Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester
Birth name	Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
Born	October 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England
Died	December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA from bronchial pneumonia
Notable Roles	Aunt Henrietta in Nanny and the Professor Margaret Culver in The John Forsythe Show
Notable Episodes
Awards	None for TV Other Awards: 1 Golden Globe (Motion Picture)

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Elsa Lanchester is best known as the title character in the movie Bride of Frankenstein.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The John Forsythe Show	Margaret Culver	1965–1966	1

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Studio One		6x04 - Music and Mrs. Pratt	October 12, 1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Betsey Monk, the Widow	3x17 - The Baker of Barnbury	December 25, 1953
Lux Video Theatre	Emily	5x16 - Ladies in Retirement	December 9, 1954
The Ford Television Theatre	Rosie Bowker	3x26 - Hanrahan	March 31, 1955
The Best of Broadway	Mrs. Orcutt	1x08 - Stage Door	April 6, 1955
Shower of Stars	Mrs. Zooker	2x06 - The Flattering World	March 15, 1956
Lux Video Theatre	Miss Mabel	6x44 - Miss Mabel	July 26, 1956
The 20th Century-Fox Hour	Ida Perkins	2x02 - Stranger in the Night	October 17, 1956
I Love Lucy	Mrs. Edna Grundy	6x06 - Off to Florida	November 12, 1956
Robert Montgomery Presents		8x14 - Miracle at Lensham	December 17, 1956
Shirley Temple's Storybook	Mother Goose	1x16 - Mother Goose	December 21, 1958
Adventures in Paradise	Miss Creshaw	2x02 - The Intruders	October 10, 1960
General Electric Theater	Hanna Winters	10x03 - Cat in the Cradle	October 1, 1961
The Dick Powell Show	Naomi Griswald	1x13 - The Fifth Caller	December 19, 1961
Follow the Sun	Lilli St. John	1x27 - A Ghost in Her Gazebo	March 18, 1962
Burke's Law	Mrs. Ormsby	1x13 - Who Killed Eleanora Davis?	December 20, 1963
The Eleventh Hour	Mrs. Dalrymple	2x23 - A Full Moon Every Night	March 4, 1964
Burke's Law	Bessie Mopes	2x03 - Who Killed Cassandra Cass?	September 30, 1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Aggie McGregor	3x07 - The McGregor Affair	November 23, 1964
Ben Casey	Mrs. Miriam Crain	4x14 - A Boy Is Standing Outside the Door	January 4, 1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Dr. Dabree	1x23 - The Brain-Killer Affair	March 8, 1965
Slattery's People	Louella Woodward	1x26 - Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?	April 16, 1965
The Wonderful World of Disney	Mrs. Formby	16x02 - My Dog, the Thief (1)	September 21, 1969
The Wonderful World of Disney	Mrs. Formby	16x03 - My Dog, the Thief (2)	September 28, 1969
Then Came Bronson	Hattie Calter	1x04 - The Circle of Time	October 8, 1969
It Takes a Thief	Mollie	3x12 - The Old Who Came in from the Spy	December 11, 1969
The Bill Cosby Show	Mrs. Wochuk	1x15 - The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here Anymore	January 11, 1970
The Bill Cosby Show	Mrs. Wochuk	2x23 - Power of the Trees	February 28, 1971
Nanny and the Professor	Aunt Henrietta	3x05 - Aunt Henrietta's Premonition	October 11, 1971
Nanny and the Professor	Aunt Henrietta	3x10 - Aunt Henrietta and the Poltergeist	October 25, 1971
Nanny and the Professor	Aunt Henrietta	3x07 - Aunt Henrietta and the Jinx	November 15, 1971
Night Gallery	Lydia Bowen	2x15a - Green Fingers	January 5, 1972
Mannix	Edna Barrington	5x24 - Death Is the Fifth Gear	March 8, 1972
Mannix	Portia Penhaven	6x17 - A Matter of Principle	January 14, 1973
Here's Lucy	Mumsie Westcott	5x18 - Lucy Goes to Prison	January 22, 1973
The Wonderful World of Disney	Mrs. Satterfield	19x14 - Rascal (1)	February 11, 1973
The Wonderful World of Disney	Mrs. Satterfield	19x15 - Rascal (2)	February 18, 1973
The Wonderful World of Disney	Kipp MacDougall	26x07 - That Darn Cat!	January 13, 1980
The Wonderful World of Disney	Emily Stowecroft	29x09 - Blackbeard's Ghost (1)	November 20, 1982
The Wonderful World of Disney	Emily Stowecroft	29x10 - Blackbeard's Ghost (2)	November 27, 1982

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Alice in Wonderland	Red Queen	October 23, 1955	Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Flood	Noah's Wife	June 14, 1962
In Name Only	Gertrude Caruso	November 25, 1969	ABC Movie of the Week

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Ed Wynn Show		February 25, 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show		September 23, 1951
Startime	Academy Award Songs	March 15, 1960
The Mike Douglas Show		November 3, 1965
The Ed Sullivan Show		January 7, 1967
The Woody Woodbury Show		February 15, 1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson		June 28, 1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson		October 31, 1972

Awards and Accolades

Academy Awards

• Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1950) - Come to the Stable
• Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1958) - Witness for the Prosecution

Golden Globe Awards

• Won: Best Supporting Actress (1958) - Witness for the Prosecution

Laurel Awards

• Nominated: Supporting Performance, Female (1966) - That Darn Cat!