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Elsa Lanchester
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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. Her role as the bride in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), brought her recognition, and came to be one of the roles most closely associated with her throughout her life. Lanchester played supporting roles through the 1940s and 1950s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come to the Stable (1949) and Witness for the Prosecution (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 Disney films as Mary Poppins (1964), That Darn Cat! (1965) and Blackbeard's Ghost (1968). The horror film, Willard, (1971) was highly successful and one of her last roles was in Murder By Death (1976). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elsa Lanchester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Mary Poppins
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Murder by Death
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Witness for the Prosecution
As Miss Plimsoll
Bride of Frankenstein
As Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
The Bishop's Wife
As Matilda
Lassie Come Home
As Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Blackbeard's Ghost
As Emily Stowecroft
Willard
As Henrietta Stiles
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It was Miss Scarlet, in the cinema...
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8 films
When Worlds Collide: The Magic of Live-Action Animation
From Disney's pioneering blend to modern masterpieces, explore films that seamlessly merge reality and animation, celebrating the creative spark when two worlds...
8 films
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Murder by Death
1976 · Jessica Marbles
Willard
1971 · Henrietta Stiles
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Emily Stowecroft
Mary Poppins
1964 · Katie Nanna
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Miss Plimsoll
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · Matilda
Lassie Come Home
1943 · Mrs. Helen Carraclough
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
David Copperfield
1935 · Clickett