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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="إلسا لانشيستر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إلسا لانشيستر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="السا لنچستر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="السا لنچستر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="এলসা ল্যানচেস্টার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="এলসা ল্যানচেস্টার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Елза Ланчестър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Елза Ланчестър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchesterov%C3%A1" title="Elsa Lanchesterová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Elsa Lanchesterová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="السا لنچستر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="السا لنچستر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%98%EC%9E%90_%EB%9E%9C%EC%B2%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0" title="엘자 랜체스터 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="엘자 랜체스터" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A6%27%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8" title="אלזה לנצ'סטר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלזה לנצ'סטר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elza_Lan%C4%8Destera" title="Elza Lančestera – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Elza Lančestera" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="السا لانشيستر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="السا لانشيستر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC" title="エルザ・ランチェスター – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エルザ・ランチェスター" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80,_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%B0" title="Ланчестер, Эльза – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ланчестер, Эльза" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchesterov%C3%A1" title="Elsa Lanchesterová – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Elsa Lanchesterová" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Елса Ланчестер – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Елса Ланчестер" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester" title="Elsa Lanchester – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Elsa Lanchester" data-language-autonym="Suomi" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Elsa Lanchester</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Elsa_Lanchester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Elsa_Lanchester.jpg/220px-Elsa_Lanchester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Elsa_Lanchester.jpg/330px-Elsa_Lanchester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Elsa_Lanchester.jpg/440px-Elsa_Lanchester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1773" data-file-height="2200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Lanchester in 1935</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Elsa Sullivan Lanchester</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1902-10-28</span>)</span>28 October 1902<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Lewisham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham">Lewisham</a>, London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">26 December 1986<span style="display:none">(1986-12-26)</span> (aged 84)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1925–1983</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1929; died 1962)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edith_Lanchester" title="Edith Lanchester">Edith Lanchester</a> (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Lanchester" title="Waldo Lanchester">Waldo Lanchester</a> (brother)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elsa Sullivan Lanchester</b> (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.<sup id="cite_ref-WVobit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WVobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> began performing in theatre and cabaret, where she established her career over the following decade. She met the actor <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> in 1927, and they were married two years later. She began playing small roles in British films, including the role of <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves" title="Anne of Cleves">Anne of Cleves</a> with Laughton in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII" title="The Private Life of Henry VIII">The Private Life of Henry VIII</a></i> (1933). Her success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles. </p><p>Her role as the title character in <i><a href="/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein" title="Bride of Frankenstein">Bride of Frankenstein</a></i> (1935) brought her recognition. She played the lead in <i><a href="/wiki/Passport_to_Destiny" title="Passport to Destiny">Passport to Destiny</a></i> (1944) and supporting roles through the 1940s and 1950s. She was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Come_to_the_Stable" title="Come to the Stable">Come to the Stable</a></i> (1949) and <i><a href="/wiki/Witness_for_the_Prosecution_(1957_film)" title="Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)">Witness for the Prosecution</a></i> (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 <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Disney</a> films as <i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)" title="Mary Poppins (film)">Mary Poppins</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="/wiki/That_Darn_Cat!_(1965_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="That Darn Cat! (1965 film)">That Darn Cat!</a></i> (1965) and <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard%27s_Ghost" title="Blackbeard's Ghost">Blackbeard's Ghost</a></i> (1968). The horror film <i><a href="/wiki/Willard_(1971_film)" title="Willard (1971 film)">Willard</a></i> (1971) was highly successful, and one of her last roles was in <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_by_Death" title="Murder by Death">Murder by Death</a></i> (1976). