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Elsa Lanchester
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Actor Born: October 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England, UK Death: December 26, 1986 Biography:Eccentric, high-voiced British comedienne/actress "Elsa Lanchester" started her career as a modern dancer, appearing with Isadora Duncan. Lanchester can be seen bringing unique and usually humorous interpretations to roles in "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933), opposite husband "Charles Laughton"; "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1934), where she appears both as a subdued Mary Shelley and a hissing bride; "David Copperfield" and "Naughty Marietta" (both 1935); "Tales of Manhattan" (1942) and "Forever and a Day" (1943), both with Laughton; "Lassie Come Home" (1943), in which she is unusually subdued as the mother; "The Bishop's Wife" (1947); "The Inspector General" and "The Secret Garden" (1949); and "Come to the Stable" (1949), for which she was nominated for an Oscar. She and Laughton are riotous together in "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957), for which she was also Oscar-nominated, and she also... Full Biography
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