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    Elsa Lanchester

    British-American actress

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  1. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. [1] 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 ...

  2. Elsa Lanchester. Actress: Witness for the Prosecution. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born into an unconventional a family at the turn of the 20th century. Her parents, James "Shamus" Sullivan and Edith "Biddy" Lanchester, were socialists - very active members of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in a rather broad sense - and did not believe in the institution of marriage and being tied to ...

    • Actress, Soundtrack
    • December 26, 1986
    • October 28, 1902
  3. Oct 31, 2018 · Elsa Lanchester Was Born to Defy Heteronormativity. The reissue of autobiography Elsa Lanchester, Herself, brings forth an engaging woman who helped to queer Hollywood well beyond her role in The ...

  4. Elsa Lanchester was an English actress, singer, and dancer who was best known for her roles in the films Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957). She was born on 28 October 1902 in Lewisham, London, England, to Charles Sullivan and Edith Lanchester.

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    • Elsa Sullivan Lanchester
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    • The Parent-Rebels. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born to Edith (Biddy) Lanchester and James (Shamus) Sullivan in Lewisham, London in 1902. She was the second of two kids, as her brother—Waldo Sullivan Lanchester—was five years older than her.
    • Bride of Frankenstein. Lanchester's most famous role is, of course, her portrayal of the Bride of Frankenstein. But few people realize that she actually played two roles in the movie, one as the narrator and writer of the novel, Mary Shelley, and the other as the monster’s bride.
    • Painful Art. It isn’t easy being an actor. Especially back in the day when there weren’t as many beauty products and procedures as there are now, or any camera effects.
    • Painful Art II. And the pain didn’t just stop there. Lanchester also had to be fed through a straw. Even worse, her hair was wrapped around a wire mesh cage for her iconic updo and her eyes had to be kept “taped” open for longer scenes.
  5. Childhood & Early Life. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born on 28th October 1902 in Lewisham, London. Her parents were James Sullivan and Edith Lanchester. She also had an older brother named Waldo Sullivan Lanchester who became a puppeteer. From an early age, she aspired to become a classical dancer.

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  7. Dec 27, 1986 · Elsa Lanchester, the stage and screen actress perhaps best known for eccentric and comic roles such as the monster's wife in ''The Bride of Frankenstein,'' died of pneumonia today at the Motion ...

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