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Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Actor · 1902 – 1986 · 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elsa Lanchester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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  • Movie7.5

    Mary Poppins

    1964 · 5.1K votes

  • Movie8.2

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie7.5

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Murder by Death

    1976 · 932 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Blackbeard's Ghost

    1968 · 164 votes

  • Movie6.6

    That Darn Cat!

    1965 · 199 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Bishop's Wife

    1947 · 288 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Razor's Edge

    1946 · 99 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Bell, Book and Candle

    1958 · 263 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Big Clock

    1948 · 189 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Me, Natalie

    1969 · 23 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Pajama Party

    1964 · 25 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Willard

    1971 · 141 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Lassie Come Home

    1943 · 144 votes

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  • Movie5.8

    Buccaneer's Girl

    1950 · 16 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Easy Come, Easy Go

    1967 · 42 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.6

    The Inspector General

    1949 · 58 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Androcles and the Lion

    1952 · 16 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Mystery Street

    1950 · 69 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Naughty Marietta

    1935 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.4

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  • TV7.5
  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Dick Cavett Show

    1968 · 22 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV7.5
  • TV5.9

    Ben Casey

    1961 · 15 votes

  • TV7.9

    I Love Lucy

    1951 · 264 votes

  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes

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  • TV6.1

    Adventures in Paradise

    1959 · 7 votes

  • TV6.7

    Here's Lucy

    1968 · 31 votes

  • TV7.0

    Omnibus

    1952 · 4 votes

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  • TV6.0
  • TV7.2

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

    1964 · 75 votes

  • TV6.8

    Startime

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV6.5