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Birthday: Oct 28, 1902
Place of Birth: Lewisham, London, England, UK

Elsa Lanchester

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
Movie Cast Year
Bride of Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate 1935
Mary Poppins Katie Nanna 1964
Lassie Come Home Mrs. Helen Carraclough 1943
Bell, Book and Candle Aunt Queenie Holroyd 1958
Murder by Death Jessica Marbles 1976
The Spiral Staircase Mrs. Oates 1946
Tales of Manhattan Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith 1942
The Inspector General Maria 1949
Hell's Half Acre Lida O'Reilly 1954
Willard Henrietta Stiles 1971
Ladies in Retirement Emily Creed 1941
Witness for the Prosecution Miss Plimsoll 1957
The Private Life of Henry VIII Anne of Cleves 1933
The Secret Garden Martha 1949
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Bristol Isabel 1942
Naughty Marietta Madame d'Annard 1935
Blackbeard's Ghost Emily Stowecroft 1968
My Dog the Thief Mrs. Formby 1969
Buccaneer's Girl Madame Brizar 1950
Easy Come, Easy Go Madame Neherina 1967
Androcles and the Lion Megaera 1952
The Bishop's Wife Matilda 1947
Rembrandt Hendrickje Stoffels 1936
The Big Clock Louise Patterson 1948
Mystery Street Mrs. Smerrling 1950
Rascal Mrs. Satterfield 1969
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1983
Pajama Party Aunt Wendy 1964
The Razor's Edge Miss Keith 1946
The American Nightmare Self 2000
Dreamboat Mathilda Coffey 1952
Honeymoon Hotel Chambermaid 1964
The Girls of Pleasure Island Thelma 1953
Come to the Stable Amelia Potts 1949
One of the Best Kitty 1927
The Petty Girl Dr. Crutcher 1950
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2018
Northwest Outpost Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana 1947
The Ghost Goes West Miss Shepperton 1935
Les Miserables Madame Magloire 1952
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate 1991
Arnold Hester 1973
Vessel of Wrath Martha Jones 1938
Me, Natalie Miss Dennison 1969
The Glass Slipper Widow Sonder 1955
Terror in the Wax Museum Julia Hawthorn 1973
Passport to Destiny Ella Muggins 1944
Frenchie Countess 1950
In Name Only Gertrude Caruso 1969
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage) 2014
David Copperfield Clickett 1935
Die Laughing Sophie 1980
Blue Bottles Elsa 1928
The Love Habit Matilde 1931
Ashes 1930
Thumbs Up Emily "Emmy" Ffinch 1943
The Constant Nymph Lady 1928
Alice in Wonderland Red Queen 1955
Forever and a Day Mamie 1943
3 Ring Circus The Bearded Lady 1954
Daydreams Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence 1928
The Tonic Elsa 1928
Comets Herself 1930
That Darn Cat! Mrs. MacDougall 1965
Potiphar's Wife Thérèse 1931
The Stronger Sex Thompson 1931
The Officers' Mess Cora Melville 1931
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Self 1940
Commercial Entertainment Product The Monster's Bride 1992
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood Self (archive footage) 2009
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama Beatrice de Carolle 1924
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers Self 1993
The Flood Noah's wife 1962
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman Self (archive footage) 2007
Universal Horror (archive footage) 1998
Series Cast Year
Burke's Law Mrs. Ormsby 1963
Here's Lucy Mumsie Westcott 1968
I Love Lucy Edna Grundy 1951
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
The Bill Cosby Show Mrs. Wochuk 1969
Night Gallery 1970
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
General Electric Theater Hanna Winters 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame Red Queen 1951
Nanny and the Professor Aunt Henrietta 1970
Lux Video Theatre Emily 1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Betsey Monk, the Widow 1951
Then Came Bronson 1969
Adventures in Paradise Miss Creshaw 1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Self 1956
Ben Casey 1961
Follow the Sun 1961
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950
The John Forsythe Show Margaret Culver 1965
Star Time Self 1950
Lux Video Theatre Miss Mabel 1950
Burke's Law Bessie Mopes 1963
Studio One Jenny Pratt 1948
Mannix Portia Penhaven 1967
The Ford Television Theatre Rosie Bowker 1952
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
The Wonderful World of Disney Mrs. Formby 1954
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Aggie McGregor 1962
Mannix Edna Barrington 1967
Shirley Temple's Storybook Mother Goose 1958
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