1961
Follow the Sun
TV
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
- 1955
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
Heidi
Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder
- 1954
3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady
Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly
- 1953
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma
General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters · 1 episode
- 1952
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
Les Miserables
Madame Magloire
Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow · 1 episode
- 1950
Frenchie
Countess
The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher
Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar
1940s
- 1949
Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts
- 1948
- 1947
Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
- 1946
- 1944
Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins
- 1943
Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Forever and a Day
Mamie
- 1942
Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Smith
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel
- 1941
Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed
1930s
- 1938
Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones
- 1936
Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels
- 1935
The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton
David Copperfield
Clickett
- 1933
- 1931
Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse
The Stronger Sex
Thompson
The Love Habit
Matilde
1920s
- 1928
Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Tonic
Elsa
The Constant Nymph
Lady
- 1924
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle
Appearances16
2020s
- 2028
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
The American Nightmare
Self
1990s
- 1993
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self
1980s
- 1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960s
- 1968
- 1962
1950s
- 1959
- 1957
- 1956
1940s
- 1948
- 1944
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1930s
- 1930
Comets
Herself