Elsa Lanchester
Born October 28, 1902 (Age: 123)
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Lewisham, London, England, UK
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 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 Wikipedia
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 Wikipedia
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Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 115
The American Nightmare
2000
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as Self
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Age: 97
Universal Horror
1998
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 95
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993
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as Self
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Age: 90
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
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as The Monster's Bride
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Age: 90
No Image
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
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as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
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Age: 88
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
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as
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Age: 85
Die Laughing
1980
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as Sophie
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Age: 77
Murder by Death
1976
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as Jessica Marbles
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Age: 73
Arnold
1973
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as Hester
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Age: 71
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
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as Julia Hawthorn
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Age: 70
In Name Only
1969
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as Gertrude Caruso
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Age: 67
My Dog, the Thief
1969
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as Mrs. Formby
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Age: 66
Me, Natalie
1969
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as Miss Dennison
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Age: 66
Rascal
1969
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as Mrs. Satterfield
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Age: 66
That Darn Cat!
1965
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as Mrs. MacDougall
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Age: 63
Mary Poppins
1964
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as Katie Nanna
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Age: 62
Pajama Party
1964
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as Aunt Wendy
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Age: 62
Honeymoon Hotel
1964
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as Chambermaid
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Age: 61
Noah and the Flood
1962
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as Noah's wife
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Age: 59
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
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as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
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Age: 56
Alice in Wonderland
1955
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as Red Queen
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Age: 52
Heidi
1955
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as Fräulein Rottenmeier
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Age: 52
The Glass Slipper
1955
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as Widow Sonder
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Age: 52
3 Ring Circus
1954
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as The Bearded Lady
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Age: 52
Hell's Half Acre
1954
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as Lida O'Reilly
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Age: 51
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953
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as Thelma
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Age: 50
Frenchie
1950
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as Countess
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Age: 48
The Petty Girl
1950
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as Dr. Crutcher
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Age: 47
Mystery Street
1950
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as Mrs. Smerrling
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Age: 47
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
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as Madame Brizar
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Age: 47
Tales of Manhattan
1942
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as Mrs. Smith
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Age: 39
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
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as Bristol Isabel
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Age: 39
Ladies in Retirement
1941
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as Emily Creed
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Age: 38
No Image
The Officers' Mess
1931
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as Cora Melville
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Age: 28
Potiphar's Wife
1931
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as Thérèse
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Age: 28
The Stronger Sex
1931
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as Thompson
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Age: 28
The Love Habit
1931
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as Matilde
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Age: 28
No Image
Ashes
1930
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as Girl
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Age: 28
Comets
1930
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as Herself
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Age: 27