Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

28/10/1902

Day of Death

26/12/1986
(84) years old

Place of Birth

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Biography

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 ov... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywo...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the H...

as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archi...

2009

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywoo...

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1992

Commercial Entertainment Product

as The Monster's Bride

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monste...

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980

Die Laughing

as Sophie

1976

Murder by Death

as Jessica Marbles

1973

Arnold

as Hester

1973

Terror in the Wax Museum

as Julia Hawthorn

1971

Willard

as Henrietta Stiles

1969

In Name Only

as Gertrude Caruso

1969

My Dog, the Thief

as Mrs. Formby

1969

Me, Natalie

as Miss Dennison

1969

Rascal

as Mrs. Satterfield

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

as Emily Stowecroft

1967

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Madame Neherina

1965

That Darn Cat!

as Mrs. MacDougall

1964

Mary Poppins

as Katie Nanna

1964

Pajama Party

as Aunt Wendy

1964

Honeymoon Hotel

as Chambermaid

1962

The Flood

as Noah's wife

1962

Noah and the Flood

as Noah's Wife

1958

Bell, Book and Candle

as Aunt Queenie Holroyd

1957

Witness for the Prosecution

as Miss Plimsoll

1955

Alice in Wonderland

as Red Queen

1955

The Glass Slipper

as Widow Sonder

1954

3 Ring Circus

as The Bearded Lady

1954

Hell's Half Acre

as Lida O'Reilly

1952

Les Miserables

as Madame Magloire

1952

Dreamboat

as Mathilda Coffey

1950

Frenchie

as Countess

1950

The Petty Girl

as Dr. Crutcher

1950

Mystery Street

as Mrs. Smerrling

1950

Buccaneer's Girl

as Madame Brizar

1949

Come to the Stable

as Amelia Potts

1949

The Secret Garden

as Martha

1948

The Big Clock

as Louise Patterson

1947

The Bishop's Wife

as Matilda

1947

Northwest Outpost

as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana

1946

The Razor's Edge

as Miss Keith

1946

The Spiral Staircase

as Mrs. Oates

1944

Passport to Destiny

as Ella Muggins

1943

Lassie Come Home

as Mrs. Helen Carraclough

1943

Thumbs Up

as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch

1943

Forever and a Day

as Mamie

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith

1941

Ladies in Retirement

as Emily Creed

1938

Vessel of Wrath

as Martha Jones

1936

Rembrandt

as Hendrickje Stoffels

1935

The Ghost Goes West

as Miss Shepperton

1935

Bride of Frankenstein

as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monste...

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Madame d'Annard

1935

David Copperfield

as Clickett

1933

The Private Life of Henry VIII

as Anne of Cleves

1931

The Officers' Mess

as Cora Melville

1931

Potiphar's Wife

as Thérèse

1931

The Stronger Sex

as Thompson

1931

The Love Habit

as Matilde

1930

Ashes

1930

Comets

as Herself

1928

Blue Bottles

as Elsa

1928

Daydreams

as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence

1928

The Tonic

as Elsa

1927

One of the Best

as Kitty