Elsa Lanchester (1902 - 1986) إلسا لانشيستر
Biography
British actress bornOctober 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England, UK as Elsa Sullivan Lanchester. She received the Golden Globe Award in 1958 for the movie Witness for the Prosecution (1957). She married actor Charles Laughton (1929-1962) and remained with him until his death....Read more Among her most important works: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Mary Poppins (1964). She had a great desire to become a classical dancer, so her mother made her study dance in Paris under Isadora Duncan at the age of ten and sent her to a boarding school in England to learn dance and music lessons. After her graduation, she worked as a dance teacher. She founded the Children’s Theater in Soho, London and a nightclub in which she performed singing and some one-act plays. In 1925, she began working in British cinema, and in 1932, she signed a contract with MGM to move to Hollywood to work in American cinema. She presented the best horror films at that time, such as The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and sang on Broadway. In the forties, she returned to London to work on its theaters, concert halls, and films. She died on December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (bronchial pneumonia).
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- Nationality:
- UK
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- Date of Birth:
- 28 October 1902
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- Died on:
- 26 December 1986
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- Mary Poppins
- 1964 - Movie
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- Bell Book and Candle
- 1958 - Movie
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- Witness for the Prosecution
- 1957 - Movie
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- The Glass Slipper
- 1955 - Movie
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- 1952 - Movie
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- 1950 - Movie
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- 1947 - Movie
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- 1943 - Movie
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- The Bride of Frankenstein
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British actress bornOctober 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England, UK as Elsa Sullivan Lanchester. She received the Golden Globe Award in 1958 for the movie Witness for the...Read more Prosecution (1957). She married actor Charles Laughton (1929-1962) and remained with him until his death. Among her most important works: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Mary Poppins (1964). She had a great desire to become a classical dancer, so her mother made her study dance in Paris under Isadora Duncan at the age of ten and sent her to a boarding school in England to learn dance and music lessons. After her graduation, she worked as a dance teacher. She founded the Children’s Theater in Soho, London and a nightclub in which she performed singing and some one-act plays. In 1925, she began working in British cinema, and in 1932, she signed a contract with MGM to move to Hollywood to work in American cinema. She presented the best horror films at that time, such as The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and sang on Broadway. In the forties, she returned to London to work on its theaters, concert halls, and films. She died on December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (bronchial pneumonia).
- Nationality:
- UK
- Date of Birth:
- 28 October 1902
- Died on:
- 26 December 1986
