Elsa Lanchester
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
TV Shows(35)
Night Gallery
1970
Nanny and the Professor
Aunt Henrietta
1970
Then Came Bronson
Hattie Calter
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Wochuk
1969
Here's Lucy
Mumsie Westcott
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Mannix
Portia Penhaven
1967
The John Forsythe Show
Margaret Culver
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Agnes Dabree
1964
Burke's Law
Mrs. Ormsby
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aggie McGregor
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Follow the Sun
1961
Startime
Self
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Miss Creshaw
1959
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mother Goose
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Formby
1954
General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters
1953
Omnibus
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Rosie Bowker
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen
1951
I Love Lucy
Edna Grundy
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Emily
1950
Star Time
Self
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Ed Wynn Show
Self
1949
Studio One
Jenny Pratt
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Movies(77)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
2014
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
2007
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
1998
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self
1993
Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride
1992
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
1991
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Die Laughing
Sophie
1980
Murder by Death
Jessica Marbles
1976
Arnold
Hester
1973
Terror in the Wax Museum
Julia Hawthorn
1973
Willard
Henrietta Stiles
1971
In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso
1969
My Dog, the Thief
Mrs. Formby
1969
Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison
1969
Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield
1969
Blackbeard's Ghost
Emily Stowecroft
1968
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina
1967
That Darn Cat!
Mrs. MacDougall
1965
Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna
1964
Pajama Party
Aunt Wendy
1964
Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid
1964
Noah and the Flood
Noah's wife
1962
Bell, Book and Candle
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
1958
Witness for the Prosecution
Miss Plimsoll
1957
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
1955
Heidi
Fräulein Rottenmeier
1955
The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder
1955
3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady
1954
Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly
1954
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma
1953
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
1952
Les Miserables
Madame Magloire
1952
Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey
1952
Frenchie
Countess
1950
The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher
1950
Mystery Street
Mrs. Smerrling
1950
Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar
1950
The Inspector General
Maria
1949
Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts
1949
The Secret Garden
Martha
1949
The Big Clock
Louise Patterson
1948
The Bishop's Wife
Matilda
1947
Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
1947
The Razor's Edge
Miss Keith
1946
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Oates
1946
Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins
1944
Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
1943
Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
1943
Forever and a Day
Mamie
1943
Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Smith
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel
1942
Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones
1938
Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels
1936
The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
1935
Naughty Marietta
Madame d'Annard
1935
David Copperfield
Clickett
1935
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves
1933
The Officers' Mess
Cora Melville
1931
Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse
1931
The Stronger Sex
Thompson
1931
The Love Habit
Matilde
1931
Ashes
Girl
1930
Comets
Herself
1930
Blue Bottles
Elsa
1928
Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
1928
The Tonic
Elsa
1928
The Constant Nymph
Lady
1928
One of the Best
Kitty
1927
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle
1924