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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English actress in theatre, movies, and television. After World War I, she began performing in theatre and nightclubs. She met the actor Charles Laughton in 1927. They were married two years later. She began playing small roles in British movies. The couple moved to ...
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English-American character actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. 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.
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…met his future wife, actress Elsa Lanchester. He went to New York City in 1931, where he repeated his London stage success in Payment Deferred (1932), and was signed by Paramount Pictures the following year. Cast as a raving lunatic in his first American picture, Devil and the Deep (1932),… Read More “Witness for the Prosecution”
Elsa Lanchester, distinguished by an elfin face and a mop of frizzy copper-colored hair, was the daughter of Edith Lanchester and James Sullivan, a pair of radical socialists who refused to marry, thus placing the burden of illegitimacy on their two children.
Dec 27, 1986 · Elsa Lanchester, 84, a versatile British-born character actress who won fame playing quirky prudes and perky eccentrics in a durable career that included more than 50 films, died yesterday in...
Dec 27, 1986 · Actress Elsa Lanchester, a red-haired imp who failed to make it as a danseuse but succeeded in delighting audiences for 60 years with her bawdy cabaret songs and stage and film performances, died...
Elsa Lanchester. (1902-1986), Actress. Sitter in 14 portraits. Taking her mother's name as her stage name, in 1921 Lanchester co-founded the Cave of Harmony in Gower Street, a night club devoted to cabaret and avant-garde plays.
