Elsa Lanchester: movies and TV shows
Elsa Lanchester has 117 credits in the archive: 80 films and 37 TV series, from 1924 to 2028. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1924 – 2028 · busiest year: 1950 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 125 |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 115 |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Mary Shelley / The Monster's Mate (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 111 |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 104 |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self | Film | 6.8 | 97 |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 95 |
| 1993 | Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers | Self | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 1992 | Commercial Entertainment Product | The Monster's Bride | Film | 8.7 | 89 |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | Film | 6.3 | 88 |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 85 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Sophie | Film | 4.9 | 77 |
| 1978 | The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Jessica Marbles | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 1973 | Terror in the Wax Museum | Julia Hawthorn | Film | 5.2 | 70 |
| 1973 | Arnold | Hester | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 1971 | Willard | Henrietta Stiles | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | TV | 7.8 | 67 | |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Aunt Henrietta | TV | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Hattie Calter | TV | 5.2 | 66 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mrs. Wochuk | TV | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1969 | Me, Natalie | Miss Dennison | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 1969 | In Name Only | Gertrude Caruso | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1969 | My Dog, the Thief | Mrs. Formby | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1969 | Rascal | Mrs. Satterfield | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Mumsie Westcott | TV | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Emily Stowecroft | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Portia Penhaven | TV | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Edna Barrington | TV | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1967 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Madame Neherina | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1967 | Mondo Hollywood | Film | 6.7 | 64 | |
| 1965 | The John Forsythe Show | Margaret Culver | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1965 | That Darn Cat! | Mrs. MacDougall | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Dr. Agnes Dabree | TV | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Katie Nanna | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1964 | Pajama Party | Aunt Wendy | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 1964 | Honeymoon Hotel | Chambermaid | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Mrs. Ormsby | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Bessie Mopes | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Aggie McGregor | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1962 | Noah and the Flood | Noah's wife | Film | — | 59 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 58 | |
| 1961 | Follow the Sun | TV | 8.0 | 58 | |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Miss Creshaw | TV | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1959 | Startime | Self | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Mother Goose | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Aunt Queenie Holroyd | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Miss Plimsoll | Film | 8.2 | 54 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | TV | 6.0 | 52 | |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper | Widow Sonder | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1955 | Alice in Wonderland | Red Queen | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1955 | Heidi | Fräulein Rottenmeier | Film | — | 52 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mrs. Formby | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | The Bearded Lady | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1954 | Hell's Half Acre | Lida O'Reilly | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Hanna Winters | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1953 | The Girls of Pleasure Island | Thelma | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 49 | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Rosie Bowker | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Madame Magloire | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | Megaera | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1952 | Dreamboat | Mathilda Coffey | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Edna Grundy | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Red Queen | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Betsey Monk, the Widow | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | TV | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Emily | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Miss Mabel | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1950 | Frenchie | Countess | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1950 | Mystery Street | Mrs. Smerrling | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | Madame Brizar | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl | Dr. Crutcher | Film | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1949 | The Secret Garden | Martha | Film | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Maria | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1949 | Come to the Stable | Amelia Potts | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Jenny Pratt | TV | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | Louise Patterson | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Matilda | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1947 | Northwest Outpost | Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1946 | The Razor's Edge | Miss Keith | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase | Mrs. Oates | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1944 | Passport to Destiny | Ella Muggins | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Mrs. Helen Carraclough | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Mamie | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1943 | Thumbs Up | Emily "Emmy" Ffinch | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Mrs. Smith | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Bristol Isabel | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1941 | Ladies in Retirement | Emily Creed | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1938 | Vessel of Wrath | Martha Jones | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1936 | Rembrandt | Hendrickje Stoffels | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Madame d'Annard | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1935 | David Copperfield | Clickett | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1935 | The Ghost Goes West | Miss Shepperton | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | Anne of Cleves | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1931 | Potiphar's Wife | Thérèse | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1931 | The Stronger Sex | Thompson | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1931 | The Officers' Mess | Cora Melville | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1931 | The Love Habit | Matilde | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1930 | Ashes | Girl | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1930 | Comets | Herself | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1929 | Mr. Smith Wakes Up | Their Daughter | Film | — | 26 |
| 1928 | Blue Bottles | Elsa | Film | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1928 | The Tonic | Elsa | Film | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1928 | The Constant Nymph | Lady | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1928 | Daydreams | Elsa / Heroine in Dream Sequence | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1927 | One of the Best | Kitty | Film | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1924 | The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama | Beatrice de Carolle | Film | — | 21 |