Elsa Lanchester
Acting
Born 1902-10-28
Died 1986-12-26
Lewisham, London, England, UK
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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).
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54 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Golden Globe Awards
Mannix
The Merv Griffin Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Dick Cavett Show
I Love Lucy
Burke's Law
Studio One
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Ed Sullivan Show
Adventures in Paradise
Here's Lucy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mary Poppins
The Ford Television Theatre
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Witness for the Prosecution
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Startime
Then Came Bronson
The Bill Cosby Show
Nanny and the Professor
Lux Video Theatre
The Wonderful World of Disney
Bride of Frankenstein
That Darn Cat!
Murder by Death
David Copperfield
The Razor's Edge
The Spiral Staircase
The Bishop's Wife
Blackbeard's Ghost
Lassie Come Home
The Ed Wynn Show
Bell, Book and Candle
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Willard
The John Forsythe Show
The Big Clock
The Secret Garden
Me, Natalie
The Inspector General
General Electric Theater
Naughty Marietta
Mystery Street
Buccaneer's Girl
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Pajama Party
Blue Bottles
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Easy Come, Easy Go
Androcles and the Lion
Les Miserables
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