Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28. oktobar 1902 – 26. decembar 1986) bila je engleska glumica poznata po dugoj i uspješnoj filmskoj i televizijskoj karijeri u SAD, kao i plodnoj suradnji sa suprugom Charlesom Laughtonom.

Elsa Lanchester
glumica
na promotivnoj fotografiji za film Naughty Marietta (1935)
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (1902-10-28)28. 10. 1902. Lewisham, London, Engleska, UK
Smrt	26. 12. 1986. (dob: 84) Woodland Hills, SAD
Supružnik	Charles Laughton (1929–62; njegova smrt)
Profesionalne informacije
Zanimanje	glumica
Opus
Djelatni period	1925–80

Odrasla je u boemskoj porodici, a kao djevojčica nakratko studirala balet u Parizu kod Isadore Duncan. Nakon toga je nastupala u kazalištu i vodviljima, prije nego što je 1927. i upoznala glumca Charlesa Laughtona, za koga se udala dvije godine kasnije. Njih dvoje će nakon toga često nastupati zajedno, uključujući film The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933. godine, gdje je tumačila lik Ane Klevske. Kada se Laughton preselio u Hollywood, sa sobom je doveo Elsu i pomogao joj da dobije naslovnu ulogu u filmu Frankensteinova nevjesta 1935. godine. Sa svojim mužem je zajedno nastupila i u filmu Svjedok optužbe kada su oboje dobili nominacije za Oscar.

Godine 1983. je objavila autobiografsku knjigu u kojoj je tvrdila da joj je muž priznao svoju homoseksualnost, nakon čega je odlučila da ostane živjeti s njim, ali bez djece.

Filmografija

The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama (1925) One of the Best (1927) The Constant Nymph (1928) Bluebottles (1928) The Tonic (1928) Daydreams (1928) Mr Smith Wakes Up (1929) Comets (1930) Ashes (1930) The Love Habit (1931) The Stronger Sex (1931) Potiphar's Wife (1931) The Officer's Mess (1931) The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) The Private Life of Don Juan (1934: uncredited) David Copperfield (1935) Naughty Marietta (1935) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) The Ghost Goes West (1935) Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1936: unreleased) Rembrandt (1936) Vessel of Wrath (1938: also titled The Beachcomber) Ladies in Retirement (1941) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) Tales of Manhattan (1942) Forever and a Day (1943) Thumbs Up (1943) Lassie Come Home (1943) Passport to Destiny (1944: also titled Passport to Adventure) The Spiral Staircase (1946) The Razor's Edge (1946) Northwest Outpost (1947: also titled End of the Rainbow)

The Bishop's Wife (1947) The Big Clock (1948) Come to the Stable (1949) The Secret Garden (1949) The Inspector General (1949) Buccaneer's Girl (1949) Mystery Street (1950) Girl of the Year (1950: also titled The Petty Girl) Frenchie (1950) Dreamboat (1952) Les Misérables (1952) Androcles and the Lion (1952) The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953) 3 Ring Circus (1954) Hell's Half Acre (1954) The Glass Slipper (1955) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Honeymoon Hotel (1964) Mary Poppins (1964) Pajama Party (1964) That Darn Cat! (1965) - Mrs. MacDougall The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV) (1965) Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) Rascal (1969) Me, Natalie (1969) My Dog, the Thief (TV) (1969) Willard (1971) Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) Arnold (1974) Murder by Death (1976) Die Laughing (1980)

Literatura

• Lanchester, Elsa Charles Laughton and I (1938)
• Lanchester, Elsa Elsa Lanchester Herself (1983)
• Singer, Kurt The Charles Laughton Story (1954)
• Higham, Charles Charles Laughton: An Intimate Biography (1976)
• Callow, Simon Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor (1987)

Vanjske veze

• Official Elsa website
• Elsa Lanchester na sajtu IMDb
• Elsa Lanchester na Filmskoj bazi podataka TCM (en)
• Elsa Lanchester na Internet Broadway Database (en)
• Elsa Lanchester na Screenonlineu Britanskog filmskog instituta
• Cult Sirens: Elsa Lanchester
• Obituary
• Elsa Lanchester na Find a Grave
• Elsa Lanchester at Virtual History

Elsa Lanchester na Wikimedijinoj ostavi