Acting · Lewisham, London, England, UK · Born October 28, 1902
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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2007
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2000
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1998
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1993
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1992
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1991
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1988
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1983
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1980
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1976
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1973
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1973
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1971
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1970
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1969
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1969
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1968
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1968
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1968
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1967
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The John Forsythe Show
1965
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1964
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1964
as Aunt Wendy
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1957
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as Fräulein Rottenmeier
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as Widow Sonder
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as Lida O'Reilly
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as Thelma
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as Hanna Winters
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1952
as Megaera
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1952
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as Rosie Bowker
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as Madame Magloire
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as Mathilda Coffey
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as Red Queen
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as Edna Grundy
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as Betsey Monk, the Widow
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1950
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1950
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1949
as Maria
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
as Self
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1949
as Amelia Potts
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as Martha
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1948
as Jenny Pratt
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1948
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1948
as Louise Patterson
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1947
as Matilda
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1947
as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
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1946
as Miss Keith
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1946
as Mrs. Oates
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1944
as Ella Muggins
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1944
as Self - Presenter
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1943
as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
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1943
as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
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1943
as Mamie
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1942
as Mrs. Smith
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1942
as Bristol Isabel
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1941
as Emily Creed
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1940
as Self
MovieVessel of Wrath
1938
as Martha Jones
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1936
as Hendrickje Stoffels
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1935
as Miss Shepperton
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1935
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
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1935
as Madame d'Annard
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1935
as Clickett
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1933
as Anne of Cleves
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1931
as Cora Melville
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1931
as Thérèse
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as Thompson
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as Matilde
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as Herself
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as Their Daughter
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as Elsa
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as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
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