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Elsa Lanchester

Actor · 57 credits · 32 in highly-rated films

Best known for Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Frequent collaborators: Charles Laughton, J. Pat O'Malley, Rhys Williams

Movies (57 total, ranked by score)

  1. Les Miserables

    1952 · ★ 5.5 (18 votes)

    Drama, History

    31

  2. Northwest Outpost

    1947

    Action, Drama, Music

    32

  3. Blue Bottles

    1928 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    33

  4. Me, Natalie

    1969 · ★ 5.6 (23 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    34

  5. Turnabout: The Story of the Yale Puppeteers

    1993

    Documentary

    35

  6. In Name Only

    1969 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    36

  7. The Stronger Sex

    1931

    Drama

    37

  8. Daydreams

    1928

    Comedy

    38

  9. Arnold

    1973 · ★ 5.1 (22 votes)

    Thriller, Horror, Comedy

    39

  10. The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama

    1924

    Comedy

    40

  11. The Tonic

    1928

    41

  12. Rascal

    1969 · ★ 5.8 (21 votes)

    Drama, Family

    42

  13. One of the Best

    1927

    Crime

    43

  14. Vessel of Wrath

    1938 · ★ 6.7 (10 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    44

  15. Easy Come, Easy Go

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (43 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Music

    45

  16. Hell's Half Acre

    1954 · ★ 5.5 (20 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

    46

  17. Die Laughing

    1980 · ★ 4.9 (8 votes)

    Comedy, Thriller, Crime

    47

  18. Mr. Smith Wakes Up

    1929

    Comedy

    48

  19. Naughty Marietta

    1935 · ★ 5.4 (23 votes)

    Music, Romance

    49

  20. Pajama Party

    1964 · ★ 4.7 (23 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Romance

    50

  21. The Petty Girl

    1950 · ★ 4.1 (6 votes)

    Music, Comedy

    51

  22. Ashes

    1930

    Comedy

    52

  23. Comets

    1930

    Music

    53

  24. The Love Habit

    1931

    Comedy

    54

  25. The Officers' Mess

    1931

    Comedy

    55

  26. Noah and the Flood

    1962

    Music

    56

  27. Heidi

    1955

    Family, Drama, Music

    57

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.