
Actor
Born October 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
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.

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)

The American Nightmare
Self

Universal Horror
(archive footage)

Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers
Self

Commercial Entertainment Product
The Monster's Bride

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Die Laughing
Sophie

Murder by Death
Jessica Marbles

Arnold
Hester

Terror in the Wax Museum
Julia Hawthorn

Willard
Henrietta Stiles

Night Gallery

Nanny and the Professor
Aunt Henrietta

In Name Only
Gertrude Caruso

My Dog, the Thief
Mrs. Formby

Then Came Bronson
Hattie Calter

The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Wochuk

Me, Natalie
Miss Dennison

Rascal
Mrs. Satterfield

Here's Lucy
Mumsie Westcott

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest

Blackbeard's Ghost
Emily Stowecroft

Mannix
Portia Penhaven

Mondo Hollywood

Easy Come, Easy Go
Madame Neherina

That Darn Cat!
Mrs. MacDougall

Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna

Pajama Party
Aunt Wendy

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Agnes Dabree

Honeymoon Hotel
Chambermaid

Burke's Law
Mrs. Ormsby

The Merv Griffin Show
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aggie McGregor

Noah and the Flood
Noah's wife

Ben Casey

Follow the Sun

Startime
Self

Adventures in Paradise
Miss Creshaw

Bell, Book and Candle
Aunt Queenie Holroyd

Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mother Goose

Witness for the Prosecution
Miss Plimsoll

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self

Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Heidi
Fräulein Rottenmeier

The Glass Slipper
Widow Sonder

3 Ring Circus
The Bearded Lady

The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Formby

Hell's Half Acre
Lida O'Reilly

The Girls of Pleasure Island
Thelma

General Electric Theater
Hanna Winters

Androcles and the Lion
Megaera

Omnibus

The Ford Television Theatre
Rosie Bowker

Les Miserables
Madame Magloire

Dreamboat
Mathilda Coffey

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red Queen

I Love Lucy
Edna Grundy

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Betsey Monk, the Widow

Frenchie
Countess

The Petty Girl
Dr. Crutcher

Mystery Street
Mrs. Smerrling

Buccaneer's Girl
Madame Brizar

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Inspector General
Maria

Come to the Stable
Amelia Potts

The Secret Garden
Martha

Studio One
Jenny Pratt

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

The Big Clock
Louise Patterson

The Bishop's Wife
Matilda

Northwest Outpost
Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana

The Razor's Edge
Miss Keith

The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Oates

Passport to Destiny
Ella Muggins

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter

Lassie Come Home
Mrs. Helen Carraclough

Thumbs Up
Emily "Emmy" Ffinch

Forever and a Day
Mamie

Tales of Manhattan
Mrs. Smith

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Bristol Isabel

Ladies in Retirement
Emily Creed

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self

Vessel of Wrath
Martha Jones

Rembrandt
Hendrickje Stoffels

The Ghost Goes West
Miss Shepperton

Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

Naughty Marietta
Madame d'Annard

David Copperfield
Clickett

The Private Life of Henry VIII
Anne of Cleves

Potiphar's Wife
Thérèse

The Stronger Sex
Thompson

The Love Habit
Matilde

Comets
Herself

Blue Bottles
Elsa

Daydreams
Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence

The Tonic
Elsa

The Constant Nymph
Lady

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama
Beatrice de Carolle