Elsa Lanchester
Acting
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
Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Age 32 (now 84)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 115 (now 84)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
Age 111 (now 84)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
Age 104 (now 84)
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
as Self
Age 90 (now 84)
Commercial Entertainment Product
as The Monster's Bride
Age 90 (now 84)Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Age 88 (now 84)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 85 (now 84)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 80 (now 84)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Bristol Isabel
Age 39 (now 84)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Age 32 (now 84)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Anne of Cleves
Age 30 (now 84)
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
as Beatrice de Carolle
Age 21 (now 84)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 59 (now 84)
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Formby
Age 51 (now 84)
The Ford Television Theatre
as Rosie Bowker
Age 49 (now 84)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Betsey Monk, the Widow
Age 48 (now 84)
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Also Known As
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester, Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
IMDB
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