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Acting

Elsa Lanchester

Career: Active from 1924 to 1980, busiest in 1950 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: The Big Clock
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Elsa Lanchester Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.8, average 5.4
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8
Psychological
4.5, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Period Piece 4
Family-Friendly 3
Gothic Horror 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Historical Drama 3
Charming 3
Character Study 2
Film Noir 2
Heartwarming Story 2
Romantic Fantasy 2
Nostalgic 2
Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles · average score 73

Universal Horror

73

as (archive footage)

Commercial Entertainment Product

as The Monster's Bride

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

1980s

2 titles · average score 47

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Die Laughing

47

as Sophie

1970s

6 titles · average score 62

Murder by Death

66

as Jessica Marbles

Terror in the Wax Museum

42

as Julia Hawthorn

Arnold

57

as Hester

Willard

51

as Henrietta Stiles

Night Gallery

85

TV show

Nanny and the Professor

69

TV show · as Aunt Henrietta

1960s

21 titles · average score 64

My Dog, the Thief

60

as Mrs. Formby

Me, Natalie

64

as Miss Dennison

Rascal

55

as Mrs. Satterfield

Blackbeard's Ghost

75

as Emily Stowecroft

Here's Lucy

68

TV show · as Mumsie Westcott

Mannix

71

TV show · as Edna Barrington / Portia Penhaven

The John Forsythe Show

TV show · as Margaret Culver

That Darn Cat!

77

as Mrs. MacDougall

Pajama Party

40

as Aunt Wendy

Mary Poppins

85

as Katie Nanna

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

87

TV show · as Dr. Agnes Dabree

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Aggie McGregor

1950s

27 titles · average score 67

Bell, Book and Candle

74

as Aunt Queenie Holroyd

Witness for the Prosecution

87

as Miss Plimsoll

The Glass Slipper

63

as Widow Sonder

Hell's Half Acre

47

as Lida O'Reilly

3 Ring Circus

53

as The Bearded Lady

Androcles and the Lion

47

as Megaera

Les Miserables

55

as Madame Magloire

I Love Lucy

85

TV show · as Edna Grundy

Buccaneer's Girl

61

as Madame Brizar

The Petty Girl

51

as Dr. Crutcher

Mystery Street

70

as Mrs. Smerrling

Frenchie

71

as Countess

1940s

16 titles · average score 72

The Inspector General

80

as Maria

The Secret Garden

74

as Martha

Come to the Stable

71

as Amelia Potts

The Big Clock

88

as Louise Patterson

Studio One

65

TV show · as Jenny Pratt

The Bishop's Wife

76

as Matilda

The Spiral Staircase

79

as Mrs. Oates

Passport to Destiny

58

as Ella Muggins

Lassie Come Home

78

as Mrs. Helen Carraclough

Thumbs Up

as Emily "Emmy" Ffinch

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

67

as Bristol Isabel

Ladies in Retirement

70

as Emily Creed

1930s

12 titles · average score 75

Vessel of Wrath

67

as Martha Jones

Rembrandt

69

as Hendrickje Stoffels

Bride of Frankenstein

88

as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

Naughty Marietta

60

as Madame d'Annard

The Ghost Goes West

80

as Miss Shepperton

David Copperfield

83

as Clickett

The Private Life of Henry VIII

81

as Anne of Cleves

The Stronger Sex

as Thompson

The Officers' Mess

as Cora Melville

Potiphar's Wife

as Thérèse

The Love Habit

as Matilde

as Girl

1920s

7 titles

Mr. Smith Wakes Up

as Their Daughter

Blue Bottles

as Elsa

The Tonic

as Elsa

Daydreams

as Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence

The Constant Nymph

as Lady

One of the Best

as Kitty

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama

as Beatrice de Carolle