Elsa Lanchester
Born in Lewisham, London, England, UK — Oct 28 1902• Died Dec 26 1986
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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…
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Mannix
Portia Penhaven
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aggie McGregor
Robert Montgomery Presents
I Love Lucy
Edna Grundy
Ben Casey
Burke's Law
Mrs. Ormsby
Studio One
Jenny Pratt
Here's Lucy
Mumsie Westcott
Night Gallery
Adventures in Paradise
Miss Creshaw
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
Rosie Bowker
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Agnes Dabree
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mother Goose
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Then Came Bronson
Hattie Calter
Nanny and the Professor
Aunt Henrietta
Lux Video Theatre
Emily
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Wochuk
Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution
Miss Plimsoll
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Formby
The John Forsythe Show
Margaret Culver
Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Star Time
Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow
General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Follow the Sun
The Ed Wynn Show
Self
Murder by Death
Jessica Marbles
Willard
Henrietta Stiles
Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Smith
Bell, Book and Candle
Aunt Queenie Holroyd
That Darn Cat!
Mrs. MacDougall
The Big Clock
Louise Patterson
The American Nightmare
Self
Mystery Street
Mrs. Smerrling
The Bishop's Wife
Matilda
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison
The Razor's Edge
Miss Keith
Pajama Party
Aunt Wendy
Blackbeard's Ghost
Emily Stowecroft
Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough
The Officers' Mess
Cora Melville
Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels
David Copperfield
Clickett
Androcles and the Lion
Megaera
Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel
Frenchie
Countess
Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar
The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder
The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso
The Secret Garden
Martha
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves
The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton
Arnold
Hester
Die Laughing
Sophie
Naughty Marietta
Madame d'Annard
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Oates
Mondo Hollywood
Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Terror in the Wax Museum
Julia Hawthorn
Forever and a Day
Mamie
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
The Inspector General
Maria
Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse
Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride
Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins
3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady
Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones
My Dog, the Thief
Mrs. Formby
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Heidi
Fräulein Rottenmeier
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly
Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts
Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
One of the Best
Kitty
Les Miserables
Madame Magloire
Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed
Noah and the Flood
Noah's wife
Ashes
Girl
The Stronger Sex
Thompson
Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle
The Constant Nymph
Lady
The Tonic
Elsa
Comets
Herself
The Love Habit
Matilde
Blue Bottles
Elsa
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self