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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 28, 1902
Died
December 26, 1986
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Elsa Sullivan Lanchester
- 埃尔莎·兰彻斯特
- Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
Elsa Lanchester
1.3 Popularity
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
Known For
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Self - (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
7.5
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
6.8
Self
The American Nightmare
2000
7.1
(archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998
0.0
Self
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993
8.5
The Monster's Bride
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
🎬
5.7
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
0.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Credits
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
0.0
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.0
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
2014
7.5
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007
9.0
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
6.8
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998
7.1
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
as Self
1993
0.0
Commercial Entertainment Product
as The Monster's Bride
1992
8.5
🎬
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
1991
5.7
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Die Laughing
as Sophie
1980
4.3
Murder by Death
as Jessica Marbles
1976
7.2
Arnold
as Hester
1973
5.1
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Julia Hawthorn
1973
5.1
Willard
as Henrietta Stiles
1971
6.1
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
Nanny and the Professor
as Aunt Henrietta
1970
6.0
In Name Only
as Gertrude Caruso
1969
0.0
My Dog, the Thief
as Mrs. Formby
1969
6.7
Then Came Bronson
as Hattie Calter
1969
4.8
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Wochuk
1969
5.4
Me, Natalie
as Miss Dennison
1969
5.5
Rascal
as Mrs. Satterfield
1969
5.8
Here's Lucy
as Mumsie Westcott
1968
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Emily Stowecroft
1968
6.7
Mannix
as Portia Penhaven
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Edna Barrington
1967
6.7
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Madame Neherina
1967
5.9
That Darn Cat!
as Mrs. MacDougall
1965
6.6
🎬
The John Forsythe Show
as Margaret Culver
1965
5.0
Mary Poppins
as Katie Nanna
1964
7.6
Pajama Party
as Aunt Wendy
1964
4.7
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Agnes Dabree
1964
7.1
Honeymoon Hotel
as Chambermaid
1964
4.1
Burke's Law
as Mrs. Ormsby
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Bessie Mopes
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Aggie McGregor
1962
7.8
🎬
Noah and the Flood
as Noah's wife
1962
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Noah and the Flood
as Noah's Wife
1962
0.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Follow the Sun
1961
6.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Miss Creshaw
1959
5.7
Bell, Book and Candle
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
1958
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Mother Goose
1958
6.2
Witness for the Prosecution
as Miss Plimsoll
1957
8.2
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Red Queen
1955
4.5
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Heidi
as Fräulein Rottenmeier
1955
0.0
The Glass Slipper
as Widow Sonder
1955
6.1
3 Ring Circus
as The Bearded Lady
1954
5.5
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Formby
1954
7.8
Hell's Half Acre
as Lida O'Reilly
1954
5.3
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Thelma
1953
5.0
General Electric Theater
as Hanna Winters
1953
6.4
Androcles and the Lion
as Megaera
1952
5.8
The Ford Television Theatre
as Rosie Bowker
1952
7.3
Les Miserables
as Madame Magloire
1952
5.2
Dreamboat
as Mathilda Coffey
1952
5.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Red Queen
1951
8.6
I Love Lucy
as Edna Grundy
1951
7.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Betsey Monk, the Widow
1951
7.2
Frenchie
as Countess
1950
5.7
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Emily
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Miss Mabel
1950
6.3
🎬
Star Time
as Self
1950
0.0
The Petty Girl
as Dr. Crutcher
1950
3.6
Mystery Street
as Mrs. Smerrling
1950
6.7
Buccaneer's Girl
as Madame Brizar
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
The Inspector General
as Maria
1949
6.5
🎬
The Ed Wynn Show
as Self
1949
7.0
Come to the Stable
as Amelia Potts
1949
6.4
The Secret Garden
as Martha
1949
7.1
Studio One
as Jenny Pratt
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Big Clock
as Louise Patterson
1948
7.3
The Bishop's Wife
as Matilda
1947
7.1
Northwest Outpost
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
1947
0.0
The Razor's Edge
as Miss Keith
1946
6.9
The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Oates
1946
7.0
Passport to Destiny
as Ella Muggins
1944
4.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Lassie Come Home
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
1943
6.7
Thumbs Up
as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
1943
6.0
Forever and a Day
as Mamie
1943
7.4
Tales of Manhattan
as Mrs. Smith
1942
6.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Bristol Isabel
1942
7.2
Ladies in Retirement
as Emily Creed
1941
6.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
6.5
Vessel of Wrath
as Martha Jones
1938
6.7
Rembrandt
as Hendrickje Stoffels
1936
6.8
The Ghost Goes West
as Miss Shepperton
1935
6.5
Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
1935
7.5
Naughty Marietta
as Madame d'Annard
1935
5.4
David Copperfield
as Clickett
1935
6.6
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne of Cleves
1933
6.4
🎬
The Officers' Mess
as Cora Melville
1931
0.0
Potiphar's Wife
as Thérèse
1931
0.0
The Stronger Sex
as Thompson
1931
0.0
The Love Habit
as Matilde
1931
0.0
🎬
Ashes
as Girl
1930
0.0
Comets
as Herself
1930
0.0
Blue Bottles
as Elsa
1928
6.5
Daydreams
as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
1928
0.0
The Tonic
as Elsa
1928
7.0
The Constant Nymph
as Lady
1928
0.0
🎬
One of the Best
as Kitty
1927
0.0
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
as Beatrice de Carolle
1924
0.0