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Elsa Lanchester‌

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Birthday

calendar1902-10-28

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Elsa Lanchester

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Elsa Lanchester

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1902-10-28

Popularity

star8.7

Biography

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

Movie Credits

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein‌
star7.5
calendar 1935

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins‌
star7.6
calendar 1964

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home‌
star6.6
calendar 1943

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Murder by Death

Murder by Death‌
star7.2
calendar 1976

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase‌
star7.1
calendar 1946

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

The Inspector General

The Inspector General‌
star6.4
calendar 1949

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

Willard

Willard‌
star6.1
calendar 1971

Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution‌
star8.2
calendar 1957

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII‌
star6.3
calendar 1933

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden‌
star7.1
calendar 1949

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta‌
star5.1
calendar 1935

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

My Dog the Thief

My Dog the Thief‌
star6.8
calendar 1969

Buccaneer's Girl

Buccaneer's Girl‌
star5.6
calendar 1950

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go‌
star5.9
calendar 1967

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife‌
star7.1
calendar 1947

Rembrandt

Rembrandt‌
star6.6
calendar 1936

The Big Clock

The Big Clock‌
star7.3
calendar 1948

Mystery Street

Mystery Street‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

Rascal

Rascal‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage‌
star6.5
calendar 1983

Pajama Party

Pajama Party‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge‌
star6.8
calendar 1946

The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare‌
star6.9
calendar 2000

Dreamboat

Dreamboat‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Honeymoon Hotel

Honeymoon Hotel‌
star4.6
calendar 1964

The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

One of the Best

One of the Best‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Petty Girl

The Petty Girl‌
star4.1
calendar 1950

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Northwest Outpost

Northwest Outpost‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

The Ghost Goes West

The Ghost Goes West‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

Les Miserables

Les Miserables‌
star5.4
calendar 1952

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

Arnold

Arnold‌
star5.1
calendar 1973

Vessel of Wrath

Vessel of Wrath‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie‌
star5.6
calendar 1969

The Glass Slipper

The Glass Slipper‌
star6.3
calendar 1955

Terror in the Wax Museum

Terror in the Wax Museum‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

Passport to Destiny

Passport to Destiny‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

Frenchie

Frenchie‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

In Name Only

In Name Only‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film‌
star7.5
calendar 2014

David Copperfield

David Copperfield‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

Die Laughing

Die Laughing‌
star4.7
calendar 1980

Blue Bottles

Blue Bottles‌
star6.5
calendar 1928

The Love Habit

The Love Habit‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Ashes

Ashes‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Thumbs Up

Thumbs Up‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day‌
star7.2
calendar 1943

3 Ring Circus

3 Ring Circus‌
star5.5
calendar 1954

Daydreams

Daydreams‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

The Tonic

The Tonic‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Comets

Comets‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!‌
star6.5
calendar 1965

Potiphar's Wife

Potiphar's Wife‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

The Stronger Sex

The Stronger Sex‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

The Officers' Mess

The Officers' Mess‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Commercial Entertainment Product

Commercial Entertainment Product‌
star8.5
calendar 1992

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

The Flood

The Flood‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman‌
star9.0
calendar 2007

Universal Horror

Universal Horror‌
star7.2
calendar 1998

Tv Credits

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy‌
star6.9
calendar 1968

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show‌
star5.6
calendar 1962

The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor‌
star5.6
calendar 1970

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson‌
star4.8
calendar 1969

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star5.2
calendar 1955

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show‌
star5.3
calendar 1956

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

Follow the Sun

Follow the Sun‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star5.2
calendar 1950

The John Forsythe Show

The John Forsythe Show‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

Star Time

Star Time‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.7
calendar 1948

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre‌
star7.0
calendar 1952

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967