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born in <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Lewisham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham">Lewisham</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her parents, James "<a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus" title="Séamus">Séamus</a>" Sullivan (1872–1945) and <a href="/wiki/Edith_Lanchester" title="Edith Lanchester">Edith "Biddy" Lanchester</a> (1871–1966), were <a href="/wiki/Bohemianism" title="Bohemianism">Bohemians</a>, and refused to marry in a religious or legal way as a rebellion against <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a> society. Sullivan and Lanchester were both <a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">socialists</a>, according to Lanchester's 1970 interview with <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cavett" title="Dick Cavett">Dick Cavett</a>. Elsa's older brother, <a href="/wiki/Waldo_Lanchester" title="Waldo Lanchester">Waldo Sullivan Lanchester</a>, born five years earlier, was a <a href="/wiki/Puppeteer" title="Puppeteer">puppeteer</a>, with his own <a href="/wiki/Marionette" title="Marionette">marionette</a> company based in <a href="/wiki/Malvern,_Worcestershire" title="Malvern, Worcestershire">Malvern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>, and later in <a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon" title="Stratford-upon-Avon">Stratford-upon-Avon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elsa studied dance in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> under <a href="/wiki/Isadora_Duncan" title="Isadora Duncan">Isadora Duncan</a>, whom she disliked. When the school was discontinued due to outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, she returned to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">UK</a>. At that point (she was about twelve years of age) she began teaching dance in the Duncan style and gave classes to children in her <a href="/wiki/South_London" title="South London">south London</a> district, through which she earned some welcome extra income for her household.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After World War I, Lanchester started the Children's Theatre, and later the Cave of Harmony, a nightclub at which modern plays and cabaret turns were performed. She revived old Victorian songs and ballads, many of which she retained for her performances in another revue entitled <i>Riverside Nights</i>. Her first film performance came in 1924 in the amateur production <i>The Scarlet Woman</i>, which was written by <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh" title="Evelyn Waugh">Evelyn Waugh</a> who also appeared in two roles himself.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> She became sufficiently famous for Columbia to invite her into the recording studio to make 78 rpm discs of four of the numbers she sang in these revues, with piano arrangement and accompaniment by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kay_Henderson_(pianist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kay Henderson (pianist) (page does not exist)">Kay Henderson</a>: "Please Sell No More Drink to My Father" and "He Didn't Oughter" were on one disc (recorded in 1926) and "Don't Tell My Mother I'm Living in Sin" and "The Ladies Bar" were on the other (recorded 1930).<sup id="cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltin_p._494-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her cabaret and nightclub appearances led to more serious stage work and it was in a play by <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Bennett" title="Arnold Bennett">Arnold Bennett</a> called <i>Mr Prohack</i> (1927) that Lanchester first met another member of the cast, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a>. They were married two years later and continued to act together from time to time, both on stage and screen. She played his daughter in the stage play <i><a href="/wiki/Payment_Deferred" title="Payment Deferred">Payment Deferred</a></i> (1931) though not in the subsequent Hollywood film version. Lanchester and Laughton appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Old_Vic" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Vic">Old Vic</a> season of 1933–34, playing Shakespeare, Chekhov and Wilde, and in 1936 she was <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pan" title="Peter Pan">Peter Pan</a> to Laughton's Captain Hook in <a href="/wiki/J._M._Barrie" title="J. M. Barrie">J. M. Barrie</a>'s play at the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a>. Their last stage appearance together was in <a href="/wiki/Jane_Arden_(director)" title="Jane Arden (director)">Jane Arden</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Party_(1958_play)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Party (1958 play)">The Party</a></i> (1958) at the <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward_Theatre" title="Noël Coward Theatre">New Theatre</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltin_p._494-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bride_gip.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bride_gip.jpg/219px-Bride_gip.jpg" decoding="async" width="219" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bride_gip.jpg/329px-Bride_gip.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bride_gip.jpg/438px-Bride_gip.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Colin_Clive" title="Colin Clive">Colin Clive</a>, Lanchester, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff" title="Boris Karloff">Boris Karloff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Thesiger" title="Ernest Thesiger">Ernest Thesiger</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein" title="Bride of Frankenstein">Bride of Frankenstein</a></i> (1935)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bride_of_Frankenstein_(1935_pictorial_snipe).