Elsa Lanchester

Birthday: 1902-10-28
Deathday: 1986-10-07
Birthplace: Lewisham, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
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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).

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1950 48 Come to the Stable (1949) Supporting Actress Nom 0
1958 56 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Supporting Actress Nom 0
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Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
1992-11-24 Commercial Entertainment Product The Monster's Bride
1991-01-01 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
1980-04-01 Die Laughing Sophie
1976-06-23 Murder by Death Jessica Marbles
1973-11-16 Arnold Hester
1973-05-02 Terror in the Wax Museum Julia Hawthorn
1971-07-30 Willard Henrietta Stiles
1969-11-25 In Name Only Gertrude Caruso
1969-09-21 My Dog the Thief Mrs. Formby
1969-07-13 Me, Natalie Miss Dennison
1969-06-11 Rascal Mrs. Satterfield
1968-02-08 Blackbeard's Ghost Emily Stowecroft
1967-05-28 Easy Come, Easy Go Madame Neherina
1965-12-02 That Darn Cat! Mrs. MacDougall
1964-12-17 Mary Poppins Katie Nanna
1964-11-11 Pajama Party Aunt Wendy
1964-06-03 Honeymoon Hotel Chambermaid
1962-05-05 The Flood Noah's wife
1958-12-25 Bell, Book and Candle Aunt Queenie Holroyd
1957-12-17 Witness for the Prosecution Miss Plimsoll
1955-10-22 Alice in Wonderland Red Queen
1955-03-24 The Glass Slipper Widow Sonder
1954-12-22 3 Ring Circus The Bearded Lady
1954-06-01 Hell's Half Acre Lida O'Reilly
1953-04-01 The Girls of Pleasure Island Thelma
1952-12-01 Androcles and the Lion Megaera
1952-08-14 Les Miserables Madame Magloire
1952-07-26 Dreamboat Mathilda Coffey
1950-12-25 Frenchie Countess
1950-08-17 The Petty Girl Dr. Crutcher
1950-06-23 Mystery Street Mrs. Smerrling
1950-03-01 Buccaneer's Girl Madame Brizar
1949-12-31 The Inspector General Maria
1949-07-27 Come to the Stable Amelia Potts
1949-04-30 The Secret Garden Martha
1948-03-18 The Big Clock Louise Patterson
1947-12-25 The Bishop's Wife Matilda
1947-06-25 Northwest Outpost Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
1946-11-19 The Razor's Edge Miss Keith
1946-02-06 The Spiral Staircase Mrs. Oates
1944-01-31 Passport to Destiny Ella Muggins
1943-12-01 Lassie Come Home Mrs. Helen Carraclough
1943-07-05 Thumbs Up Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
1943-01-21 Forever and a Day Mamie
1942-08-05 Tales of Manhattan Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
1942-01-29 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Bristol Isabel
1941-09-09 Ladies in Retirement Emily Creed
1938-03-04 Vessel of Wrath Martha Jones
1936-11-06 Rembrandt Hendrickje Stoffels
1935-12-17 The Ghost Goes West Miss Shepperton
1935-04-20 Bride of Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
1935-03-29 Naughty Marietta Madame d'Annard
1935-01-18 David Copperfield Clickett
1933-08-17 The Private Life of Henry VIII Anne of Cleves
1931-05-08 The Officers' Mess Cora Melville
1931-03-28 Potiphar's Wife Thérèse
1931-02-26 The Stronger Sex Thompson
1931-01-16 The Love Habit Matilde
1930-12-31 Ashes
1928-05-05 Blue Bottles Elsa
1928-05-01 Daydreams Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
1928-05-01 The Tonic Elsa
1928-02-20 The Constant Nymph Lady
1927-11-01 One of the Best Kitty
1924-01-01 The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama Beatrice de Carolle