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Elsa Lanchester war eine britisch-US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, die vor allem durch ihre Rolle als Frankensteins Braut bekannt wurde. Sie spielte mit ihrem Mann Charles Laughton in zwölf Filmen zusammen und wurde für ihre Darstellung in Zeugin der Anklage ausgezeichnet.
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. [1] Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the First World War began performing in theatre and cabaret
Elsa Lanchester. Actress: Witness for the Prosecution. Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born into an unconventional a family at the turn of the 20th century. Her parents, James "Shamus" Sullivan and Edith "Biddy" Lanchester, were socialists - very active members of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in a rather broad sense - and did not believe ...
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31. Okt. 2018 · Elsa Lanchester, best known for playing The Bride in The Bride of Frankenstein, was a singer, actor, and activist who defied heteronormativity. Her autobiography reveals her unconventional family, marriage, and career, as well as her friendship with Isadora Duncan and her songs by Forman Brown.
- The Parent-Rebels
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Painful Art
- Painful Art II
- Feminist by Accident
- Creative Entrepreneur
- A Dream Unfulfilled
- Royally Displeased
- Meeting Laughton
- Rookie Mistake
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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born to Edith (Biddy) Lanchester and James (Shamus) Sullivan in Lewisham, London in 1902. She was the second of two kids, as her brother—Waldo Sullivan Lanchester—was five years older than her. Edith and James were socialists with a bohemian approach to life. They refused to get married because they did not feel the nee...
Lanchester's most famous role is, of course, her portrayal of the Bride of Frankenstein. But few people realize that she actually played two roles in the movie, one as the narrator and writer of the novel, Mary Shelley, and the other as the monster’s bride. She felt the most memorable scene she had done in the movie was when she had to scream and f...
It isn’t easy being an actor. Especially back in the day when there weren’t as many beauty products and procedures as there are now, or any camera effects. For instance, Lanchester, who was 5’4” had to wear stilts to play the 7 feet tall “bride.” The bandages on her legs were wrapped around so tightly that she was unable to move and had to be carri...
And the pain didn’t just stop there. Lanchester also had to be fed through a straw. Even worse, her hair was wrapped around a wire mesh cage for her iconic updo and her eyes had to be kept “taped” open for longer scenes. Flickr
Lanchester probably did not view herself as a feminist, but that is how she comes across in her autobiography, according to researcher Tom Blunt. He felt that her life story contained a captivating nugget of “feminist and LGBTQ history.” In Lanchester's own lifetime, no one appreciated or perhaps even noticed these scandalous dimensions of her pers...
After the war was over, Lanchester first opened a children’s theater, and then a nightclub in London which she named “Cave of Harmony.” Many modern plays and cabarets were performed here, and Lanchester revived old tunes and ballads. The Cave of Harmony became a go-to place for many intellectuals and artists, such as H.G. Wells, James Whales, and A...
Lanchester’s childhood dream had been to “dazzle lovers of the classical dance with graceful movements ‘in a mist of gauze or chiffon.’” Sadly, this didn’t work out as planned. Even in her club, she began to focus more on singing. This wouldn't be the first time that Else learned that some things just don’t happen the way you want them to. Getty Im...
After years of cutting her teeth in nightclubs, Lanchester finally got her big break. She was asked to do a comic speciality number in the Midnight Follies at the London Metropole. Just when she thought she'd made it, disaster struck.A member of the royal family did not approve of a song she was singing, titled “Please Sell No More Drink to my Fath...
The cabaret and nightclub appearances helped Lanchester get some more serious work on stage. She booked a role in a play called Mr. Prohackin 1927. Little did she know, this job would change Lanchester's life forever. While rehearsing the play, Lanchester met fellow actor Charles Laughton. Two years later, the pair were married. Getty Images
Unfortunately, despite all Lanchester's popular songs, the Cave of Harmony never made much of a profit for one key reason. Lanchester never managed to get her establishment a liquor license. PxHere
Learn about the life and career of Elsa Lanchester, the British-American actor who played the iconic role of the Bride of Frankenstein. Discover her radical roots, her marriage to Charles Laughton, her creative ventures, and more.
Elsa Lanchester was a British actress and former dancer who starred in theatre, film and television. She is best known for her roles as the bride in Bride of Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, and the monster's mate in The Monster's Mate.
27. Dez. 1986 · Elsa Lanchester, the stage and screen actress perhaps best known for eccentric and comic roles such as the monster's wife in ''The Bride of Frankenstein,'' died of pneumonia...
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