Elsa Lanchester
Birthday: 28 October 1902, Lewisham, London, England, UK
Birth Name: Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
Height: 163 cm
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 socialist ...Show More
[on playing the title part in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)] The most memorable thing I did in that f Show more
[on playing the title part in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)] The most memorable thing I did in that film, I believe, was my screaming. In almost all my movies since, I've been called upon to scream. I don't know if it's by chance, but I would like to think that I'm not hired for that talent alone". Hide
My parents were always a bit arty. They were "advanced". They supported pacifism, vegetarianism, soc Show more
My parents were always a bit arty. They were "advanced". They supported pacifism, vegetarianism, socialism, atheism and all that. Hide
There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as diffe Show more
There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as different as his fingerprints. Hide
Facts like that make one feel blue-eyed and normal.
Facts like that make one feel blue-eyed and normal.
[on Maggie Smith] She's better on stage, from a distance. On a screen, close up, she makes you want Show more
[on Maggie Smith] She's better on stage, from a distance. On a screen, close up, she makes you want to dive for cover. Hide
Stardom is all hard work, aspirins and purgatives.
Stardom is all hard work, aspirins and purgatives.
It annoys me when mothers drag the poor dears to me and demand the children say something to Franken Show more
It annoys me when mothers drag the poor dears to me and demand the children say something to Frankenstein's bride. Can you imagine an actress being overexposed by a picture she made 40 years ago? Hide
Elsa Lanchester's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (64)
Elsa Lanchester'S roles
Dr. Agnes Dabree
Mary Shelley
Katie Nanna
Nurse Plimsoll
Jessica Marbles