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