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935_pictorial_snipe%29.jpg/270px-Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935_pictorial_snipe%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935_pictorial_snipe%29.jpg/405px-Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935_pictorial_snipe%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935_pictorial_snipe%29.jpg/540px-Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935_pictorial_snipe%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="1507" /></a><figcaption>Universal's art director <a href="/wiki/Karoly_Grosz_(illustrator)" title="Karoly Grosz (illustrator)">Karoly Grosz</a> designed this offbeat 1935 advertisement featuring Lanchester and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Karloff" title="Boris Karloff">Boris Karloff</a></figcaption></figure><p>Lanchester made her film debut in <i>The Scarlet Woman</i> (1925) and in 1928 appeared in three silent shorts written for her by <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Montagu" title="Ivor Montagu">Ivor Montagu</a>: <i>Blue Bottles</i>, <i>Daydreams</i> and <i>The Tonic</i>. Laughton made brief appearances in all of them. They also appeared together in a 1930 film revue entitled <i>Comets</i>, featuring British stage, musical and variety acts, in which they sang in duet "<a href="/wiki/Frankie_and_Johnny_(song)" title="Frankie and Johnny (song)">The Ballad of Frankie and Johnnie</a>". Lanchester appeared in several other early British talkies, including <i><a href="/wiki/Potiphar%27s_Wife_(1931_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Potiphar's Wife (1931 film)">Potiphar's Wife</a></i> (1931), a film starring <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>. She appeared opposite Laughton again as <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves" title="Anne of Cleves">Anne of Cleves</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII" title="The Private Life of Henry VIII">The Private Life of Henry VIII</a></i> (1933), with Laughton in <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">the title role</a>. Laughton was by now making films in Hollywood, so Lanchester joined him there, making minor appearances in <i><a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(1935_film)" title="David Copperfield (1935 film)">David Copperfield</a></i> (1935) and <i><a href="/wiki/Naughty_Marietta_(film)" title="Naughty Marietta (film)">Naughty Marietta</a></i> (1935). These and her appearances in British films helped her gain the <a href="/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein_(character)" title="Bride of Frankenstein (character)">title role</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein" title="Bride of Frankenstein">Bride of Frankenstein</a></i> (1935), arguably the role with which she remains most identified. She and Laughton returned to Britain to appear together again in <i><a href="/wiki/Rembrandt_(1936_film)" title="Rembrandt (1936 film)">Rembrandt</a></i> (1936) and later in <i><a href="/wiki/Vessel_of_Wrath" title="Vessel of Wrath">Vessel of Wrath</a></i> (US: <i>The Beachcomber</i>. 1938).<sup id="cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltin_p._494-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They both returned to Hollywood, where he made <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1939_film)" title="The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)">The Hunchback of Notre Dame</a></i> (1939) although Lanchester didn't appear in another film until <i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_in_Retirement" title="Ladies in Retirement">Ladies in Retirement</a></i> (1941). She and Laughton played husband and wife (their characters were named Charles and Elsa Smith) in <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Manhattan" title="Tales of Manhattan">Tales of Manhattan</a></i> (1942) and they both appeared again in the all-star, mostly British cast of <i><a href="/wiki/Forever_and_a_Day_(1943_film)" title="Forever and a Day (1943 film)">Forever and a Day</a></i> (1943). She received top billing in <i><a href="/wiki/Passport_to_Destiny" title="Passport to Destiny">Passport to Destiny</a></i> (1944) for the only time in her Hollywood career.<sup id="cite_ref-RKO_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RKO-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ELSA-L.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/ELSA-L.jpg/190px-ELSA-L.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/ELSA-L.jpg/285px-ELSA-L.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/ELSA-L.jpg/380px-ELSA-L.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1289" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Lanchester in the 1940s</figcaption></figure> <p>Lanchester played supporting roles in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film)" title="The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)">The Spiral Staircase</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Razor%27s_Edge_(1946_film)" title="The Razor's Edge (1946 film)">The Razor's Edge</a></i> (both 1946). She appeared as the housekeeper in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bishop%27s_Wife" title="The Bishop's Wife">The Bishop's Wife</a></i> (1947) with <a href="/wiki/David_Niven" title="David Niven">David Niven</a> playing the bishop, <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Young" title="Loretta Young">Loretta Young</a> his wife, and <a href="/wiki/Cary_Grant" title="Cary Grant">Cary Grant</a> an angel. Lanchester played a comical role as an artist in the thriller, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Clock_(film)" title="The Big Clock (film)">The Big Clock</a></i> (1948), in which Laughton starred as a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megalomania" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:megalomania">megalomaniacal</a> press tycoon. She had a part as a painter specialising in nativity scenes in <i><a href="/wiki/Come_to_the_Stable" title="Come to the Stable">Come to the Stable</a></i> (1949), for which she was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress</a> (1949).<sup id="cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maltin_p._494-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the late 1940s and 1950s she appeared in small but highly varied supporting roles in a number of films while simultaneously appearing on stage at the <i><a href="/wiki/Turnabout_Theatre" title="Turnabout Theatre">Turnabout Theatre</a></i> in Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here she performed her solo vaudeville act in conjunction with a marionette show, singing somewhat off-colour songs which she later recorded for a couple of LPs.