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 years later. She began playing small roles in British films, including the role of Anne of Cleves with Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Laughton's success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles. Her role as the bride in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), brought her recognition, and came to be one of the roles most closely associated with her throughout her life. Lanchester played supporting roles through the 1940s and 1950s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come to the Stable (1949) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957), the last of twelve films in which she appeared with Laughton. Following Laughton's death in 1962, Lanchester resumed her career with appearances in such Disney films as Mary Poppins (1964), That Darn Cat! (1965) and Blackbeard's Ghost (1968). The horror film, Willard, (1971) was highly successful and one of her last roles was in Murder By Death (1976). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elsa Lanchester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Bride of Frankenstein
(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride)
Mary Poppins
(Katie Nanna)
Lassie Come Home
(Mrs. Helen Carraclough)
Bell, Book and Candle
(Aunt Queenie Holroyd)
Murder by Death
(Jessica Marbles)
The Spiral Staircase
(Mrs. Oates)
Tales of Manhattan
(Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith)
The Inspector General
(Maria)
Hell's Half Acre
(Lida O'Reilly)
Willard
(Henrietta Stiles)
Ladies in Retirement
(Emily Creed)
Witness for the Prosecution
(Miss Plimsoll)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(Anne of Cleves)
The Secret Garden
(Martha)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(Bristol Isabel)
Naughty Marietta
(Madame d'Annard)
Blackbeard's Ghost
(Emily Stowecroft)
My Dog the Thief
(Mrs. Formby)
Buccaneer's Girl
(Madame Brizar)
Easy Come, Easy Go
(Madame Neherina)
Androcles and the Lion
(Megaera)
The Bishop's Wife
(Matilda)
Rembrandt
(Hendrickje Stoffels)
The Big Clock
(Louise Patterson)
Mystery Street
(Mrs. Smerrling)
Rascal
(Mrs. Satterfield)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Pajama Party
(Aunt Wendy)
The Razor's Edge
(Miss Keith)
The American Nightmare
(Self)
Dreamboat
(Mathilda Coffey)
Honeymoon Hotel
(Chambermaid)
The Girls of Pleasure Island
(Thelma)
Come to the Stable
(Amelia Potts)
One of the Best
(Kitty)
The Petty Girl
(Dr. Crutcher)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
Northwest Outpost
(Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana)
The Ghost Goes West
(Miss Shepperton)
Les Miserables
(Madame Magloire)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate)
Arnold
(Hester)
Vessel of Wrath
(Martha Jones)
Me, Natalie
(Miss Dennison)
The Glass Slipper
(Widow Sonder)
Terror in the Wax Museum
(Julia Hawthorn)
Passport to Destiny
(Ella Muggins)
Frenchie
(Countess)
In Name Only
(Gertrude Caruso)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
(Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage))
David Copperfield
(Clickett)
Die Laughing
(Sophie)
Blue Bottles
(Elsa)
The Love Habit
(Matilde)
Ashes
Thumbs Up
(Emily "Emmy" Ffinch)
The Constant Nymph
(Lady)
Alice in Wonderland
(Red Queen)
Forever and a Day
(Mamie)
3 Ring Circus
(The Bearded Lady)
Daydreams
(Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence)
The Tonic
(Elsa)
Comets
(Herself)
That Darn Cat!
(Mrs. MacDougall)
Potiphar's Wife
(Thérèse)
The Stronger Sex
(Thompson)
The Officers' Mess
(Cora Melville)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(Self)
Commercial Entertainment Product
(The Monster's Bride)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
(Beatrice de Carolle)
Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
(Self)
The Flood
(Noah's wife)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
(Self (archive footage))
Universal Horror
((archive footage))
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
(Self (archive footage))
Burke's Law
(Mrs. Ormsby)
Here's Lucy
(Mumsie Westcott)
I Love Lucy
(Edna Grundy)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Mannix
The Bill Cosby Show
(Mrs. Wochuk)
Night Gallery
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Guest)
General Electric Theater
(Hanna Winters)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Red Queen)
Nanny and the Professor
(Aunt Henrietta)
Lux Video Theatre
(Emily)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Betsey Monk, the Widow)
Then Came Bronson
Adventures in Paradise
(Miss Creshaw)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(Self)
Ben Casey
Follow the Sun
Robert Montgomery Presents
The John Forsythe Show
(Margaret Culver)
Star Time
(Self)
Lux Video Theatre
(Miss Mabel)
Burke's Law
(Bessie Mopes)
Studio One
(Jenny Pratt)
Mannix
(Portia Penhaven)
The Ford Television Theatre
(Rosie Bowker)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Mrs. Formby)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(Aggie McGregor)