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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. 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.
Elsa Lanchester was a versatile British actress who starred in stage, film and radio. She is best known for her roles as Anne of Cleves in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and the Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
Oct 31, 2018 · Oscar-nominated for Supporting Actress in Billy Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Elsa Lanchester might also be remembered as pranking witch Aunt Queenie in Bell,...
Dec 27, 1986 · Elsa Lanchester, the stage and screen actress perhaps best known for eccentric and comic roles such as the monster's wife in ''The Bride of Frankenstein,'' died of...
Elsa Lanchester was a British actress and former dancer who starred in theatre, film and television. She is best known for her roles as the bride in Bride of Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, and the monster's mate in The Monster's Mate.
Learn about the life and career of Elsa Lanchester, who starred in The Bride of Frankenstein and other films, and was married to Charles Laughton. Discover her unconventional upbringing, her involvement in social causes, and her artistic achievements.
British-born American actress. Learn about this topic in these articles: “Big Clock, The” In The Big Clock. …but pivotal supporting performance by Elsa Lanchester, who was Laughton’s offscreen wife. A 1987 remake of the film, a political Cold War thriller called No Way Out, starred Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. Read More. “Bride of Frankenstein”