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Onscreen, she appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Inspector_General_(1949_film)" title="The Inspector General (1949 film)">The Inspector General</a></i> (1949), played a blackmailing landlady in <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Street" title="Mystery Street">Mystery Street</a></i> (1950), and was <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Winters" title="Shelley Winters">Shelley Winters</a>'s travelling companion in <i><a href="/wiki/Frenchie_(film)" title="Frenchie (film)">Frenchie</a></i> (1950). More supporting roles followed in the early 1950s, including a 2-minute cameo as the Bearded Lady in <i><a href="/wiki/3_Ring_Circus" title="3 Ring Circus">3 Ring Circus</a></i> (1954), about to be shaved by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>. She had another substantial and memorable part when she appeared again with her husband in <i><a href="/wiki/Witness_for_the_Prosecution_(1957_film)" title="Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)">Witness for the Prosecution</a></i> (1957) a screen version of <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Witness_for_the_Prosecution_(play)" title="Witness for the Prosecution (play)">1953 play</a> for which both received <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> nominations – she for the second time as Best Supporting Actress, and Laughton for the third time for Best Actor. Neither won. However she did win the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> for Best Supporting Actress for the film. </p><p>Lanchester played the role of Aunt Queenie, a witch in <i><a href="/wiki/Bell,_Book_and_Candle" title="Bell, Book and Candle">Bell, Book and Candle</a></i> (1958), and appeared in such films as <i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)" title="Mary Poppins (film)">Mary Poppins</a></i> (1964), in which her husband's goddaughter <a href="/wiki/Karen_Dotrice" title="Karen Dotrice">Karen Dotrice</a> also starred, <i><a href="/wiki/That_Darn_Cat!_(1965_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="That Darn Cat! (1965 film)">That Darn Cat!</a></i> (1965), and <i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard%27s_Ghost" title="Blackbeard's Ghost">Blackbeard's Ghost</a></i> (1968). She appeared on 9 April 1959, on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ford_Show" title="The Ford Show">The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford</a></i>. She performed in two episodes of NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_World_of_Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wonderful World of Disney">The Wonderful World of Disney</a></i>. Additionally, she had memorable guest roles in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i> in 1956 and in episodes of NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eleventh_Hour_(1962_TV_series)" title="The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)">The Eleventh Hour</a></i> (1964) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_From_U.N.C.L.E." class="mw-redirect" title="The Man From U.N.C.L.E.">The Man From U.N.C.L.E.</a></i> (1965).<sup id="cite_ref-Fan_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lanchester continued to make occasional film appearances, singing a duet with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Come,_Easy_Go_(1967_film)" title="Easy Come, Easy Go (1967 film)">Easy Come, Easy Go</a></i> (1967), and playing the mother in the original version of <i><a href="/wiki/Willard_(1971_film)" title="Willard (1971 film)">Willard</a></i> (1971), alongside <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Davison" title="Bruce Davison">Bruce Davison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a>, which scored well at the box office. She was Jessica Marbles, a sleuth based on <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Miss_Marple" title="Miss Marple">Jane Marple</a>, in the 1976 murder mystery spoof <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_by_Death" title="Murder by Death">Murder by Death</a></i>, and she made her last film in 1980 as Sophie in <i><a href="/wiki/Die_Laughing_(film)" title="Die Laughing (film)">Die Laughing</a></i>. She released three LP albums in the 1950s. Two (referred to above) were entitled <i>Songs for a Shuttered Parlour</i> and <i>Songs for a Smoke-Filled Room</i>, and were vaguely lewd and danced around their true purpose, such as the song about her husband's "clock" not working. Laughton provided the spoken introductions to each number and even joined Lanchester in the singing of "<a href="/wiki/She_Was_Poor_but_She_Was_Honest" title="She Was Poor but She Was Honest">She Was Poor but She Was Honest</a>". Her third LP was entitled <i>Cockney London</i>, a selection of old London songs for which Laughton wrote the sleeve-notes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanchester married <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> in 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938 she published a book about her relationship with Laughton, <i>Charles Laughton and I</i>. In March 1983, she released an autobiography, titled <i>Elsa Lanchester Herself</i>. In that book, she writes that she and Laughton never had children because he was homosexual.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Laughton's friend and co-star <a href="/wiki/Maureen_O%27Hara" title="Maureen O'Hara">Maureen O'Hara</a> denied this was the reason for the couple's childlessness. She claimed Laughton had told her that the reason he and his wife never had children was because of a botched abortion Lanchester had early in her career when performing burlesque. Lanchester admitted in her autobiography that she had two abortions in her youth (one being Laughton's), but it is not clear if the second left her incapable of becoming pregnant again.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to biographer <a href="/wiki/Charles_Higham_(biographer)" title="Charles Higham (biographer)">Charles Higham</a>, the reason she did not have children was that she did not want any.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lanchester was an <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> and she and Laughton were supportive of <a href="/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_II" title="Adlai Stevenson II">Adlai Stevenson</a>'s campaign during the <a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">1952 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, Lanchester's health took a turn for the worse.