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Elsa Lanchester

Acting

Born October 28, 1902 · Lewisham, London, England, UK

Died December 26, 1986

Also known as Elsa Sullivan Lanchester · Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan

Biography

Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1958
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1958 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1950 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Witness for the Prosecution

1957as Miss Plimsoll

Night Gallery

1969

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Aggie McGregor

I Love Lucy

1951as Edna Grundy

The Ed Wynn Show

1949as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)

Mary Poppins

1964as Katie Nanna

Forever and a Day

1943as Mamie

Bride of Frankenstein

1935as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

The Big Clock

1948as Louise Patterson

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Dr. Agnes Dabree

Murder by Death

1976as Jessica Marbles

The Secret Garden

1949as Martha

The Bishop's Wife

1947as Matilda

The Spiral Staircase

1946as Mrs. Oates

Mannix

1967as Portia Penhaven

The Razor's Edge

1946as Miss Keith

Vessel of Wrath

1938as Martha Jones

My Dog, the Thief

1969as Mrs. Formby

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Mystery Street

1950as Mrs. Smerrling

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Rembrandt

1936as Hendrickje Stoffels

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968as Emily Stowecroft

Here's Lucy

1968as Mumsie Westcott

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Emily

Come to the Stable

1949as Amelia Potts

Lassie Come Home

1943as Mrs. Helen Carraclough

David Copperfield

1935as Clickett

The Ghost Goes West

1935as Miss Shepperton

That Darn Cat!

1965as Mrs. MacDougall

Bell Book and Candle

1958as Aunt Queenie Holroyd

The Inspector General

1949as Maria

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958as Mother Goose

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933as Anne of Cleves

The Glass Slipper

1955as Widow Sonder

Willard

1971as Henrietta Stiles

Dreamboat

1952as Mathilda Coffey

Rascal

1969as Mrs. Satterfield

Easy Come, Easy Go

1967as Madame Neherina

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2017as Self (archive footage)

Androcles and the Lion

1952as Megaera

The Girls of Pleasure Island

1953as Thelma

Buccaneer's Girl

1950as Madame Brizar

3 Ring Circus

1954as The Bearded Lady

Hell's Half Acre

1954as Lida O'Reilly

Les Miserables

1952as Madame Magloire

Arnold

1973as Hester