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Elsa Lanchester is a Actor British born on 28 october 1902 at London (United-kingdom)
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.
Lanchester studied dance as a child and after World War I 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). His 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 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).
In 1938 Lanchester published a book about her relationship with Laughton, Charles Laughton and I. In March 1983, Lanchester released an autobiography, entitled Elsa Lanchester Herself. In the book she alleges that she and Charles Laughton never had children because Laughton was homosexual. Maureen O'Hara, a friend and co-star of Laughton, denied this was the reason for the couple's childlessness. She claimed Laughton had told her that the reason he and his wife never had children was because of a botched abortion Lanchester had early in her career of performing burlesque. Lanchester admitted in her autobiography that she had had two abortions in her youth (one being Laughton's), but it is not clear if the second left her incapable of becoming pregnant again.
The two women did not like each other. Lanchester once said of O'Hara, "She looks as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, or anywhere else.
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Elsa Lanchester
Birth name Elsa Sullivan Lanchester
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 october 1902 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 26 december 1986 (at 84 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 october 1902 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 26 december 1986 (at 84 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.
Lanchester studied dance as a child and after World War I 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). His 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 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).
Biography
Lanchester married Charles Laughton in 1929.In 1938 Lanchester published a book about her relationship with Laughton, Charles Laughton and I. In March 1983, Lanchester released an autobiography, entitled Elsa Lanchester Herself. In the book she alleges that she and Charles Laughton never had children because Laughton was homosexual. Maureen O'Hara, a friend and co-star of Laughton, denied this was the reason for the couple's childlessness. She claimed Laughton had told her that the reason he and his wife never had children was because of a botched abortion Lanchester had early in her career of performing burlesque. Lanchester admitted in her autobiography that she had had two abortions in her youth (one being Laughton's), but it is not clear if the second left her incapable of becoming pregnant again.
The two women did not like each other. Lanchester once said of O'Hara, "She looks as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, or anywhere else.
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Filmography of Elsa Lanchester (60 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Bride of Chucky | Actress | |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Actress | The Monster's Mate (Archive Footage) |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Actress | Sophie |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Actress | Jessica Marbles |
| 1973 | Arnold | Actress | Hester |
| 1973 | Terror in the Wax Museum | Actress | Julia Hawthorn |
| 1971 | Willard | Actress | Henrietta Stiles |
| 1969 | Rascal | Actress | Mrs. Satterfield |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Actress | Miss Dennison |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Actress | Emily Stowecroft |
| 1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Actress | Madame Neherina |
| 1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Actress | Madame Neherina |
| 1965 | That Darn Cat! | Actress | Mrs. MacDougall |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Actress | Katie Nanna |
| 1964 | Pajama Party | Actress | Aunt Wendy |
| 1964 | Honeymoon Hotel | Actress | Chambermaid |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Actress | Aunt Queenie Holroyd |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Actress | Miss Plimsoll |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper | Actress | Widow Sonder |
| 1954 | Hell's Half Acre | Actress | Lida O'Reilly |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Actress | The Bearded Lady |
| 1953 | The Girls of Pleasure Island | Actress | Thelma |
| 1952 | Against All Flags | Actress | |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Actress | Megaera |
| 1952 | Dreamboat | Actress | Mathilda Coffey |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Actress | Madame Magloire |
| 1950 | Frenchie | Actress | Countess |
| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | Actress | Madame Brizar |
| 1950 | Mystery Street | Actress | Mrs. Smerrling |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl | Actress | Dr. Crutcher |
| 1949 | The Secret Garden | Actress | Martha |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Actress | Maria |
| 1949 | Come to the Stable | Actress | Amelia Potts |
| 1949 | Act of Violence | Actress | |
| 1948 | The Bishop's Wife | Actress | Matilda |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | Actress | Louise Patterson |
| 1947 | Northwest Outpost | Actress | Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana |
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge | Actress | Miss Keith |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase | Actress | Mrs. Oates |
| 1944 | Passport to Destiny | Actress | Ella Muggins |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Actress | Mrs. Helen Carraclough |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Actress | Mamie |
| 1943 | Thumbs Up | Actress | Emily "Emmy" Ffinch |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Actress | Bristol Isabel |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Actress | Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith |
| 1941 | Sullivan's Travels | Actress | |
| 1941 | Ladies in Retirement | Actress | Emily Creed |
| 1938 | Vessel of Wrath | Actress | Martha Jones |
| 1936 | The Ghost Goes West | Actress | Miss Shepperton |
| 1936 | Rembrandt | Actress | Hendrickje Stoffels |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Actress | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride |
| 1935 | David Copperfield | Actress | Clickett |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Actress | Madame d'Annard |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | Actress | Anne of Cleves |
| 1931 | Potiphar's Wife | Actress | Thérèse |
| 1931 | The Stronger Sex | Actress | Thompson |
| 1931 | The Love Habit | Actress | Matilde |
| 1928 | The Constant Nymph | Actress | Lady |
| 1927 | One of the Best | Actress | Kitty |