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within 30 months, she had suffered two strokes, becoming totally incapacitated. She required constant care and was confined to bedrest. In March 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_and_Television_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture and Television Fund">Motion Picture and Television Fund</a> filed to become conservator of Lanchester and her estate, which was valued at $900,000.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lanchester died in <a href="/wiki/Woodland_Hills,_Los_Angeles" title="Woodland Hills, Los Angeles">Woodland Hills, Los Angeles</a>, California on 26 December 1986, aged 84, at the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Hospital">Motion Picture Hospital</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bronchial_pneumonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronchial pneumonia">bronchial pneumonia</a>. Her body was cremated on 5 January 1987, at the Chapel of the Pines in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> and her ashes scattered over the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_roles">Film roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Film roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg/170px-Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg/255px-Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg/340px-Private-Life-Henry-VIII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="390" /></a><figcaption>With <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> in <i>The Private Life of Henry VIII</i> (1933)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg/170px-BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg/255px-BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg/340px-BrideofFrankenstein13B.jpg 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="517" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Colin_Clive" title="Colin Clive">Colin Clive</a>, Lanchester, Boris Karloff and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Thesiger" title="Ernest Thesiger">Ernest Thesiger</a> in <i>Bride of Frankenstein</i> (1935)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bride_of_Frankenstein_(1935)_poster_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935%29_poster_1.jpg/170px-Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935%29_poster_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935%29_poster_1.jpg/255px-Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935%29_poster_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935%29_poster_1.jpg/340px-Bride_of_Frankenstein_%281935%29_poster_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2085" data-file-height="1615" /></a><figcaption>Lobby card for re-release of <i>Bride of Frankenstein</i> with <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Walton_(actor)" title="Douglas Walton (actor)">Douglas Walton</a> as <a href="/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley">Percy Bysshe Shelley</a>, Lanchester as <a href="/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley">Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Gordon_(actor)" title="Gavin Gordon (actor)">Gavin Gordon</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Byron" title="Lord Byron">Lord Byron</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama</i> (1925 short) as Beatrice de Carolle</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_of_the_Best_(film)" title="One of the Best (film)">One of the Best</a></i> (1927) as Kitty</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Constant_Nymph_(1928_film)" title="The Constant Nymph (1928 film)">The Constant Nymph</a></i> (1928) as Lady</li> <li><i>The Tonic</i> (1928, Short) as Elsa</li> <li><i>Daydreams</i> (1928, Short) as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence</li> <li><i>Blue Bottles</i> (1928, Short) as Elsa</li> <li><i>Mr. Smith Wakes Up</i> (1929, Short)</li> <li><i>Comets</i> (1930) as Herself</li> <li><i>Ashes</i> (1930, Short) as Girl</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Habit" title="The Love Habit">The Love Habit</a></i> (1931) as Mathilde</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Officers%27_Mess" title="The Officers' Mess">The Officers' Mess</a></i> (1931) as Cora Melville</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stronger_Sex" title="The Stronger Sex">The Stronger Sex</a></i> (1931) as Thompson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Potiphar%27s_Wife_(film)" title="Potiphar's Wife (film)">Potiphar's Wife</a></i> (1931) as Therese</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII" title="The Private Life of Henry VIII">The Private Life of Henry VIII</a></i> (1933) as Anne of Cleves, the Fourth Wife</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Copperfield_(1935_film)" title="David Copperfield (1935 film)">David Copperfield</a></i> (1935) as Clickett</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naughty_Marietta_(film)" title="Naughty Marietta (film)">Naughty Marietta</a></i> (1935) as Madame d'Annard</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bride_of_Frankenstein" title="Bride of Frankenstein">Bride of Frankenstein</a></i> (1935) as <a href="/wiki/Mary_Shelley" title="Mary Shelley">Mary Shelley</a>/The Monster's Mate</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_Goes_West" title="The Ghost Goes West">The Ghost Goes West</a></i> (1935) as Miss Shepperton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rembrandt_(1936_film)" title="Rembrandt (1936 film)">Rembrandt</a></i> (1936) as Hendrickje Stoffels</li> <li><i>Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty</i> (1936 unreleased short) as Millicent Bracegirdle</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vessel_of_Wrath" title="Vessel of Wrath">Vessel of Wrath</a></i> (1938) as Martha Jones</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_in_Retirement" title="Ladies in Retirement">Ladies in Retirement</a></i> (1941) as Emily Creed</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_Fury:_The_Story_of_Benjamin_Blake" title="Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake">Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake</a></i> (1942) as Bristol Isabel</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Manhattan" title="Tales of