Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester
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
Acted Movies
Director: Robert Moore
Writers: Neil Simon,
Cast: Alec Guinness, David Niven, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, Estelle Winwood, James Coco, Maggie Smith, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote,
Director: Daniel Mann
Writers: Gilbert Ralston,
Cast: Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, J. Pat O'Malley, Joan Shawlee, Jody Gilbert, John Myhers, Michael Dante, Sondra Locke, William Hansen,
Director: Robert Stevenson
Writers: Don DaGradi,
Cast: Dean Jones, Elliott Reid, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker, Kelly Thordsen, Norman Grabowski, Peter Ustinov, Richard Deacon, Stefanie Powers, Suzanne Pleshette,
Director: Robert Stevenson
Writers: Bill Walsh,
Cast: Arthur Treacher, David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Elsa Lanchester, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Reginald Owen,
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder,
Cast: Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, John Williams, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Varden, Torin Thatcher, Tyrone Power, Una O'Connor,
Director: John Sturges
Writers: Richard Brooks,
Cast: Betsy Blair, Bruce Bennett, Edmon Ryan, Elsa Lanchester, Jan Sterling, Marshall Thompson, Ralph Dumke, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Wally Maher,
Director: John Farrow
Writers: Jonathan Latimer,
Cast: Charles Laughton, Dan Tobin, Elsa Lanchester, George Macready, Harold Vermilyea, Harry Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ray Milland, Richard Webb, Rita Johnson,
Director: Henry Koster
Writers: Robert E. Sherwood,
Cast: Cary Grant, David Niven, Elsa Lanchester, Gladys Cooper, James Gleason, Karolyn Grimes, Loretta Young, Monty Woolley, Sara Haden, Tito Vuolo,
Director: Robert Siodmak
Writers: Mel Dinelli,
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Elsa Lanchester, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent, Gordon Oliver, James Bell, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Rhys Williams, Sara Allgood,
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Writers: Hugo Butler,
Cast: Alan Napier, Ben Webster, Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Lanchester, J. Pat O'Malley, May Whitty, Nigel Bruce, Roddy McDowall,
