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BIRTHDAY
DIED
December 26, 1986

RECENT CREDITS
Die Laughing (FILM)  Mar. 1, 1980
Murder By Death (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1976
Arnold (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1974
Terror in the Wax Museum (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1974
Me, Natalie (FILM)  Jul. 1, 1969
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BIOGRAPHY
Gifted character actress, often in eccentric yet wistful parts, in the US from 1934. Perhaps best remembered for her dual roles in "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), as both the monster's mate and his "creator," author....
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Gifted character actress, often in eccentric yet wistful parts, in the US from 1934. Perhaps best remembered for her dual roles in "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), as both the monster's mate and his "creator," author Mary Shelley, Lanchester also brought her slightly dizzy, perennially scene-stealing charm to films as diverse as "Rembrandt" (1937), "Mystery Street" (1950), "Bell, Book and Candle" (1958) and "Murder by Death" (1976). Lanchester was married to actor Charles Laughton from 1929 until his death in 1962; besides working memorably together with him in "Rembrandt" she also played the nurse who endlessly fidgets over his misbehaving barrister (both of them received Oscar nominations) in Billy Wilder's delightful "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957).
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Die Laughing
Released: Mar. 1, 1980

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Terror in the Wax Museum
Released: Jan. 1, 1974

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