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Elsa Lanchester

Cast & creator

Elsa Lanchester

1902-10-28 (died at 84) Lewisham, London, England, UKIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, Golden Globe Awards

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

Also known as: Elsa Sullivan Lanchester, Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan

Movies

79

film credits

Series

37

television credits

Career

116

1924–2028 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter · 1944

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest · 1968

Mannix

Mannix

Portia Penhaven · 1967

Across film & television

Filmography (116)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Mannix

Mannix

Portia Penhaven

Mannix

Mannix

Edna Barrington

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Aggie McGregor

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self

Studio One

Studio One

Jenny Pratt

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

Edna Grundy

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Mrs. Ormsby

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Bessie Mopes

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy

Mumsie Westcott

Omnibus

Omnibus

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

Miss Creshaw

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

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

Dr. Agnes Dabree

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre

Rosie Bowker

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Mother Goose

Lux Video Theatre

Emily

Lux Video Theatre

Miss Mabel

Startime

Startime

Self

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor

Aunt Henrietta

The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show

Mrs. Wochuk

Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson

Hattie Calter

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

Mrs. Formby

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

Katie Nanna

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Miss Plimsoll

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Red Queen

Murder by Death

Murder by Death

Jessica Marbles

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

The Ed Wynn Show

Self

The John Forsythe Show

Margaret Culver

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Hanna Winters

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost

Emily Stowecroft

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Betsey Monk, the Widow

The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

Matilda

Follow the Sun

Follow the Sun

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle

Aunt Queenie Holroyd

That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

Mrs. MacDougall

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie

Miss Dennison

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

Mrs. Helen Carraclough

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge

Miss Keith

The Big Clock

Louise Patterson

Frenchie

Frenchie

Countess

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

Madame Neherina

Willard

Willard

Henrietta Stiles

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

Mamie

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

Clickett

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

Madame d'Annard

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII

Anne of Cleves

The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare

Self

Mystery Street

Mystery Street

Mrs. Smerrling

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

Megaera

My Dog, the Thief

My Dog, the Thief

Mrs. Formby

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

Mrs. Oates

In Name Only

In Name Only

Gertrude Caruso

The Inspector General

The Inspector General

Maria

Pajama Party

Pajama Party

Aunt Wendy

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Bristol Isabel

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Martha

Terror in the Wax Museum

Terror in the Wax Museum

Julia Hawthorn

3 Ring Circus

3 Ring Circus

The Bearded Lady

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

Self (archive footage)

Buccaneer's Girl

Buccaneer's Girl

Madame Brizar

Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable

Amelia Potts

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Madame Magloire

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

Mrs. Smith

The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island

Thelma

Noah and the Flood

Noah and the Flood

Noah's wife

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre

Lida O'Reilly

The Glass Slipper

The Glass Slipper

Widow Sonder

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)

Die Laughing

Die Laughing

Sophie

Dreamboat

Dreamboat

Mathilda Coffey

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

The Ghost Goes West

The Ghost Goes West

Miss Shepperton

Blue Bottles

Blue Bottles

Elsa

The Tonic

The Tonic

Elsa

Mondo Hollywood

Mondo Hollywood

Rembrandt

Rembrandt

Hendrickje Stoffels

The Petty Girl

The Petty Girl

Dr. Crutcher

Arnold

Arnold

Hester

Ashes

Girl

Universal Horror

Universal Horror

(archive footage)

Honeymoon Hotel

Honeymoon Hotel

Chambermaid

Comets

Comets

Herself

Commercial Entertainment Product

Commercial Entertainment Product

The Monster's Bride

Passport to Destiny

Passport to Destiny

Ella Muggins

The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph

Lady

Rascal

Rascal

Mrs. Satterfield

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama

Beatrice de Carolle

Potiphar's Wife

Potiphar's Wife

Thérèse

Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement

Emily Creed

Vessel of Wrath

Vessel of Wrath

Martha Jones

Mr. Smith Wakes Up

Their Daughter

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Red Queen

Northwest Outpost

Northwest Outpost

Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana

One of the Best

Kitty

Thumbs Up

Thumbs Up

Emily "Emmy" Ffinch

Heidi

Heidi

Fräulein Rottenmeier

Daydreams

Daydreams

Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence

The Stronger Sex

The Stronger Sex

Thompson

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

Self

The Love Habit

The Love Habit

Matilde

The Officers' Mess

Cora Melville