Question: what the name of the bride of frankenstein

title: Bride of Frankenstein
text: Colin Clive and Boris Karloff reprised their roles from Frankenstein as creator and creation , respectively . Hobson recalled Clive 's alcoholism had worsened since filming the original , but Whale did not recast the role because his `` hysterical quality '' was necessary for the film . Karloff strongly objected to the decision to allow the Monster to speak . `` Speech ! Stupid ! My argument was that if the monster had any impact or charm , it was because he was inarticulate -- this great , lumbering , inarticulate creature . The moment he spoke you might as well ... play it straight . '' This decision also meant that Karloff could not remove his dental plate , so now his cheeks did not have the sunken look of the original film . Whale and the studio psychiatrist selected 44 simple words for the Monster 's vocabulary by looking at test papers of ten - year - olds working at the studio . Dwight Frye returned to play the doctor 's assistant , Karl , having played the hunchback Fritz in the original . Frye also filmed a scene as an unnamed villager and the role of `` Nephew Glutz '' , a man who murdered his uncle and blamed the death on the Monster . Boris Karloff is credited simply as KARLOFF , which was Universal 's custom during the height of his career . Elsa Lanchester is credited for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , but in a nod to the earlier film , the Monster 's bride is credited only as `` ? '' just as Boris Karloff had been in the opening credits of Frankenstein . Elsa