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Elsa Lanchester

Highest Rated: 100% David Copperfield (1935)

Lowest Rated: 33% Pajama Party (1964)

Birthday: Oct 28, 1902

Birthplace: Lewisham, London, England, UK

Gifted character actress, often in eccentric yet wistful parts, in the US from 1934. Perhaps best remembered for her dual roles in "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), as both the monster's mate and his "creator," author Mary Shelley, Lanchester also brought her slightly dizzy, perennially scene-stealing charm to films as diverse as "Rembrandt" (1937), "Mystery Street" (1950), "Bell, Book and Candle" (1958) and "Murder by Death" (1976). Lanchester was married to actor Charles Laughton from 1929 until his death in 1962; besides working memorably together with him in "Rembrandt" she also played the nurse who endlessly fidgets over his misbehaving barrister (both of them received Oscar nominations) in Billy Wilder's delightful "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 77% David Copperfield Watchlist 100% 95% Witness for the Prosecution Watchlist 100% 47% The Ghost Goes West Watchlist 100% 84% The Big Clock Watchlist 98% 88% Bride of Frankenstein Watchlist 97% 86% Mary Poppins Watchlist 94% 72% That Darn Cat! Watchlist 94% 74% The Private Life of Henry VIII Watchlist 94% 77% Lassie Come Home Watchlist 91% 79% The Inspector General Watchlist
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Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester THE BEACHCOMBER, (aka VESSEL OF WRATH), Elsa Lanchester, 1938 THE BEACHCOMBER, (aka VESSEL OF WRATH), Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, 1938 THE BIG CLOCK, Elsa Lanchester, 1948 LASSIE COME HOME, Elsa Lanchester, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, Lassie, 1943 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Elsa Lanchester, 1935 FRENCHIE, Elsa Lanchester, 1950 THE GHOST GOES WEST, Elsa Lanchester, 1935 LADIES IN RETIREMENT, Elsa Lanchester, Isobel Elsom, 1941 LES MISERABLES, Michael Rennie, Elsa Lanchester, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright View more photos

Filmography

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Die Laughing 1980 Sophie Actor Murder by Death 63% 82% 1976 Miss Jessica Marbles Actor Terror in the Wax Museum 25% 1973 Julia Hawthorn Actor Arnold 61% 1973 Hester Actor Willard 50% 38% 1971 Henrietta Stiles Actor Rascal 42% 1969 Mrs. Satterfield Actor In Name Only 1969 Gertrude Caruso Actor Me, Natalie 75% 1969 Miss Dennison Actor Blackbeard's Ghost 82% 71% 1968 Emily Stowecroft Actor Easy Come, Easy Go 43% 35% 1967 Madame Neherina Actor That Darn Cat! 94% 72% 1965 Mrs. William MacDougall Actor Honeymoon Hotel 1964 Chambermaid Actor Mary Poppins 97% 86% 1964 Katie Nann Actor Pajama Party 33% 35% 1964 Aunt Wendy Actor Bell, Book and Candle 81% 66% 1958 Queenie Actor Witness for the Prosecution 100% 95% 1957 Miss Plimsoll Actor Stranger in the Night 1955 Ida Perkins Actor The Glass Slipper 63% 1955 Widow Sonder Actor Three Ring Circus 44% 1954 The Bearded Lady Actor Hell's Half Acre 25% 1954 Lida O'Reilly Actor The Girls of Pleasure Island 1953 Thelma Actor Dreamboat 43% 1952 Dr. Mathilda Coffey Actor Androcles and the Lion 43% 40% 1952 Megaera Actor Les Misérables 43% 1952 Madame Magloire Actor Frenchie 89% 1951 Countess Actor
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