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  Encyclopedia: Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in "The Bride of Frankenstein"
Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902in London, Great Britain– É«December 26, 1986in Woodland Hills, CA), was a British-born American character actress, perhaps best-known as the long-suffering wife of Charles Laughton.
Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902–December 26, 1986), was a British-born American character actress, perhaps best-known as the long-suffering wife of Charles Laughton.
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 Elsa Lanchester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902-December 26, 1986), was a British-born American character actress (A female actor), perhaps best-known as the long-suffering wife of Charles Laughton (United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962)).
Lanchester married Laughton in 1929, and one of her first screen appearances was opposite him in The Private Life of Henry VIII (additional info and facts about The Private Life of Henry VIII) (as a highly comical Anne of Cleves (additional info and facts about Anne of Cleves)).
She continued to appear with her husband, for example in Rembrandt (Influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)) (1936), but never made a name as a female lead, mainly due to her lack of conventional beauty.
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 Elsa Lanchester
Throughout her life, Elsa was known as a dedicated non-conformist, largely due to her highly unconventional upbringing by her eccentric parents.
Elsa made her American film debut with her husband in The Private Life of Henry VIII, playing Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, following this with an uncredited part in The Private Life of Don Juan.
Elsa Lanchester's last film appearance was in Die Laughing in 1980, with Robbie Benson and Bud Cort.
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Lanchester comes out wearing a long cream taffeta gown decorated with lace that was "worked with small mauve ribbon baskets filled with midget pink roses." Her visage, too, is unique, with slightly popped eyes, snub nose, cleft chin and dramatic mane of curly auburn hair.
Elsa recalls that Laughton was furious that she and Henderson would change the show from a threesome, ranting and actually "forbidding" her to perform a show that did not meet his original specifications.
Lanchester's performances on record have lighthearted energy, with natural comedic timing, and the whole thing has an authentic feel of an intimate evening in a private social club--one both shuttered and smoke-filled, where all the drinks are top-shelf and the dress is formal and well-tailored.
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 Cult Sirens: Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester was born to an eccentric family on October 28, 1902, in England.
At 11 years of age, Elsa was enrolled at Isadora Duncan's School of Dance, in Paris.
Her last horror roles were both in 1973: in ARNOLD, with a script tainted in dark humor, with Stella Stevens, and in TERROR IN THE WAX MUSEUM, reuniting many former Hollywood stars such as Ray Milland, Maurice Evans, John Carradine, Louis Hayward and Broderick Crawford.
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 Elsa Lanchester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986), wasa British-born American character actress, perhaps best-known as the long-sufferingwife of Charles Laughton.
Lanchester married Laughton in 1929, and one of her first screen appearances wasopposite him in The Private Life ofHenry VIII (as a highly comical Anne of Cleves).
Following Laughton's death in 1962, Lanchester continued to act, making occasional filmappearances such as the departing nanny in the opening scenes of MaryPoppins, and a sleuth in the 1976 Agatha Christie spoof, Murder byDeath.
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 Elsa Lanchester's portrait   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elsa Lanchester (1902 to 1986) was a very successful character actress, having appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1970s.
She was very slim in her earlier years, but her distinctive facial attributes seemed to go better with her later full-figured roundedness.
She wore some impressive gowns by Travilla, but sadly, she was not the main romantic interest in the film (there's no accounting for taste!).
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 Biography for Elsa Lanchester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Her supporting roles in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933, as Anne of Cleves) and The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) brought Lanchester to the attention of director James Whale, who cast her in Bride and launched her Hollywood career.
She was Oscarnominated for her performances in Come to the Stable (1949, as a dotty artist) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957, as Laughton's exasperated nurse).
Lanchester infused many of her screen characterizations with an almost childlike playfulness.
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 FGA - Elisa Lanchester
Miss Lanchester herself said that she and her husband were never a team, although they appeared together in 10 major plays as well as 11 films in England and the United States.
Be that as it may, the union of Edith and James was long lasting, producing two children, Waldo Sullivan Lanchester, born in 1897, and Elsa Sullivan Lanchester, born October 28, 1902, in the London suburb of Lewisham.
She was selected to be a part of a childrenâs group living for the summer in Paris and studying, with all expenses paid.
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 It probably happened that Elsa Lanchester has made an interesting trip in Urunga . Elsa Lanchester ponder Urunga to be ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It probably happened that Elsa Lanchester has made an interesting trip in Urunga.
Elsa Lanchester ponder Urunga to be a magical place.
If you ever saw Elsa Lanchester playing, you have seen the beauty and power of human spirit.We think that it is proper to bring an homage to Elsa Lanchester.
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 Elsa Lanchester - MovieActors.com
Elsa Lanchester was born on October 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England.
Elsa Lanchester passed away on December 26, 1986 from bronchial pneumonia.
Lanchester had two Oscar nominations for her performances in COME TO THE STABLE (1949) and WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957).
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 Elsa Lanchester Biography, Discography, Filmography, Videos,
Born October 28, 1902 - 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; The Bride of Frankenstein (1934), where she appears...
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 Elsa Lanchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a child she studied dance under Isadora Duncan and later taught dancing herself to neighborhood children.
