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Elsa Lanchester
🎂 Oct 28, 1902 — 🕯️ Dec 26, 1986 (84 years)
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.
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84 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
2 nom.
Oscars
60
Movies
16
Series
Movies
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Mary Poppins
1964
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
Murder by Death
1976
The Big Clock
1948
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Willard
1971
David Copperfield
1935
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
The Bishop's Wife
1947
That Darn Cat!
1965
Me, Natalie
1969
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
The Razor's Edge
1946
Forever and a Day
1943
Mystery Street
1950
Lassie Come Home
1943
The Inspector General
1949
Pajama Party
1964
Androcles and the Lion
1952
The Secret Garden
1949
Frenchie
1950
Rembrandt
1936
Les Miserables
1952
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
Arnold
1973
Buccaneer's Girl
1950
The Petty Girl
1950
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
Passport to Destiny
1944
The Glass Slipper
1955
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953
Die Laughing
1980
The Spiral Staircase
1946
3 Ring Circus
1954
Dreamboat
1952
Naughty Marietta
1935
The Ghost Goes West
1935
Rascal
1969
Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
Honeymoon Hotel
1964
Come to the Stable
1949
Ladies in Retirement
1941
Hell's Half Acre
1954
Vessel of Wrath
1938
My Dog, the Thief
1969
TV Shows
Nanny and the Professor
1970
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
Burke's Law
1963
Here's Lucy
1968
I Love Lucy
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Studio One
1948
Mannix
1967
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
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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 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).Elsa Lanchester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia