Elsa Lanchester

★ Acting #5,526

1902 - 1986 (age 84) • Acting

Born: 10/28/1902 in Lewisham, London, England, UK

Died: 12/26/1986 (age 84)

Known for: Acting

Elsa Lanchester

★ Acting #5,526

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.

Known For

Witness for the Prosecution

82%

Miss Plimsoll

1957

Bride of Frankenstein

75%

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

1935

The Bishop's Wife

71%

Matilda

1947

The Spiral Staircase

70%

Mrs. Oates

1946

I Love Lucy

79%

Edna Grundy

1951

Bell, Book and Candle

66%

Aunt Queenie Holroyd

1958

That Darn Cat!

66%

Mrs. MacDougall

1965

The Big Clock

73%

Louise Patterson

1948

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

59%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

75%

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

2014

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

90%

Self (archive footage)

2007

The American Nightmare

68%

Self

2000

Universal Horror

71%

(archive footage)

1998

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

70%

Self

1993

Commercial Entertainment Product

87%

The Monster's Bride

1992

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

63%

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

1991

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

70%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

Die Laughing

46%

Sophie

1980

Murder by Death

71%

Jessica Marbles

1976

Arnold

53%

Hester

1973

Terror in the Wax Museum

52%

Julia Hawthorn

1973

Willard

61%

Henrietta Stiles

1971

Night Gallery

78%

Unknown

1970

Nanny and the Professor

67%

Aunt Henrietta

1970

In Name Only

70%

Gertrude Caruso

1969

My Dog, the Thief

68%

Mrs. Formby

1969

Then Came Bronson

52%

Hattie Calter

1969

The Bill Cosby Show

55%

Mrs. Wochuk

1969

Me, Natalie

56%

Miss Dennison

1969

Rascal

60%

Mrs. Satterfield

1969

Here's Lucy

67%

Mumsie Westcott

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

68%

Self - Guest

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost

67%

Emily Stowecroft

1968

Mannix

68%

Portia Penhaven / Edna Barrington

1967

Mondo Hollywood

67%

1967