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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