Manhattan">Tales of Manhattan</a></i> (1942) as Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_and_a_Day_(1943_film)" title="Forever and a Day (1943 film)">Forever and a Day</a></i> (1943) as Mamie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thumbs_Up_(film)" title="Thumbs Up (film)">Thumbs Up</a></i> (1943) as Emma Finch</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lassie_Come_Home" title="Lassie Come Home">Lassie Come Home</a></i> (1943) as Mrs. Carraclough</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passport_to_Destiny" title="Passport to Destiny">Passport to Destiny</a></i> (1944) as Ella Muggins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spiral_Staircase_(1946_film)" title="The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)">The Spiral Staircase</a></i> (1945) as Mrs. Oates</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Razor%27s_Edge_(1946_film)" title="The Razor's Edge (1946 film)">The Razor's Edge</a></i> (1946) as Miss Keith</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Outpost" title="Northwest Outpost">Northwest Outpost</a></i> (1947) as Princess "Tanya" Tatiana</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bishop%27s_Wife" title="The Bishop's Wife">The Bishop's Wife</a></i> (1947) as Matilda</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Clock_(1948_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Big Clock (1948 film)">The Big Clock</a></i> (1948) as Louise Patterson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Garden_(1949_film)" title="The Secret Garden (1949 film)">The Secret Garden</a></i> (1949) as Martha</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Come_to_the_Stable" title="Come to the Stable">Come to the Stable</a></i> (1949) as Amelia Potts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Inspector_General_(1949_film)" title="The Inspector General (1949 film)">The Inspector General</a></i> (1949) as Maria</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buccaneer%27s_Girl" title="Buccaneer's Girl">Buccaneer's Girl</a></i> (1949) as Mme. Brizar</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Street" title="Mystery Street">Mystery Street</a></i> (1950) as Mrs. Smerrling</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Petty_Girl" title="The Petty Girl">The Petty Girl</a></i> (1950) as Dr. Crutcher</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frenchie_(film)" title="Frenchie (film)">Frenchie</a></i> (1950) as Countess</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamboat_(film)" title="Dreamboat (film)">Dreamboat</a></i> (1952) as Dr. Mathilda Coffey</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(1952_film)" title="Les Misérables (1952 film)">Les Misérables</a></i> (1952) as Madame Magloire</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(1952_film)" title="Androcles and the Lion (1952 film)">Androcles and the Lion</a></i> (1952) as Megaera</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Girls_of_Pleasure_Island" title="The Girls of Pleasure Island">The Girls of Pleasure Island</a></i> (1953) as Thelma</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell%27s_Half_Acre_(1954_film)" title="Hell's Half Acre (1954 film)">Hell's Half Acre</a></i> (1954) as Lida O'Reilly</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/3_Ring_Circus" title="3 Ring Circus">3 Ring Circus</a></i> (1954) as the Bearded Lady</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Glass_Slipper_(film)" title="The Glass Slipper (film)">The Glass Slipper</a></i> (1955) as Widow Sonder</li> <li><i>Alice in Wonderland</i> (1955 TV movie) as the Red Queen</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Witness_for_the_Prosecution_(1957_film)" title="Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)">Witness for the Prosecution</a></i> (1957) as Miss Plimsoll <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Award</a> winner for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture">Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bell,_Book_and_Candle" title="Bell, Book and Candle">Bell, Book and Candle</a></i> (1958) as Aunt Queenie Holroyd</li> <li><i>The Flood</i> (1962 TV movie) as Noah's Wife (voice)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Honeymoon_Hotel_(1964_film)" title="Honeymoon Hotel (1964 film)">Honeymoon Hotel</a></i> (1964) as Chambermaid</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)" title="Mary Poppins (film)">Mary Poppins</a></i> (1964) as Katie Nanna</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pajama_Party_(film)" title="Pajama Party (film)">Pajama Party</a></i> (1964) as Aunt Wendy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Darn_Cat!_(1965_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="That Darn Cat! (1965 film)">That Darn Cat!</a></i> (1965) as Mrs. MacDougall</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Come,_Easy_Go_(1967_film)" title="Easy Come, Easy Go (1967 film)">Easy Come, Easy Go</a></i> (1967) as Madame Neherina</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blackbeard%27s_Ghost" title="Blackbeard's Ghost">Blackbeard's Ghost</a></i> (1968) as Emily Stowecroft</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rascal_(film)" title="Rascal (film)">Rascal</a></i> (1969) as Mrs. Satterfield</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Me,_Natalie" title="Me, Natalie">Me, Natalie</a></i> (1969) as Miss Dennison</li> <li><i>In Name Only</i> (1969, TV Movie) as Gertrude Caruso</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Willard_(1971_film)" title="Willard (1971 film)">Willard</a></i> (1971) as Henrietta Stiles</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_in_the_Wax_Museum" title="Terror in the Wax Museum">Terror in the Wax Museum</a></i> (1973) as Julia Hawthorn</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arnold_(film)" title="Arnold (film)">Arnold</a></i> (1973) as Hester</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_by_Death" title="Murder by Death">Murder by Death</a></i> (1976) as Jessica Marbles</li> <li><i>Where's Poppa?