Elsa Lanchester

**Elsa Sullivan Lanchester** (28 oktober 1902 - 26 desimber 1986) wie in Britsk-Amerikaansk karakteraktrise mei in lange karriêre yn it teäter, de film en op telefyzje. 

Sy moete de akteur Charles Laughton yn 1927 en troude twa jier letter mei him. Har rol as de breid yn 'De breid fan Frankenstein' (1936) brocht har wurdearring as aktrise en dy rol bleau de rest fan har libben tige mei har assosjearre.

Nei Laughton's dea yn 1962 begûn Lancaster har filmkarriêre op 'e nij en ferskynde mei súkses yn Walt Disney-films sa as *Mary Poppins* (1964), *That Darn Cat!* (1965) en *Blackbeard's Ghost* (1968). De horrorfilm *[[Willard]]* (1971) wie in tige grut súkses en in wichtige lêste rol hie hja yn *Murder By Death* (1976). 

Elsa Lanchester seit in har biografy *Elsa Lanchester Herself* dat har man homoseksueel wie en dat hja dêrom gjin bern hiene. De mei Charles befreone akrise Maureen O'Hara seit lykwols dat Lancaster yn har jeugd twa abortussen hân hie en dat ien dêrfan in bern fan Charles wie. Charles hat wolris sein dat syn grutste fertriet wie dat er nea heit wurden is.

Lanchester hat in kear oer O'Hara sein, "Sy sjocht derút as ien dêr't bûter net iens yn de mûle rane wol, noch op in oar plak."

## Filmografy

* *[[The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama]]* (1925)
* *[[One of the Best (film)|One of the Best]]* (1927)
* *[[The Constant Nymph (1928 film)|The Constant Nymph]]* (1928)
* *[[Bluebottles (film)|Bluebottles]]* (1928)
* *[[The Tonic]]* (1928)
* *[[Daydreams (film)|Daydreams]]* (1928)
* *[[Mr Smith Wakes Up]]* (1929)
* *[[Comets (1930 film)|Comets]]* (1930)
* *[[Ashes (1930 film)|Ashes]]* (1930)
* *[[The Love Habit]]* (1931)
* *[[The Stronger Sex]]* (1931)
* *[[Potiphar's Wife (1931 film)|Potiphar's Wife]]* (1931)
* *[[The Officers' Mess]]* (1931)
* *[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]* (1933)
* *[[The Private Life of Don Juan]]* (1934)
* *[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]* (1935)
* *[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]* (1935)
* *[[Bride of Frankenstein]]* (1935)
* *[[The Ghost Goes West]]* (1935)
* *[[Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty]]* (1936: net útbrocht)
* *[[Rembrandt (1936 film)|Rembrandt]]* (1936)
* *[[Vessel of Wrath]]* (1938: of *[[The Beachcomber]]*)
* *[[Ladies in Retirement]]* (1941)
* *[[Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake]]* (1942)
* *[[Tales of Manhattan]]* (1942)
* *[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]* (1943)
* *[[Thumbs Up (film)|Thumbs Up]]* (1943)
* *[[Lassie Come Home]]* (1943)
* *[[Passport to Destiny]]* (1944: of *Passport to Adventure*)
* *[[The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)|The Spiral Staircase]]* (1946)
* *[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]* (1946)
* *[[Northwest Outpost]]* (1947: ek mei de titel *[[End of the Rainbow]]*)
* *[[The Bishop's Wife]]* (1947)
* *[[The Big Clock (1948 film)|The Big Clock]]* (1948)
* *[[Come to the Stable]]* (1949)
* *[[The Secret Garden (1949 film)|The Secret Garden]]* (1949)
* *[[The Inspector General (film)|The Inspector General]]* (1949)
* *[[Buccaneer's Girl]]* (1949)
* *[[Mystery Street]]* (1950)
* *[[Girl of the Year]]* (1950: ek mei de titel *[[The Petty Girl]]*)
* *[[Frenchie]]* (1950)
* *[[Dreamboat (film)|Dreamboat]]* (1952)
* *[[Les Misérables (1952 film)|Les Misérables]]* (1952)
* *[[Androcles and the Lion (film)|Androcles and the Lion]]* (1952)
* *[[The Girls of Pleasure Island]]* (1953)
* *[[3 Ring Circus]]* (1954)
* *[[Hell's Half Acre (1954 film)|Hell's Half Acre]]* (1954)
* *[[The Glass Slipper]]* (1955)
* *[[Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]* (1957)
* *[[Bell, Book and Candle]]* (1958)
* *[[Honeymoon Hotel (1964 film)|Honeymoon Hotel]]* (1964)
* *[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]* (1964) - Katie Nanna
* *[[Pajama Party (film)|Pajama Party]]* (1964)
* *[[That Darn Cat! (1965 film)|That Darn Cat!]]* (1965) - Mrs. MacDougall
* *[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]* (TV) (1965)
* *[[Easy Come, Easy Go (1967 film)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]* (1967)
* *[[Blackbeard's Ghost]]* (1968)
* *[[Rascal (film)|Rascal]]* (1969)
* *[[Me, Natalie]]* (1969)
* *[[My Dog, the Thief]]* (tillefyzje) (1969)
* *[[Willard (1971 film)|Willard]]* (1971)
* *[[Here's Lucy]]* episode *[[Lucy Goes to Prison]]* (1972)
* *[[Terror in the Wax Museum]]* (1973)
* *[[Arnold (film)|Arnold]]* (1974)
* *[[Murder by Death]]* (1976)
* *[[Die Laughing (film)|Die Laughing]]* (1980)
* *[[Night Gallery]]* (seizoen 2, ôfl. 15: "Green Fingers")

## Bibliografy
*  - *Charles Laughton and I* (1938)
*  - *Charles Laughton: An Intimate Biography* (1976)
*  - *Elsa Lanchester Herself* (1983) 
*  - *Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor* (1987)

## Keppeling om utens
*Obituary