Elsa Lanchester
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...
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...
Known For
Mary Poppins
as Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution
as Miss Plimsoll
Bride of Frankenstein
as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Cast Credits
Commercial Entertainment Product
as The Monster's Bride
Die Laughing
as Sophie
Murder by Death
as Jessica Marbles
Arnold
as Hester
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Julia Hawthorn
Willard
as Henrietta Stiles
In Name Only
as Gertrude Caruso
My Dog, the Thief
as Mrs. Formby
Me, Natalie
as Miss Dennison
Rascal
as Mrs. Satterfield
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Emily Stowecroft
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Madame Neherina
That Darn Cat!
as Mrs. MacDougall
Mary Poppins
as Katie Nanna
Pajama Party
as Aunt Wendy
Honeymoon Hotel
as Chambermaid
Noah and the Flood
as Noah's wife
Bell, Book and Candle
as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
Witness for the Prosecution
as Miss Plimsoll
Alice in Wonderland
as Red Queen
Heidi
as Fräulein Rottenmeier
The Glass Slipper
as Widow Sonder
3 Ring Circus
as The Bearded Lady
Hell's Half Acre
as Lida O'Reilly
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Thelma
Androcles and the Lion
as Megaera
Les Miserables
as Madame Magloire
Dreamboat
as Mathilda Coffey
Frenchie
as Countess
The Petty Girl
as Dr. Crutcher