Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Person

Elsa Lanchester

Actor 1902-10-28 Lewisham, 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 Privat...

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FILMOGRAPHY

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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964 · Katie Nanna

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · Miss Plimsoll

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

1935 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

Murder by Death

Murder by Death

1976 · Jessica Marbles

The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947 · Matilda

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

1946 · Mrs. Oates

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

1951 · Edna Grundy

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle

1958 · Aunt Queenie Holroyd

That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

1965 · Mrs. MacDougall

The Big Clock

1948 · Louise Patterson

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968 · Emily Stowecroft

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

1943 · Mrs. Helen Carraclough

Willard

Willard

1971 · Henrietta Stiles

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

1970 · TV

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge

1946 · Miss Keith

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933 · Anne of Cleves

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · Aggie McGregor

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1935 · Clickett

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

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

1964 · Dr. Agnes Dabree