Elsa Lanchester

thumb| Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television. Quotes She looked as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth—or anywhere else. On Maureen O'Hara. Attributed in Sheilah Graham, The Garden of Allah (New York: Crown, 1970) ch. 3, p. 66 There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as different as his fingerprints. Introduction to Charles Higham, Charles Laughton: An Intimate Biography (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976) p. 5 The most memorable thing I did in that film, I believe, was my screaming. In almost all my movies since, I've been called upon to scream. I don't know if it's by chance, but I would like to think that I'm not hired for that talent alone. On playing the title role in Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Attributed in Calvin Thomas Beck, Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors (New York: Collier, 1978) p. 116 I remember another solo trip, on the Berengaria, sailing from New York to Southampton. It was during Prohibition, and two acquaintances were aboard, fellows who were connected with a museum. I had brought a bottle of Scotch with me, and I used it to tempt them to talk. Like a sort of truth serum. Well, one of these fellows confided in me that he liked to wear a tiger-skin belt next to his skin — inside out, with the fur next to him. Facts like that make one feel blue-eyed and normal. Elsa Lanchester, Herself (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983) p. 132 She's better on stage, from a distance. On a screen, close up, she makes you want to dive for cover. On Maggie Smith. Attributed in Boze Hadleigh (ed.) Hollywood Babble On: Stars Gossip About Other Stars (USA: Carol, 1994) p. 57 Stardom is all hard work, aspirins and purgatives. Attributed in Rosemarie Jarski (ed.) Hollywood Wit: Classic Off-screen Quips and Quotes (London: Prion, 2001) p. 180 External links Category:1902 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Actresses from England Category:People from London