1902 - 1986
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was an English 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 1,847,252 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Elsa Lanchester is the 1,352nd most popular actor (down from 1,207th in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 194th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Elsa Lanchester ranks 1,352 out of 10,030. Before her are David Kelly, Gemma Jones, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Duffy, Lena Olin, and Franco Citti. After her are Suzanne Pleshette, Michel Simon, Donald O'Connor, Lina Cavalieri, Sessue Hayakawa, and Abe Vigoda.
1929 - 2012
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,346
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,347
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,348
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,349
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,350
1935 - 2016
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,351
1902 - 1986
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,352
1937 - 2008
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,353
1895 - 1975
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,354
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,355
1874 - 1944
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,356
1886 - 1973
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,357
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,358
Among people born in 1902, Elsa Lanchester ranks 96. Before her are Wifredo Lam, Nicolás Guillén, Cesare Zavattini, Lyubov Orlova, Santos Iriarte, and Ralph Richardson. After her are Albert Forster, Eric Liddell, Darryl F. Zanuck, Gustav Fröhlich, Jean Rey, and Albert Bormann. Among people deceased in 1986, Elsa Lanchester ranks 84. Before her are Elio de Angelis, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Alexandre Tansman, Christopher Isherwood, André Leroi-Gourhan, and Nicholas Kaldor. After her are Henri Toivonen, Jorge Alessandri, Pierre Fournier, Arthur Grumiaux, Aleksandr Akimov, and Cheikh Anta Diop.
1902 - 1982
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 90
1902 - 1989
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 91
1902 - 1989
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 92
1902 - 1975
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 93
1902 - 1968
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 94
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 95
1902 - 1986
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 96
1902 - 1952
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 97
1902 - 1945
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 98
1902 - 1979
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 99
1902 - 1987
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 100
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 101
1902 - 1989
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 102
1958 - 1986
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 78
1914 - 1986
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 79
1897 - 1986
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 80
1904 - 1986
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 81
1911 - 1986
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 82
1908 - 1986
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 83
1902 - 1986
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 84
1956 - 1986
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 85
1896 - 1986
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 86
1906 - 1986
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 87
1921 - 1986
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 88
1953 - 1986
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 89
1923 - 1986
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 90
Among people born in United Kingdom, Elsa Lanchester ranks 1,503 out of 6,924. Before her are Herbert Kilpin (1870), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), Peter Barlow (1776), Gemma Jones (1942), Ralph Richardson (1902), and Olaf Stapledon (1886). After her are John Profumo (1915), Elias Ashmole (1617), Tony Sheridan (1940), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), John William Godward (1861), and Seal (1963).
1870 - 1916
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,497
1373 - 1415
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 1,498
1776 - 1862
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,499
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,500
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,501
1886 - 1950
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,502
1902 - 1986
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,503
1915 - 2006
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,504
1617 - 1692
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,505
1940 - 2013
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,506
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,507
1861 - 1922
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 1,508
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 1,509
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Elsa Lanchester ranks 194. Before her are Peg Entwistle (1908), Ciarán Hinds (1953), Geraldine McEwan (1932), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Gemma Jones (1942), and Ralph Richardson (1902). After her are Jack Hawkins (1910), Peter Lawford (1923), Jason Isaacs (1963), Hugh Fraser (1945), Michael Redgrave (1908), and Iain Glen (1961).
1908 - 1932
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 188
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 189
1932 - 2015
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 190
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 191
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 192
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 193
1902 - 1986
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 194
1910 - 1973
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 195
1923 - 1984
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 196
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 197
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 198
1908 - 1985
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 199
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 200