</i> (1979, TV Movie) as Momma Hocheiser</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Die_Laughing_(film)" title="Die Laughing (film)">Die Laughing</a></i> (1980) as Sophie (final film role)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partial_television_credits">Partial television credits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Partial television credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i> (1956) as Mrs Edna Grundy, episode "Off to Florida"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents" title="Alfred Hitchcock Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Hour</a></i> (1964) "The McGregor Affair" as Aggie McGregor</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E." title="The Man from U.N.C.L.E.">The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</a></i> (1965) as Dr. Agnes Dabree, episode "The Brain-Killer Affair"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series#Walt_Disney's_Wonderful_World_of_Color_(1961–1969)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walt Disney anthology television series">Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color</a></i> (1969) as Mrs. Formby, episodes "My Dog, the Thief", parts 1 and 2</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bill_Cosby_Show" title="The Bill Cosby Show">The Bill Cosby Show</a></i> (1970) as Mrs. Wochuk, episode "The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nanny_and_the_Professor" title="Nanny and the Professor">Nanny and the Professor</a></i> (1971) as Aunt Henrietta (3 episodes)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery" title="Night Gallery">Night Gallery</a></i> (1972) as Lydia Bowen, episode "<a href="/wiki/List_of_Night_Gallery_episodes" title="List of Night Gallery episodes">Green Fingers</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here%27s_Lucy" title="Here's Lucy">Here's Lucy</a></i> (1973) as Mumsie Westcott, episode "Lucy Goes to Prison"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mannix" title="Mannix">Mannix</a></i> (1973) as Portia Penhaven, episode "A Matter of Principle"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-WVobit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WVobit_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Obituary <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_Obituaries" title="Variety Obituaries">Variety</a></i>, 31 December 1986.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ODNB-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"Lanchester [married name Laughton], Elsa Sullivan (1902–1986)". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F57311">10.1093/ref:odnb/57311</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lanchester+%5Bmarried+name+Laughton%5D%2C+Elsa+Sullivan+%281902%E2%80%931986%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F57311&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"The Lanchester Marionettes". <i>The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild Festival Exhibition</i>. London, mUK: British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild. 1951. p. 43.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+British+Puppet+and+Model+Theatre+Guild+Festival+Exhibition&rft.atitle=The+Lanchester+Marionettes&rft.pages=43&rft.date=1951&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.evelynwaugh.org.uk/styled-2/index.html">Information about <i>The Scarlet Woman</i> on the Evelyn Waugh website</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-scarlet-woman-1924-online">Complete film and information at the British Film Institute</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maltin_p._494-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maltin_p._494_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maltin 1994, p. 494.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RKO-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RKO_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jewell and Harbin 1982, p. 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100516055445/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794401,00.html">"Theater: Elsa's Gazebo"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>. New York City. 24 May 1948. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794401,00.html">the original</a> on 16 May 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=Theater%3A+Elsa%27s+Gazebo&rft.date=1948-05-24&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C794401%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110131123905/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,813718,00.html">"Music: New Pitch in the Persian Room"</a>, time.com, 6 November 1950.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p21762">Elsa Lanchester</a> at <a href="/wiki/AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fan-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fan_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Favell, Jack. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130630100935/http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=133073">"A Fan Tribute to Elsa Lanchester"</a>, Turner Classic Movies; retrieved 19 May 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-look-listen/148842466/">"Look & Listen"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Times-Dispatch" title="Richmond Times-Dispatch">Richmond Times-Dispatch</a></i>. 6 August 1961. p. 72<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 June</span> 2024</span> – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Richmond+Times-Dispatch&rft.atitle=Look+%26+Listen&rft.pages=72&rft.date=1961-08-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Farticle%2Frichmond-times-dispatch-look-listen%2F148842466%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHouseman1983" class="citation web cs1">Houseman, John (17 April 1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E3DF1638F934A25757C0A965948260">"The Bride of Frankenstein'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 August</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=The+Bride+of+Frankenstein%27&rft.date=1983-04-17&rft.aulast=Houseman&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Ffullpage.html%3Fres%3D9D05E3DF1638F934A25757C0A965948260&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lanchester 1983 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (May 2013)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHigham1976">Higham 1976</a>, p. 27</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elsa Lanchester, <i>Charles Laughton and I</i>, (Harcourt, Brace, 1938)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Motion