Elsa Lanchester
Acting
Born October 28, 1902 · Lewisham, London, England, UK
Biography
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (October 28, 1902 – December 26, 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television and former dancer. 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 1927, and they were married two years later. She began playing small roles in British films, including the role of Anne of Cleves with Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Laughton's success in American films resulted in th…
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Robert Montgomery Presents
Mannix
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Dick Cavett Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
I Love Lucy
Studio One
Burke's Law
Night Gallery
The Ed Sullivan Show
Ben Casey
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Here's Lucy
The Ford Television Theatre
Witness for the Prosecution
Omnibus
Adventures in Paradise
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Shirley Temple's Storybook
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mary Poppins
The Wonderful World of Disney
Lux Video Theatre
Startime
Nanny and the Professor
The Bill Cosby Show
Then Came Bronson
Follow the Sun
General Electric Theater
The Ed Wynn Show
Bride of Frankenstein
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The John Forsythe Show
Murder by Death
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Secret Garden
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance