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 f...
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Bride of Frankenstein
As Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Mary Poppins
As Katie Nanna
Lassie Come Home
As Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Bell, Book and Candle
As Aunt Queenie Holroyd
Murder by Death
As Jessica Marbles
The Spiral Staircase
As Mrs. Oates
Tales of Manhattan
As Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
The Inspector General
As Maria
Hell's Half Acre
As Lida O'Reilly
Willard
As Henrietta Stiles
Ladies in Retirement
As Emily Creed
Witness for the Prosecution
As Miss Plimsoll
The Private Life of Henry VIII
As Anne of Cleves
The Secret Garden
As Martha
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
As Bristol Isabel
Naughty Marietta
As Madame d'Annard
Blackbeard's Ghost
As Emily Stowecroft
My Dog the Thief
As Mrs. Formby
Buccaneer's Girl
As Madame Brizar
Easy Come, Easy Go
As Madame Neherina
Androcles and the Lion
As Megaera
The Bishop's Wife
As Matilda
Rembrandt
As Hendrickje Stoffels
The Big Clock
As Louise Patterson
Mystery Street
As Mrs. Smerrling
Rascal
As Mrs. Satterfield
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pajama Party
As Aunt Wendy
The Razor's Edge
As Miss Keith
The American Nightmare
As Self
Dreamboat
As Mathilda Coffey
Honeymoon Hotel
As Chambermaid
The Girls of Pleasure Island
As Thelma
Come to the Stable
As Amelia Potts
One of the Best
As Kitty
The Petty Girl
As Dr. Crutcher
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
As Self (archive footage)
Northwest Outpost
As Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
The Ghost Goes West
As Miss Shepperton
Les Miserables
As Madame Magloire
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
As Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Arnold
As Hester
Vessel of Wrath
As Martha Jones
Me, Natalie
As Miss Dennison
The Glass Slipper
As Widow Sonder
Terror in the Wax Museum
As Julia Hawthorn
Passport to Destiny
As Ella Muggins
Frenchie
As Countess
In Name Only
As Gertrude Caruso
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
As Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)
David Copperfield
As Clickett
Die Laughing
As Sophie
Blue Bottles
As Elsa
The Love Habit
As Matilde
Ashes
Thumbs Up
As Emily "Emmy" Ffinch
The Constant Nymph
As Lady
Alice in Wonderland
As Red Queen
Forever and a Day
As Mamie
3 Ring Circus
As The Bearded Lady
Daydreams
As Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence
The Tonic
As Elsa
Comets
As Herself
That Darn Cat!
As Mrs. MacDougall
Potiphar's Wife
As Thérèse
The Stronger Sex
As Thompson
The Officers' Mess
As Cora Melville
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
As Self
Commercial Entertainment Product
As The Monster's Bride
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
As Self (archive footage)
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
As Beatrice de Carolle
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
As Self
The Flood
As Noah's wife
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
As Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
As (archive footage)
Burke's Law
As Mrs. Ormsby
Here's Lucy
As Mumsie Westcott
I Love Lucy
As Edna Grundy
The Merv Griffin Show
As Self
The Bill Cosby Show
As Mrs. Wochuk
Night Gallery
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
General Electric Theater
As Hanna Winters
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Red Queen
Nanny and the Professor
As Aunt Henrietta
Lux Video Theatre
As Emily
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As Betsey Monk, the Widow
Then Came Bronson
Adventures in Paradise
As Miss Creshaw
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
As Self
Ben Casey
Follow the Sun
Robert Montgomery Presents
The John Forsythe Show
As Margaret Culver
Star Time
As Self
Studio One
As Jenny Pratt
Mannix
As Portia Penhaven
The Ford Television Theatre
As Rosie Bowker
The Dick Cavett Show
As Self - Guest
The Wonderful World of Disney
As Mrs. Formby
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As Aggie McGregor
Shirley Temple's Storybook
As Mother Goose