Elsa Lanchester

She will forever be identified as the Bride of Frankenstein, despite the fact that this character's on-screen time in the film of the same name lasted only a bit longer than the average pop single. Elsa Lanchester was a versatile British character actress and performer who was often typecast as a wisecracking cockney dame gal in her early days. Although her long film career developed into parts with a softer edge, some offbeat comedy roles in combination with her husband, Charles Laughton, and the aforementioned monster spectacular, she eventually returned to the Cockney roots...