Elsa Lanchester
Birthday
1902/10/28
Day of death
1986/12/26 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Also know as
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester, 埃尔莎·兰彻斯特, Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
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 La...Read more
Acting
(1935) Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
(1964) Mary Poppins
as Katie Nanna
(1943) Lassie Come Home
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
(1958) Bell, Book and Candle
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
(1976) Murder by Death
as Jessica Marbles
(1946) The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Oates
(1942) Tales of Manhattan
as Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
(1949) The Inspector General
as Maria
(1954) Hell's Half Acre
as Lida O'Reilly
(1971) Willard
as Henrietta Stiles
(1941) Ladies in Retirement
as Emily Creed
(1957) Witness for the Prosecution
as Miss Plimsoll
(1933) The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne of Cleves
(1949) The Secret Garden
as Martha
(1942) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Bristol Isabel
(1935) Naughty Marietta
as Madame d'Annard
(1968) Blackbeard's Ghost
as Emily Stowecroft
(1969) My Dog, the Thief
as Mrs. Formby
(1950) Buccaneer's Girl
as Madame Brizar
(1967) Easy Come, Easy Go
as Madame Neherina
(1952) Androcles and the Lion
as Megaera
(1947) The Bishop's Wife
as Matilda
(1936) Rembrandt
as Hendrickje Stoffels
(1948) The Big Clock
as Louise Patterson
(1950) Mystery Street
as Mrs. Smerrling
(1969) Rascal
as Mrs. Satterfield
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1964) Pajama Party
as Aunt Wendy
(1946) The Razor's Edge
as Miss Keith
(2000) The American Nightmare
as Self
(1952) Dreamboat
as Mathilda Coffey
(1964) Honeymoon Hotel
as Chambermaid
(1953) The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Thelma
(1949) Come to the Stable
as Amelia Potts
(1927) One of the Best
as Kitty
(1950) The Petty Girl
as Dr. Crutcher
(2018) Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1947) Northwest Outpost
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
(1935) The Ghost Goes West
as Miss Shepperton
(1952) Les Miserables
as Madame Magloire
(1991) Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
(1973) Arnold
as Hester
(1938) Vessel of Wrath
as Martha Jones
(1969) Me, Natalie
as Miss Dennison
(1955) The Glass Slipper
as Widow Sonder
(1973) Terror in the Wax Museum
as Julia Hawthorn
(1944) Passport to Destiny
as Ella Muggins
(1950) Frenchie
as Countess
(1969) In Name Only
as Gertrude Caruso
(2014) Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
(1935) David Copperfield
as Clickett
(1980) Die Laughing
as Sophie
(1928) Blue Bottles
as Elsa
(1931) The Love Habit
as Matilde
(1930) Ashes
as ---
(1943) Thumbs Up
as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
(1928) The Constant Nymph
as Lady
(1955) Alice in Wonderland
as Red Queen
(1943) Forever and a Day
as Mamie
(1954) 3 Ring Circus
as The Bearded Lady
(1928) Daydreams
as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
(1928) The Tonic
as Elsa
(1930) Comets
as Herself
(1965) That Darn Cat!
as Mrs. MacDougall
(1931) Potiphar's Wife
as Thérèse
(1931) The Stronger Sex
as Thompson
(1931) The Officers' Mess
as Cora Melville
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1992) Commercial Entertainment Product
as The Monster's Bride
(2009) Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1924) The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
as Beatrice de Carolle
(1993) Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
as Self
(1962) The Flood
as Noah's wife
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1963) Burke's Law
as Mrs. Ormsby
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Mumsie Westcott
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Edna Grundy
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Wochuk
(1970) Night Gallery
as ---
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Hanna Winters
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Red Queen
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as Aunt Henrietta
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Emily
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Betsey Monk, the Widow
(1969) Then Came Bronson
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Miss Creshaw
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1961) Follow the Sun
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1965) The John Forsythe Show
as Margaret Culver
(1950) Star Time
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Miss Mabel
(1963) Burke's Law
as Bessie Mopes
(1948) Studio One
as Jenny Pratt
(1967) Mannix
as Portia Penhaven
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Rosie Bowker
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Formby
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Aggie McGregor
(1967) Mannix
as Edna Barrington
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Mother Goose
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self