Elsa Lanchester (* 28. Oktober 1902 in Lewisham, London; † 26. Dezember 1986 in Woodland Hills, Kalifornien; eigentlich Elisabeth Sullivan) war eine britisch-US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Besondere Bekanntheit erlangte sie 1935 durch ihre Verkörperung eines künstlich erzeugten Menschen im Horrorfilm Frankensteins Braut.

Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan (Lewisham, Londres, 28 d'octubre de 1902 - Woodland Hills, Califòrnia, 26 de desembre de 1986), més coneguda com a Elsa Lanchester, va ser una actriu anglesa. Es va casar el 1929 amb Charles Laughton i va ser coneguda pel seu paper a la pel·lícula "La núvia de Frankenstein".

原名伊丽莎白·沙利文，生于英国。少年时曾随美国舞蹈家伊莎多拉．邓肯的剧团在巴黎表演舞蹈。1927年首影，两年后与查尔斯．劳顿结婚，1934年一起来到好莱坞。她扮演的角色范围很广。曾因《到马厩去》（1949）和《控方证人》（1958）两次获得奥斯卡最佳女配角金像奖提名，并以《控方证人》获取957年最佳女配角金球奖。著有回忆录《查尔斯和我》

Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (October 28, 1902 – December 26, 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television and former dancer.

Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the First World War began performing in theatre and cabaret, where she established her career over the following decade. She met the actor Charles Laughton in 1927, and they were married two years later. She began playing small roles in British films, including the role of Anne of Cleves with Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Laughton's success in American films resulted in the couple moving to Hollywood, where Lanchester played small film roles.

Her role as the bride in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), brought her recognition, and came to be one of the roles most closely associated with her throughout her life. Lanchester played supporting roles through the 1940s and 1950s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Come to the Stable (1949) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957), the last of twelve films in which she appeared with Laughton. Following Laughton's death in 1962, Lanchester resumed her career with appearances in such Disney films as Mary Poppins (1964), That Darn Cat! (1965) and Blackbeard's Ghost (1968). The horror film, Willard, (1971) was highly successful and one of her last roles was in Murder By Death (1976).

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