9.0
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Elsa Lanchester
Acting
Born:October 28, 1902
Died:December 26, 1986(aged 84)
Birthplace:Lewisham, London, England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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 (70 movies)
8.5
8.5
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
as The Monster's Bride
8.2
8.2
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Miss Plimsoll
7.6
7.6
Mary Poppins
1964
as Katie Nanna
7.5
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
7.3
7.3
The Big Clock
1948
as Louise Patterson
7.2
7.2
Murder by Death
1976
as Jessica Marbles
7.2
7.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Bristol Isabel
7.1
7.1
The Secret Garden
1949
as Martha
7.1
7.1
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Matilda
7.0
7.0
The Spiral Staircase
1946
as Mrs. Oates
7.0
7.0
The Tonic
1928
as Elsa
6.9
6.9
The Razor's Edge
1946
as Miss Keith
6.8
6.8
Rembrandt
1936
as Hendrickje Stoffels
6.7
6.7
My Dog, the Thief
1969
as Mrs. Formby
6.7
6.7
Vessel of Wrath
1938
as Martha Jones
6.7
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Emily Stowecroft
6.7
6.7
Mystery Street
1950
as Mrs. Smerrling
6.7
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
6.6
6.6
David Copperfield
1935
as Clickett
6.6
6.6
The Ghost Goes West
1935
as Miss Shepperton
6.6
6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965
as Mrs. MacDougall
6.5
6.5
Blue Bottles
1928
as Elsa
6.5
6.5
The Inspector General
1949
as Maria
6.5
6.5
Ladies in Retirement
1941
as Emily Creed
6.5
6.5
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
6.4
6.4
Come to the Stable
1949
as Amelia Potts
6.4
6.4
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Anne of Cleves
6.2
6.2
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
6.1
6.1
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Widow Sonder
6.1
6.1
Willard
1971
as Henrietta Stiles
6.0
6.0
Thumbs Up
1943
as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
5.9
5.9
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
as Madame Neherina
5.8
5.8
Rascal
1969
as Mrs. Satterfield
5.8
5.8
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Megaera
5.7
5.7
Frenchie
1950
as Countess
5.7
5.7
Dreamboat
1952
as Mathilda Coffey
5.6
5.6
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
as Madame Brizar
5.5
5.5
Me, Natalie
1969
as Miss Dennison
5.5
5.5
3 Ring Circus
1954
as The Bearded Lady
5.4
5.4
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Madame d'Annard
5.3
5.3
Hell's Half Acre
1954
as Lida O'Reilly
5.2
5.2
Les Miserables
1952
as Madame Magloire
5.1
5.1
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
as Julia Hawthorn
5.0
5.0
Arnold
1973
as Hester
5.0
5.0
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953
as Thelma
4.8
4.8
Passport to Destiny
1944
as Ella Muggins
4.7
4.7
Pajama Party
1964
as Aunt Wendy
4.5
4.5
Alice in Wonderland
1955
as Red Queen
4.3
4.3
Die Laughing
1980
as Sophie
4.1
4.1
Honeymoon Hotel
1964
as Chambermaid
3.6
3.6
The Petty Girl
1950
as Dr. Crutcher
The Flood
1962
as Noah's wife
The Love Habit
1931
as Matilde
Ashes
1930
as Girl
One of the Best
1927
as Kitty
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Noah and the Flood
1962
as Noah's Wife
Heidi
1955
as Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Constant Nymph
1928
as Lady
Northwest Outpost
1947
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
In Name Only
1969
as Gertrude Caruso
The Stronger Sex
1931
as Thompson
Potiphar's Wife
1931
as Thérèse
The Officers' Mess
1931
as Cora Melville
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993
as Self
Daydreams
1928
as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
Comets
1930
as Herself
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
1924
as Beatrice de Carolle
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