1902 - 1986
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British-American actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.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). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elsa Lanchester has received more than 2,127,900 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Elsa Lanchester is the 1,626th most popular actor (down from 1,352nd in 2019), the 1,664th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,502nd in 2019) and the 237th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Elsa Lanchester ranks 1,626 out of 9,996. Before her are Eric Campbell, James Remar, Heather Locklear, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Machine Gun Kelly, and Wendy Hiller. After her are Victoria Principal, Alfre Woodard, Alisa Freindlich, Barbara Carrera, John Savage, and Mary Astor.
1880 - 1917
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,620
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,621
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,622
1749 - 1796
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,623
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,624
1912 - 2003
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,625
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 1,626
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 1,627
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 1,628
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 1,629
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 1,630
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 1,631
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 1,632
Among people born in 1902, Elsa Lanchester ranks 106. Before her are Nordahl Grieg, Alexander Mach, Darryl F. Zanuck, Jean Rey, Ryu Gwansun, and Peregrino Anselmo. After her are Albert Anastasia, Leopold Figl, Abraham Wald, Heinz Rühmann, Giuseppe Pella, and Santos Iriarte. Among people deceased in 1986, Elsa Lanchester ranks 93. Before her are Jorge Alessandri, Hermann Gmeiner, Henri Toivonen, Mart Stam, Ding Ling, and Michael J. Smith. After her are Princess Anne of Orléans, Vitaly Abalakov, Helen B. Taussig, Valentin Kataev, Judith Resnik, and Scatman Crothers.
1902 - 1943
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 100
1902 - 1980
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 101
1902 - 1979
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 102
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 103
1902 - 1920
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 104
1902 - 1975
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 105
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 106
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 107
1902 - 1965
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 108
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 109
1902 - 1994
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 110
1902 - 1981
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 111
1902 - 1968
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 112
1896 - 1986
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 87
1919 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 88
1956 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 89
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 90
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 91
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 92
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 93
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 94
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 95
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 96
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 97
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 98
1910 - 1986
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 99
Among people born in United Kingdom, Elsa Lanchester ranks 1,664 out of 7,765. Before her are Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Wendy Hiller (1912), Christina Rossetti (1830), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Edward Young (1683), and Mark of Cornwall (480). After her are James Bruce (1730), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Gytha of Wessex (1053), Orlando Gibbons (1583), Vince Clarke (1960), and Steven Runciman (1903).
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,658
1912 - 2003
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,659
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,660
1920 - 1996
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,661
1683 - 1765
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,662
480 - 555
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,663
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 1,664
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 1,665
1850 - 1928
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 1,666
1053 - 1098
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 1,667
1583 - 1625
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 1,668
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 1,669
1903 - 2000
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 1,670
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Elsa Lanchester ranks 237. Before her are Stephen Rea (1946), Ida Lupino (1918), Robert Powell (1944), Eileen Essell (1922), Eric Campbell (1880), and Wendy Hiller (1912). After her are Samantha Eggar (1939), Charles Gray (1928), Rupert Grint (1988), Miranda Richardson (1958), James Finlayson (1887), and Peter Vaughan (1923).
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 231
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 232
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 233
1922 - 2015
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 234
1880 - 1917
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 235
1912 - 2003
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 236
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 237
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 238
1928 - 2000
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 239
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 240
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 241
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 242
1923 - 2016
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 243