Elsa Lanchester
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 any ...
Career stats
76Films
881Posters
88Years active
1935Peak year
Eras & genres
Eras
Genres
Selected work
84 posters
Bride of Frankenstein · 1935
Mary Poppins · 1965
Witness for the Prosecution · 1958
Murder by Death · 1976
Easy Come, Easy Go · 1967
The Bishop's Wife · 1948
Bell Book and Candle · 1958
The Big Clock · 1948
The Private Life of Henry VIII. · 1933
Mystery Street · 1950
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger · 1935
The Spiral Staircase · 1946
Frequent collaborators
30 repeat partners
Roddy McDowall
Actor · 20 films together
Vincent Price
Actor · 18 films together
Leslie Nielsen
Actor · 17 films together
Ricardo Montalban
Actor · 17 films together
Eddie Albert
Actor · 16 films together
Charlton Heston
Actor · 15 films together
Jesse White
Actor · 15 films together
John Carradine
Actor · 15 films together