Elsa Lanchester
British-American actress (1902-1986) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.
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1986Died26 December 19861973
ArnoldFilm, Hester1970
Nanny and the ProfessorSeries, Aunt Henrietta1969
Me, NatalieFilm, Miss Dennison1967
MannixSeries, Portia Penhaven
Easy Come, Easy GoFilm, 1967Madame Neherina1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Dr. Agnes Dabree
Mary PoppinsFilm, 1964Katie Nanna1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Aggie McGregor1959
Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Miss Creshaw1958Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries
Witness for the ProsecutionFilm, 1957Miss Plimsoll1955
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries1954
3 Ring CircusFilm, The Bearded Lady1951
I Love LucySeries, Edna Grundy1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Emily
Buccaneer's GirlFilm, 1950Madame Brizar1948
The Big ClockFilm, Louise Patterson1946
The Razor's EdgeFilm, Miss Keith1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeFilm, Bristol Isabel1936
RembrandtFilm, Hendrickje Stoffels1933
The Private Life of Henry VIIIFilm, Anne of Cleves1902Born28 October 1902
ArnoldFilm, Hester1970Nanny and the ProfessorSeries, Aunt Henrietta1969Me, NatalieFilm, Miss Dennison1967MannixSeries, Portia PenhavenEasy Come, Easy GoFilm, 1967Madame Neherina1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Dr. Agnes DabreeMary PoppinsFilm, 1964Katie Nanna1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Aggie McGregor1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Miss Creshaw1958Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeriesWitness for the ProsecutionFilm, 1957Miss Plimsoll1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeries19543 Ring CircusFilm, The Bearded Lady1951I Love LucySeries, Edna Grundy1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, EmilyBuccaneer's GirlFilm, 1950Madame Brizar1948The Big ClockFilm, Louise Patterson1946The Razor's EdgeFilm, Miss Keith1944Golden Globe AwardsSeries1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeFilm, Bristol Isabel1936RembrandtFilm, Hendrickje Stoffels1933The Private Life of Henry VIIIFilm, Anne of Cleves1902Born28 October 1902People around Elsa
- Robert Stevenson Directed Mary Poppins and Blackbeard's Ghost
Alexander Korda Produced The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Henry Koster Directed The Bishop's Wife (1948)- Bill Walsh Produced Mary Poppins and Blackbeard's Ghost
Walt Disney Produced Mary Poppins and That Darn Cat!
René Clair Directed The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Razor's Edge (1946)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Easy Come, Easy Go and 3 Ring Circus
Edmund Goulding Directed The Razor's Edge and Forever and a Day
Maurice Evans Produced Alice in Wonderland (1955)
Una O'Connor Also in Witness for the Prosecution (1958)- Henry Levin Directed Honeymoon Hotel and The Petty Girl
Fred M. Wilcox Directed Lassie Come Home and The Secret Garden
J. Pat O'Malley Also in Mary Poppins and Lassie Come Home
Ray Milland Also in Sullivan's Travels and The Big Clock
Tyrone Power Also in The Razor's Edge (1946)
Roddy McDowall Also in Lassie Come Home and That Darn Cat!
Gladys Cooper Also in The Bishop's Wife and Forever and a Day
Herbert Marshall Also in The Razor's Edge and Forever and a Day
Reginald Owen Also in Mary Poppins and Forever and a Day
Roland Young Also in Tales of Manhattan and Forever and a Day
Arthur Treacher Also in Mary Poppins and David Copperfield
Robert Greig Also in Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Byron Foulger Also in Sullivan's Travels (1942)
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Witness for the Prosecution 1957
Mary Poppins 1964
Bride of Frankenstein 1935
The Big Clock 1948
Murder by Death 1976
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
116 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 7
Colin Clive, Lanchester, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Universal's art director Karoly Grosz designed this 1935 advertisement featuring Lanchester and Boris Karloff
Lanchester in the 1940s
With Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Colin Clive, Lanchester, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Lobby card for re-release of Bride of Frankenstein with Douglas Walton as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lanchester as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Gavin Gordon as Lord ByronAwards
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1986 · aged 84
