ELSA LANCHESTER, BRITISH ACTRESS BORN 1902 OCTOBER 28
ELSA LANCHESTER, BRITISH ACTRESS BORN 1902 OCTOBER 28 Born October 28, 1902 in Lewisham, London, England, UK Died December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (bronchial pneumonia) Birth Name Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (1) Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born into an unconventional a family at the turn of the 20th century. Her parents, James "Shamus" Sullivan and Edith "Biddy" Lanchester, were socialists - very active members of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) in a rather broad sense and did not believe in the institution of marriage and being tied to any conventions of legality for that matter. Her mother had actually been committed to an asylum in 1895 by her father and older brothers because of her unmarried state with James. The incident received worldwide press as the "Lanchester Kidnapping Case." Elsa had a great desire to become a classical dancer and ...