Today marks the birthday of Elsa Lanchester, born this day in 1902.
Lanchester was born in England, participated in bohemian and cutting edge theater of her day before arriving in the United States with husband Charles Laughton.
She played parts large and small, and is by far best remembered for her portrayal of both Mary Shelley and The Bride in The Bride of Frankenstein, in which she has no speaking lines as the Bride (but several as Shelley) and appears for maybe seven or eight minutes of the film. And, yet, a pop culture icon.
It's almost like James Whale was trying to say something here....
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