Picture and Television Magazine</i>, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeil1986" class="citation web cs1">Weil, Martin (27 December 1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/12/27/actress-elsa-lanchester-dies/587cd3ff-dd6d-43e7-b4a9-3e9ee7d9345d/">"Actress Elsa Lanchester Dies"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Actress+Elsa+Lanchester+Dies&rft.date=1986-12-27&rft.aulast=Weil&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Flocal%2F1986%2F12%2F27%2Factress-elsa-lanchester-dies%2F587cd3ff-dd6d-43e7-b4a9-3e9ee7d9345d%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMank1999">Mank 1999</a>, p. 315</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMank1999">Mank 1999</a>, p. 316</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCallow1987" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Callow" title="Simon Callow">Callow, Simon</a> (1987). <i>Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor</i>. Mt Prospect, Illinois: Fromm International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-31224-377-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-31224-377-7"><bdi>978-0-31224-377-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Charles+Laughton%3A+A+Difficult+Actor&rft.place=Mt+Prospect%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=Fromm+International&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-31224-377-7&rft.aulast=Callow&rft.aufirst=Simon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHigham1976" class="citation book cs1">Higham, Charles (1976). <i>Charles Laughton: An Intimate Biography</i>. New York: Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-38509-403-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-38509-403-0"><bdi>978-0-38509-403-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Charles+Laughton%3A+An+Intimate+Biography&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=978-0-38509-403-0&rft.aulast=Higham&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJewellHarbin1982" class="citation book cs1">Jewell, Richard; Harbin, Vernon (1982). <i>The RKO Story</i>. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-70641-285-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-70641-285-7"><bdi>978-0-70641-285-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+RKO+Story&rft.place=New+Rochelle%2C+New+York&rft.pub=Arlington+House&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-70641-285-7&rft.aulast=Jewell&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft.au=Harbin%2C+Vernon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLanchester1938" class="citation book cs1">Lanchester, Elsa (1938). <i>Charles Laughton and I</i>. San Diego, California: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-15-164019-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-15-164019-X"><bdi>0-15-164019-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Charles+Laughton+and+I&rft.place=San+Diego%2C+California&rft.pub=Harcourt%2C+Brace+Jovanovich&rft.date=1938&rft.isbn=0-15-164019-X&rft.aulast=Lanchester&rft.aufirst=Elsa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLanchester1984" class="citation book cs1">—— (1984). <i>Elsa Lanchester Herself</i>. New York: St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-31224-377-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-31224-377-7"><bdi>978-0-31224-377-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Elsa+Lanchester+Herself&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-31224-377-7&rft.aulast=Lanchester&rft.aufirst=Elsa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaltin1994" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Maltin, Leonard (1994). "Elsa Lanchester". <i>Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia</i>. New York: Dutton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-525-93635-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-525-93635-1"><bdi>0-525-93635-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Elsa+Lanchester&rft.btitle=Leonard+Maltin%27s+Movie+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Dutton&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-525-93635-1&rft.aulast=Maltin&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMank1999" class="citation book cs1">Mank, Gregory William (1999). <i>Women in Horror Films, 1930s</i>. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-78640-553-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-78640-553-4"><bdi>978-0-78640-553-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Women+in+Horror+Films%2C+1930s&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-78640-553-4&rft.aulast=Mank&rft.aufirst=Gregory+William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinger1952" class="citation book cs1">Singer, Kurt (1952). <i>The Charles Laughton Story</i>. London: R. Hale.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Charles+Laughton+Story&rft.place=London&rft.pub=R.+Hale&rft.date=1952&rft.aulast=Singer&rft.aufirst=Kurt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinger1954" class="citation book cs1">—— (1954). <i>The Laughton story; An Intimate Story of Charles Laughton</i>. Philadelphia: Winston.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Laughton+story%3B+An+Intimate+Story+of+Charles+Laughton&rft.place=Philadelphia&rft.pub=Winston&rft.date=1954&rft.aulast=Singer&rft.aufirst=Kurt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlistair2018" class="citation book cs1">Alistair, Rupert (2018). "Elsa Lanchester". <i>The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age</i> (softcover) (First ed.). Great Britain: Independently published. pp. 140–145. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-7200-3837-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-7200-3837-5"><bdi>978-1-7200-3837-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Elsa+Lanchester&rft.btitle=The+Name+Below+the+Title+%3A+65+Classic+Movie+Character+Actors+from+Hollywood%27s+Golden+Age&rft.place=Great+Britain&rft.pages=140-145&rft.edition=First&rft.pub=Independently+published&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-1-7200-3837-5&rft.aulast=Alistair&rft.aufirst=Rupert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElsa+Lanchester" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsa_Lanchester&action=edit&section=11" 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