Elsa Lanchester Movie Rankings
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 3.1823 out of 4 stars for Witness for the Prosecution
3.1823
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. ... more about Witness for the Prosecution
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $9.35 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.9809 out of 4 stars for Spiral Staircase
2.9809
Beautiful young mute Helen is a domestic worker for old ailing Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren's two sons, Albert (a professor) and womanizing impudent Steven, also live in the Warren mansion. Mrs. ... more about Spiral Staircase
DVD from $5.99 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.9245 out of 4 stars for Murder by Death
2.9245
Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ... more about Murder by Death
DVD from $8.00 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.8842 out of 4 stars for Private Life of Henry VIII.
2.8842
This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. ... more about Private Life of Henry VIII.
DVD from $11.99 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.8469 out of 4 stars for Tales of Manhattan
2.8469
An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. As the 4 succeeding wearers of the coat discover, misfortune can often lead to truth. ... more about Tales of Manhattan
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.8233 out of 4 stars for Lassie Come Home
2.8233
Hard times came for Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog to the rich Duke of Rudling. However, Lassie, the dog, is unwilling to leave the young Carraclough boy and sets out on the long and dangerous journey in order to rejoin him. ... more about Lassie Come Home
DVD from $4.73 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.7929 out of 4 stars for Blackbeard's Ghost
2.7929
In this comedy, Peter Ustinov is the famous pirate's ghost that returns to our time. Blackbeard has been cursed by his last wife who was a notorious witch, so that he will never die. ... more about Blackbeard's Ghost
DVD from $5.52 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.7302 out of 4 stars for Bishop's Wife
2.7302
An episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for a new cathedral paid for by a stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. ... more about Bishop's Wife
DVD from $5.95 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.7298 out of 4 stars for Razor's Edge
2.7298
Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. ... more about Razor's Edge
DVD from $6.34 
(5 sellers)
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.7105 out of 4 stars for Big Clock
2.7105
When powerful publishing tycoon Earl Janouth commits an act of murder at the height of passion, he cleverly begins to cover his tracks and frame an innocent man, whose identity he doesn't know, but who just happen to have contact with the murder victim. ... more about Big Clock
DVD from $6.43 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.6118 out of 4 stars for Forever and a Day
2.6118
During World War II an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. But he mets Susan Trimble who lives in the house and who is strictly against the sale. ... more about Forever and a Day
DVD from $149.95 
(0 sellers)
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.5992 out of 4 stars for That Darn Cat!
2.5992
A woman is kidnapped. While in captivity, she manages to send a message out with a wandering cat. The cat's owner calls the FBI. The FBI tries to follow the cat. Jealous boyfriends and nosy neighbours also get in the act. ... more about That Darn Cat!
DVD from $6.49 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.5668 out of 4 stars for Bell Book and Candle
2.5668
Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. ... more about Bell Book and Candle
DVD from $12.49 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.3903 out of 4 stars for Ghost Goes West
2.3903
An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. ... more about Ghost Goes West
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.3341 out of 4 stars for Willard
2.3341
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. ... more about Willard
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.3051 out of 4 stars for Mystery Street
2.3051
Vivian, a B-girl working at "The Grass Skirt," is being brushed off by her rich, married boyfriend. To confront him, she hijacks drunken customer Henry Shanway and his car from Boston to Cape Cod, where she strands Henry...and is never seen again. ... more about Mystery Street
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.2396 out of 4 stars for Inspector General
2.2396
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. ... more about Inspector General
DVD from $1.75 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.1917 out of 4 stars for Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
2.1917
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. ... more about Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.0634 out of 4 stars for Arnold
2.0634
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 2.0227 out of 4 stars for Naughty Marietta
2.0227
Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain is a beautiful, young, sophisticated French princess of 23, who finds more worth in true love than a title. ... more about Naughty Marietta
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 1.9997 out of 4 stars for Rascal
1.9997
A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences. Because of Rascal, both father and son realize their responsibility to each other. ... more about Rascal
DVD from $5.02 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 1.9497 out of 4 stars for Secret Garden
1.9497
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Archibald Craven's house is dark, drafty, with over 100 rooms built on the edge of the moors. ... more about Secret Garden
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 1.8363 out of 4 stars for Buccaneer's Girl
1.8363
Robin Hood-like pirate Baptiste takes only the ships of rich but wicked trader Narbonne. ... more about Buccaneer's Girl
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 1.2007 out of 4 stars for Pajama Party
1.2007
Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion. The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress shop catering to teenagers. ... more about Pajama Party
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.6766 out of 4 stars for Glass Slipper
0.6766
In a small pleasant European village, there is one unhappy person: Ella. She is despised by everyone, and mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters. Out feeling miserable one day, Ella meets a handsome young man, who falls for her. ... more about Glass Slipper
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for 3 Ring Circus
0.0001
Another movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown... ... more about 3 Ring Circus
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Androcles and the Lion
0.0001
Androcles is a Christian who follows that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life. ... more about Androcles and the Lion
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ashes
0.0001
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Blue Bottles
0.0001
As criminals assemble for a convention, a policeman investigates and is abducted. A young woman finds his whistle and blows it. The full forces of the law assemble. The confrontation between order and disorder ensues, with our heroine caught up in it. ... more about Blue Bottles
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Come to the Stable
0.0001
Two nuns from a French convent arrive in a small New England town with a plan to build a children's hospital. ... more about Come to the Stable
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Daydreams
0.0001
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Die Laughing
0.0001
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula. ... more about Die Laughing
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Dreamboat
0.0001
Clifton Webb, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter (Anne Francis) to stop it. ... more about Dreamboat
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Frenchie
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Girls of Pleasure Island
0.0001
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. ... more about Girls of Pleasure Island
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hell's Half Acre
0.0001
A woman who believes her missing husband is in prison in Hawaii on a murder charge travels there to see if it actually is him. However, he escapes before she sees him, when he hears that his current girlfriend has been murdered. ... more about Hell's Half Acre
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Me
0.0001
A young woman struggles for independence. ... more about Me
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Miserables
0.0001
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert, a pursuit that consumes both men's lives for many years. ... more about Miserables
DVD from $8.00 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rembrandt
0.0001
This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. ... more about Rembrandt
DVD from $6.58 
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Thumbs Up
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Elsa Lanchester scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Tonic
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
 
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Elsa Lanchester
Birthdate:
October 28, 1902
Death date:
December 26, 1986

Elsa Lanchester

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1920s
5
total ranking of 0.4596  0.4596
1930s
10
total ranking of 1.8579  1.8579
1940s
15
total ranking of 2.6925  2.6925
1950s
13
total ranking of 2.3042  2.3042
1960s
7
total ranking of 2.2660  2.2660
1970s
4
total ranking of 2.1046  2.1046
1980s
1
No Reviews
1990s
1
total ranking of 0.3554  0.3554
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.4228
Elsa Lanchester is ranked overall as 2.4228 of of 4 stars
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