Elsa Lanchester Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English character actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.Lanchester studied dance as a child and after World War I 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). His success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles.Her role as the title character in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) brought her recognition. She 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).
Full Name
Elsa Lanchester
Net Worth
$19 Million
Date Of Birth
October 28, 1902
Died
December 26, 1986, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Height
1.62 m
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actor
Spouse
Charles Laughton
Parents
Edith Lanchester, James Sullivan
Siblings
Waldo Lanchester
Nicknames
Elsa Lanchester, Lanchester, Elsa
IMDB
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies
Bride of Frankenstein, Witness for the Prosecution, Mary Poppins, Murder by Death, Bell, Book and Candle, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Big Clock, Rembrandt, Come to the Stable, The Spiral Staircase, Lassie Come Home, The Inspector General, Naughty Marietta, Blackbeard's Ghost, Willard, The Gh...
TV Shows
The John Forsythe Show, Mary Poppins
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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[on Maggie Smith] She's better on stage, from a distance. On a screen, close up, she makes you want to dive for cover.
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[on her "open marriage" to Charles Laughton] We both needed other company. I met his young men, and I had a young man around and Charles didn't even argue.
3
It annoys me when mothers drag the poor dears to me and demand the children say something to Frankenstein's bride. Can you imagine an actress being overexposed by a picture she made 40 years ago?
4
[on playing the title part in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)] The most memorable thing I did in that film, I believe, was my screaming. In almost all my movies since, I've been called upon to scream. I don't know if it's by chance, but I would like to think that I'm not hired for that talent alone".
5
There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as different as his fingerprints.
6
My parents were always a bit arty. They were "advanced". They supported pacifism, vegetarianism, socialism, atheism and all that.
7
Stardom is all hard work, aspirins and purgatives.
8
Facts like that make one feel blue-eyed and normal.
