Where to watch Elsa Lanchester in the UK
Find every Elsa Lanchester film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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 th…
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Mannix (1967) as Portia Penhaven
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Aggie McGregor
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) Cast
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Edna Grundy
- Burke's Law (1963) as Mrs. Ormsby
- Ben Casey (1961) Cast
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- Studio One (1948) as Jenny Pratt
- Night Gallery (1970) Cast
- Here's Lucy (1968) as Mumsie Westcott
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Miss Creshaw
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Dr. Agnes Dabree
- Omnibus (1952) Cast
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Rosie Bowker
- The Bill Cosby Show (1969) as Mrs. Wochuk
- The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) Cast
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- Startime (1959) as Self
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Emily
- Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) as Mother Goose
- Mary Poppins (1964) as Katie Nanna
- Nanny and the Professor (1970) as Aunt Henrietta
- Then Came Bronson (1969) as Hattie Calter
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) as Miss Plimsoll
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Mrs. Formby
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
- Follow the Sun (1961) Cast
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Red Queen
- The Ed Wynn Show (1949) as Self
- Star Time (1950) as Self
- The John Forsythe Show (1965) as Margaret Culver
- Murder by Death (1976) as Jessica Marbles
- That Darn Cat! (1965) as Mrs. MacDougall
- Willard (1971) as Henrietta Stiles
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Hanna Winters
- Bell, Book and Candle (1958) as Aunt Queenie Holroyd
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Betsey Monk, the Widow
- The Razor's Edge (1946) as Miss Keith
- The Secret Garden (1949) as Martha
- Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) as Emily Stowecroft
- Frenchie (1950) as Countess
- Mystery Street (1950) as Mrs. Smerrling
- David Copperfield (1935) as Clickett
- The Bishop's Wife (1947) as Matilda
- Lassie Come Home (1943) as Mrs. Helen Carraclough
- The Glass Slipper (1955) as Widow Sonder
- The American Nightmare (2000) as Self
- The Spiral Staircase (1946) as Mrs. Oates
- Arnold (1973) as Hester
- Naughty Marietta (1935) as Madame d'Annard
- Buccaneer's Girl (1950) as Madame Brizar
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) as Bristol Isabel
- Dreamboat (1952) as Mathilda Coffey
- Me, Natalie (1969) as Miss Dennison
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Die Laughing (1980) as Sophie
- The Big Clock (1948) as Louise Patterson
- The Inspector General (1949) as Maria
- Androcles and the Lion (1952) as Megaera
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self
- Honeymoon Hotel (1964) as Chambermaid
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Mrs. Smith
- Mondo Hollywood (1967) Cast
- Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) as Julia Hawthorn
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) as Madame Neherina
- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Les Miserables (1952) as Madame Magloire
- Universal Horror (1998) as (archive footage)
- Come to the Stable (1949) as Amelia Potts
- Pajama Party (1964) as Aunt Wendy
- Forever and a Day (1943) as Mamie
- The Petty Girl (1950) as Dr. Crutcher
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Anne of Cleves
- My Dog, the Thief (1969) as Mrs. Formby
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988) Cast
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Where can I watch Elsa Lanchester films in the UK?
Elsa Lanchester's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Elsa Lanchester's most popular films?
Most-watched Elsa Lanchester films currently: Mary Poppins (1964), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Murder by Death (1976), That Darn Cat! (1965).
What TV shows has Elsa Lanchester appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Mannix (1967), Golden Globe Awards (1944), The Merv Griffin Show (1962), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962).
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