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    Elsa Lanchester

    British-American actress

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  1. 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...

  2. Best remembered for her title role in The Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester will always be the ultimate woman in horror. But as a British turned American actor who worked on stage, film, and television, there is so much more to Lanchester than the Bride.

  3. 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...

  4. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Lanchester, Elsa (1902–1986)British-born actress whose Bride of Frankenstein has become a cult classic. Born on October 28, 1902, in Lewisham, England; died in December 1986; only daughter and one of two children of Edith Lanchester and James Sullivan (a laborer); attended Mr. Kettle's ...

  5. Biography. 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.

  6. About. Read More. Also Known As. Elizabeth Sullivan Lanchester. Birth Place. Lewisham, England, GB. Born. October 28, 1902. Died. December 26, 1986. Cause of Death. Bronchial Pneumonia Following A Stroke. Biography. Read More. Gifted character actress, often in eccentric yet wistful parts, in the US from 1934.

  7. British-born American actress. Learn about this topic in these articles: “Big Clock, The” In The Big Clock. …but pivotal supporting performance by Elsa Lanchester, who was Laughton’s offscreen wife. A 1987 remake of the film, a political Cold War thriller called No Way Out, starred Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. Read More. “Bride of Frankenstein”

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