Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.[1]
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). Her success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles.
Her role as the title character in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) brought her recognition. She played the lead in Passport to Destiny (1944) and 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 Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. Lanchester studied...
the Monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein. The sequel features ElsaLanchester in the dual role of Mary Shelley and the bride. Colin Clive reprises...
by his mother to become a puppeteer and weaver. Her second child, ElsaLanchester, became a noted actress with a long career in theatre, film, and television...
stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife ElsaLanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death. Laughton played a wide...
Ann Margaret Lanchester (fl. 1803), British fashion designer Edith Lanchester (1871-1966), English socialist and suffragette ElsaLanchester (1902–1986)...
Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, ElsaLanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, and Estelle...
" Lanchester was the son of James "Shamus" Sullivan (1872–1945) and Edith "Biddy" Lanchester (1871–1966). His younger sister was the actress Elsa Lanchester...
children's hospital. It features Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, ElsaLanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dooley Wilson and Regis Toomey. The movie was based...
Korda and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon and ElsaLanchester. It was written by Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis for London Film Productions...
horror mystery film directed by Georg Fenady and starring Ray Milland, ElsaLanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine, Broderick Crawford, Louis Hayward,...
befriends Lassie Nigel Bruce as Duke of Rudling, grandfather to Priscilla ElsaLanchester as Mrs. Carraclough, Joe's mother Pal as Lassie (credited as Lassie)...
Erich Pommer, produced by Pommer, and starring Charles Laughton and ElsaLanchester. It was based on the 1931 Somerset Maugham short story "The Vessel...
film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, ElsaLanchester, and Marshall Thompson. Produced by MGM, it was directed by John Sturges...
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