
Elsa Lanchester
Known for: Acting
Born: October 28, 1902
Died: December 26, 1986
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 La…
Known for

Passport to Destiny
1944

Blue Bottles
1928

Daydreams
1928

The Tonic
1928

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
1924

Vessel of Wrath
1938

Terror in the Wax Museum
1973

Noah and the Flood
1962

Hell's Half Acre
1954

My Dog, the Thief
1969

Rembrandt
1936

Pajama Party
1964

The Petty Girl
1950

Arnold
1973
Ashes
1930

Thumbs Up
1943
The Officers' Mess
1931

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
1993
Mr. Smith Wakes Up
1929

The Inspector General
1949

Willard
1971

Ladies in Retirement
1941

Witness for the Prosecution
1957

Naughty Marietta
1935

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968

Buccaneer's Girl
1950

Mystery Street
1950

Rascal
1969

The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953

Come to the Stable
1949

Northwest Outpost
1947

The Ghost Goes West
1935

Frenchie
1950

Die Laughing
1980

Comets
1930

Bride of Frankenstein
1935

The Secret Garden
1949

Dreamboat
1952

Me, Natalie
1969

The Glass Slipper
1955

In Name Only
1969

Lassie Come Home
1943

Bell, Book and Candle
1958

Androcles and the Lion
1952

The Big Clock
1948

Alice in Wonderland
1955

3 Ring Circus
1954

The Stronger Sex
1931

The Spiral Staircase
1946

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942

The Bishop's Wife
1947

Les Miserables
1952

The Love Habit
1931

That Darn Cat!
1965

Heidi
1955

Mary Poppins
1964

Murder by Death
1976

The Razor's Edge
1946

Honeymoon Hotel
1964
One of the Best
1927

Potiphar's Wife
1931

Commercial Entertainment Product
1992

The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933

The Constant Nymph
1928

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014

Easy Come, Easy Go
1967

Tales of Manhattan
1942

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988

David Copperfield
1935

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007

Universal Horror
1998

Mondo Hollywood
1967
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018

Forever and a Day
1943

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

The American Nightmare
2000

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Burke's Law
1963

Here's Lucy
1968

I Love Lucy
1951

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Bill Cosby Show
1969

Night Gallery
1970

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

General Electric Theater
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Nanny and the Professor
1970
Lux Video Theatre
1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Adventures in Paradise
1959

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956

Ben Casey
1961

Follow the Sun
1961

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The John Forsythe Show
1965

Studio One
1948

Mannix
1967

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Then Came Bronson
1969
The Ed Wynn Show
1949

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Omnibus
1952

Startime
1959