Elsa Lanchester
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
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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Born
Oct 28, 1902
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Died
Dec 26, 1986
Known For
Acting
Movies
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Popularity
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Known For
Mary Poppins
1964
as Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Miss Plimsoll
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Matilda
Murder by Death
1976
as Jessica Marbles
That Darn Cat!
1965
as Mrs. MacDougall
The Razor's Edge
1946
as Miss Keith
Willard
1971
as Henrietta Stiles
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
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