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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was an English actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.
Birth Name
Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
Born
Tuesday, 28 October 1902
Died
Friday, 26 December 1986
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self | 2018 |
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 2014 |
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 2010 |
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 2009 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 2007 |
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Herself (archive footage) | 2007 |
The American Nightmare | Self | 2000 |
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 1999 |
Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self | 2018 |
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 2014 |
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 2010 |
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 2009 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 2007 |
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Herself (archive footage) | 2007 |
The American Nightmare | Self | 2000 |
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 1999 |
Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product | The Monster's Bride / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 1992 |
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 1991 |
Murphy Brown | Self - Opening Credits | 1988 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Moonlighting | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | 1985 |
Terror in the Aisles | The Monster's Mate | 1984 |
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 1983 |
Die Laughing | Sophie | 1980 |
The Paul Ryan Show | Self - Guest | 1977 |
Murder by Death | Jessica Marbles | 1976 |
Arnold | Hester | 1973 |
Terror in the Wax Museum | Julia Hawthorn | 1973 |
Willard | Henrietta Stiles | 1971 |
Nanny and the Professor | Aunt Henrietta | 1970 |
In Name Only | Gertrude Caruso | 1969 |
Night Gallery | Lydia Bowen (segment "Green Fingers") | 1969 |
The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Wochuk | 1969 |
Me, Natalie | Miss Dennison | 1969 |
The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
Rascal | Mrs. Satterfield | 1969 |
Then Came Bronson | Hattie Calter | 1969 |
Here's Lucy | Mumsie Westcott | 1968 |
Blackbeard's Ghost | Emily Stowecroft | 1968 |
It Takes a Thief | Miss Mollie Taylor | 1968 |
Mannix | Edna Barrington, Portia Penhaven | 1967 |
Off to See the Wizard | Widow Sonder | 1967 |
Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! | Self | 1967 |
Easy Come, Easy Go | Madame Neherina | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
That Darn Cat! | Mrs. MacDougall | 1965 |
The John Forsythe Show | Margaret Culver | 1965 |
Mary Poppins | Katie Nanna | 1964 |
Pajama Party | Aunt Wendy | 1964 |
That Regis Philbin Show | Self - Guest | 1964 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Dr. Agnes Dabree | 1964 |
Slattery's People | Louella Woodward | 1964 |
Honeymoon Hotel | Chambermaid | 1964 |
Burke's Law | Bessie Mopes, Mrs. Ormsby | 1963 |
The Eleventh Hour | Mrs. Dalrymple | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Aggie McGregor | 1962 |
The Tonight Show | Self - Guest | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Guest | 1961 |
Ben Casey | Mrs. Miriam Crain | 1961 |
The Dick Powell Theatre | Naomi Griswald | 1961 |
Follow the Sun | Lilli St. John | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Startime | Self | 1959 |
Adventures in Paradise | Miss Creshaw | 1959 |
Bell Book and Candle | Queenie Holroyd / Aunt Queenie Holroyd | 1958 |
Witness for the Prosecution | Miss Plimsoll | 1958 |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | Mother Goose | 1958 |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | Herself | 1957 |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Ida Perkins | 1955 |
The Glass Slipper | Widow Sonder | 1955 |
3 Ring Circus | The Bearded Lady | 1954 |
The Magical World of Disney | Mrs. Satterfield, Mrs. Formby, Emily Stowecroft, Kipp MacDougall | 1954 |
The George Gobel Show | Herself | 1954 |
Shower of Stars | Mrs. Zooker | 1954 |
The Best of Broadway | Mrs. Orcutt | 1954 |
Max Liebman Spectaculars | Fräulein Rottenmeier | 1954 |
Hell's Half Acre | Lida O'Reilly | 1954 |
The Girls of Pleasure Island | Thelma | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Hanna Winters | 1953 |
Androcles and the Lion | Megaera | 1953 |
Omnibus | (segment "Toine") | 1952 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Rosie Bowker | 1952 |
Les Miserables | Madame Magloire | 1952 |
Dreamboat | Dr. Mathilda Coffey / Mathilda Coffey | 1952 |
I Love Lucy | Mrs. Edna Grundy | 1951 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Betsey Monk, the Widow | 1951 |
Frenchie | Countess | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | Emily, Miss Mabel | 1950 |
The Petty Girl | Dr. Crutcher | 1950 |
The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Guest | 1950 |
Mystery Street | Mrs. Smerrling | 1950 |
Buccaneer's Girl | Mme. Brizar / Madame Brizar | 1950 |
The Inspector General | Maria | 1949 |
The Ed Wynn Show | Self - Guest | 1949 |
The Secret Garden | Martha | 1949 |
Come to the Stable | Amelia Potts | 1949 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Herself - Audience Bow, Self - Guest | 1948 |
The Big Clock | Louise Patterson | 1948 |
The Bishop's Wife | Matilda | 1947 |
Northwest Outpost | Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana | 1947 |
The Razor's Edge | Miss Keith | 1946 |
The Spiral Staircase | Mrs. Oates | 1946 |
Passport to Destiny | Ella Muggins | 1944 |
Lassie Come Home | Mrs. Carraclough | 1943 |
Thumbs Up | Emma Finch / Emily "Emmy" Ffinch | 1943 |
Forever and a Day | Mamie | 1943 |
Tales of Manhattan | Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith | 1942 |
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Bristol Isabel | 1942 |
Ladies in Retirement | Emily Creed | 1941 |
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Herself / Self | 1940 |
The Beachcomber | Martha Jones | 1938 |
Rembrandt | Hendrickje Stoffels | 1936 |
The Ghost Goes West | Miss Shepperton | 1935 |
The Bride of Frankenstein | The Monster's Mate / Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Bride | 1935 |
Naughty Marietta | Madame d'Annard | 1935 |
David Copperfield | Clickett | 1935 |
The Private Life of Don Juan | Maid | 1934 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII | Anne of Cleves - The Fourth Wife / Anne of Cleves | 1933 |
Comets | Herself / Self | 1930 |
Mr. Smith Wakes Up | 1929 | |
Blue Bottles | Elsa | 1928 |
Day-Dreams | Heroine in Dream Sequence / Elsa | 1928 |
The Constant Nymph | Lady | 1928 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1958 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1958 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
1950 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |