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Elsa Lanchester

Highest Rated:
100% The Big Clock (1948)
Lowest Rated:
43% Naughty Marietta (1935)
Birthday:
Oct 28, 1902
Birthplace:
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Bio:
Eccentric, high-voiced British comedienne/actress Elsa Lanchester started her career as a modern dancer, appearing with Isadora Duncan. Lanchester can be seen bringing unique and usually humorous interpretations to roles in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), opposite husband Charles Laughton;…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 43% - 100%
Number of Movies: 45
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
1980 Die Laughing
  • Sophie
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1976 69% Murder by Death
  • Jessica Marbles
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1973 Arnold
  • Hester
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1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
  • Julia
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1971 57% Willard
  • Henrietta Stiles
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1969 Rascal
  • Mrs. Satterfield
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1969 My Dog, the Thief
  • Actor
--
1969 Me, Natalie
  • Miss Dennison
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1968 80% Blackbeard's Ghost
  • Emily
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1967 43% Easy Come, Easy Go
  • Mme. Neherina
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1965 93% That Darn Cat!
  • Mrs. MacDougall
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1964 100% Mary Poppins
  • Katie Nanna
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1964 43% Pajama Party
  • Aunt Wendy
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1958 67% Bell, Book and Candle
  • Queenie
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1957 100% Witness for the Prosecution
  • Miss Plimsoll
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1955 The Glass Slipper
  • Widow Sonder
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1955 James Stewart Mix
  • Actor
--
1954 Hell's Half Acre
  • Lida O'Reilly
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1954 3 Ring Circus (Jerrico, the Wonder Clown)
  • Bearded Lady
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1952 Les Miserables
  • Mme. Magloire
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1952 Dreamboat
  • Dr. Coffey
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1952 Androcles And The Lion
  • Megaera
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1950 Mystery Street (Murder at Harvard)
  • Mrs. Smerrling
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1949 89% The Inspector General
  • Maria
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1949 Come to the Stable
  • Miss Potts
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1949 The Secret Garden
  • Martha
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1948 100% The Big Clock
  • Louise Patterson
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1947 Northwest Outpost
  • Princess "Tanya" Tatiana
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1947 79% The Bishop's Wife
  • Matilda
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1946 92% The Spiral Staircase
  • Mrs. Oates
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1946 83% The Razor's Edge
  • Miss Keith
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1943 88% Lassie Come Home
  • Mrs. Carraclough
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1943 Forever and a Day
  • Mamie
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1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
  • Bristol Isabel
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1942 Tales of Manhattan
  • Elsa Smith
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1941 Ladies in Retirement
  • Emily Creed
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1941 100% Sullivan's Travels
  • Actor
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1938 Vessel of Wrath (The Beachcomber)
  • Martha Jones
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1936 Rembrandt
  • Hendrickje Stoffels
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1936 100% The Bride of Frankenstein
  • Mary Shelley/The Bride
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1935 The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger
  • Clickett
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1935 The Ghost Goes West
  • Lady Shepperton
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1935 43% Naughty Marietta
  • Mme. d'Annard
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1934 The Private Life of Don Juan
  • Maid
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1933 100% The Private Life of Henry VIII
  • Anne of Cleves
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Quotes from Elsa Lanchester's Characters

    1. Mary Shelley/The Bride: It's a perfect night for mystery and horror. The air itself is filled with monsters.
    From The Bride of Frankenstein. Submitted by Richard L (3 months ago)
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