Elsa's older brother, Waldo Sullivan Lanchester, born five years earlier, was a puppeteer, with his own marionette company based in Malvern, Worcestershire and later in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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They were both socialists, according to Lanchester's 1970 interview with Dick Cavett. Her parents, James "Shamus" Sullivan (1872–1945) and Edith "Biddy" Lanchester (1871–1966), were considered Bohemian, and refused to legalise their union in any conventional way to satisfy the era's conservative society. The horror film Willard (1971) was highly successful, and one of her last roles was in Murder by Death (1976).Įlsa Sullivan Lanchester was born in Lewisham, London. Following Laughton's death in 1962, Lanchester resumed her career with appearances in such Disney films as Mary Poppins (1964), That Darn Cat! (1965) and Blackbeard's Ghost (1968).
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She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come to the Stable (1949) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957), the last of twelve films in which she appeared with Laughton. She played supporting roles through the 1940s and 1950s. Her role as the title character in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) brought her recognition. Her success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles. 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). She met the actor Charles Laughton in 1927, and they were married two years later. 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.
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Colin Clive, Lanchester, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Įlsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.