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Lanchester played the role of Aunt Queenie, a witch in Bell, Book and Candle (1958), and appeared in such films as Mary Poppins (1964), in which her husband's goddaughter Karen Dotrice also starred, That Darn Cat!
She may have married, contrary to her parents, but her marriage was even more unconventional. Yes, the marriage sheltered Laughton from public suspicion about his sexual orientation and yes,...
They did a few plays as well and wed in 1929. According to Lanchester, after two years, she discovered Laughton was homosexual but they remained married until his death in 1962. Lanchester declared in a 1958 interview that she kept to a separate career path from her husband.
Elsa Lanchester played the titular role in Bride of Frankenstein, but she also played a fateful character in the Disney classic, Mary Poppins.
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was an English actress with a long career in theatre, film, and television, who appeared in the Disney films Mary Poppins, That Darn Cat!, Blackbeard's Ghost, and the television movie My Dog, the Thief.
Get Started. Bringing the big screen to life with description and analysis of Katie Nanna (Elsa Lanchester) in Mary Poppins.
Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers. The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on P. L. Travers's book series Mary Poppins.
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).
Best known for her performance in the title role of the 1935 camp horror classic Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester was also seen on screen in Mary Poppins and That Darn Cat!, earning...
Back to top. Elsa Lanchester, Hermione Baddeley, and Glynis Johns in Mary Poppins (1964)