He also told her that the reason he and his wife never had children was because of a botched abortion she had early in her career while performing burlesque.
This page was last modified 01:18, 27 December 2005.
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 PCL LinkDump: Elsa Lanchester
She was most famous for her role as the female monster in James Whale's "Bride of Frankenstein" and her marriage to Charles Laughton who pops up between tracks on this record to make pertinant remarks and join in on the chorus of the old music hall song "She Was Poor, But She Was Honest"."
Learn more about Elsa's acting skills here (learn more about her recordings here) and do please enjoy 2 songs from 'Songs From A Shuttered Parlor' at Boot Sale Sounds.
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 Elsa Lanchester Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ MatronOfTheArts.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elsa Lanchester Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ MatronOfTheArts.com
Following Laughton's death in 1962, Lanchester continued to act, making occasional film appearances such as the departing nanny, Katie Nanna, in the opening scenes of Mary Poppins, and a sleuth based on 'Jane Marple' in the 1976 murder mystery spoof, Murder by Death.
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 AOL Music: Elsa Lanchester : MAIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elsa Lanchester - Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites.
Believe it or not, without Elsa Lanchester, there probably would not be...
Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in "The Bride of Frankenstein" ·; Enlarge.
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 Elsa Lanchester page in Classic Horror Players Directory
Elsa's husband Charles Laughton won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the title role, with a fine supporting cast including Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander, John Loder, Claud Allister, Merle Oberon and Wendy Barrie.
Elsa in in great company with the brilliant cast, including Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Dwight Frye, O. Heggie and Una O'Connor.
As "Elsa Smith" in her husbands touching musical segment of the all-star episodic comedy-drama about successive owners of a custom-made tailcoat, Tales of Manhattan (1942), directed by Julien Duvivier.
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 Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: Elsa Lanchester
Laughton's death in 1962 didn't slow Lanchester down, and though opportunities for aging actresses are always limited, she was effective as the frustrated predecessor to Mary Poppins, as a sinister doctor working for THRUSH in an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and as a vengeful ghost in an episode of Night Gallery.
In 1971, the producers of Nanny and the Professor, undoubtedly recalling how Moorhead had long enlivened another sitcom fantasy, Bewitched, hired Lanchester to perform similar duties in a recurring role as their Poppins-clone's Aunt Henrietta, though she was understandable unable to rescue that program from well-deserved oblivion.
Her last memorable performance came in Willard as the mother of the troubled boy trafficking with homicidal rats — a former monster's bride now a monster's mother, and in her characteristic fashion both accessibly genial and a bit strange.
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 One day, probably it happened that Elsa Lanchester has visited Watson . Elsa Lanchester ponder Watson to be one of the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
One day, probably it happened that Elsa Lanchester has visited Watson.
Elsa Lanchester ponder Watson to be one of the most beautiful places in the world.
You have to know that surrealist thinkers have tried to find a bundle between Elsa Lanchester and Watson.
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 Amazon.ca: Murder by Death [IMPORT]: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elsa Lanchester is great as Jessica Marbles, and Estelle Winwood, in a very small role, gets a few good lines as her senile nurse.
Sometimes I talk so much, I forget ta go." Lanchester: "Pardon my language, but it scared the ca-ca out of me!" Smith: (in response) "You know, Dicky, I like her.
Elsa Lanchester Brennan is a MISS MARPLE like sleuth and Peter Falk makes a fun spin on SAM SPADE with Eileen Brennan at his side.
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Bride would be the duo's first deal since they were Oscar-nominated last week for adapted screenplay for Splendor.
Berman and Pulcini join the project with a mandate to re-imagine the 1935 SF horror movie, originally helmed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester.
Berman and Pulcini are expected to start from scratch and write a character-driven horror film more akin to Rosemary's Baby, the trade paper reported.
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 Elsa Lanchester Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Regis Toomey, Sarah Edwards.
Starring Elvis Presley, Dodie Marshall, Pat Priest, Pat Harrington Jr, Frank McHugh, Elsa Lanchester.
The lure of sunken treasure leads to romance between a Navy frogman and a go-go dancer.
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 DigiGuide : Elsa Lanchester
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 Elsa Lanchester Movies & News
Below is a complete list of all of the Elsa Lanchester movies alphabetically that we have in our database.
This time his girlfriend Tiffany has revived him, once again in the form of the popular "Chucky" doll.
After the Monster (Boris Karloff) is trapped in a windmill...
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 Boris Karloff Elsa Lanchester framed autographs
He explains that he attended Hollywood High School across the street from one of the major studios and use to wait for stars to come out.
Also on a vintage album page is the signature of Elsa Lanchester.
On the reverse is the signature of famous boxer Max Baer dated 1946.
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 Elsa Lanchester Posters from Pop Culture Posters
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 Classic Horror - Elsa Lanchester as The Bride of Frankenstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Classic Horror - Elsa Lanchester as The Bride of Frankenstein
12" figure of Elsa Lanchester as The Bride of Frankenstein!
The figure features over 20 points of articulation, the white flowing gown and wrapped arms, an electrical heart monitor and clear heart containment vessel, and cobblestone display base.
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