Elsa Lanchester

Known for ActingBorn 1902-10-28Died 1986-12-26Lewisham, London, England, UK

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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

The Stronger Sex

Ashes

The Constant Nymph

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Commercial Entertainment Product

The Officers' Mess

Daydreams

One of the Best

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Tonic

Witness for the Prosecution

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Follow the Sun

Night Gallery

Northwest Outpost

The Wonderful World of Disney

I Love Lucy

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Love Habit

Potiphar's Wife

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ed Wynn Show

Mary Poppins

The John Forsythe Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Universal Horror

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Forever and a Day

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

Murder by Death

Bride of Frankenstein

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

The American Nightmare

The Big Clock

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

In Name Only

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Blue Bottles

The Bishop's Wife

The Secret Garden

The Spiral Staircase

The Dick Cavett Show

My Dog, the Thief

Mondo Hollywood

Thumbs Up

Mannix

Golden Globe Awards