Edith 'Biddy' Lanchester (28 July 1871 – 26 March 1966) was an English socialist, feminist and suffragette. She became well known in 1895 when her family had her incarcerated in an asylum for planning to live with her lover, who was an Irish…
Vyrůstala v bohémském prostředí, její matka Edith Lanchesterová byla socialistická a feministická aktivistka a bratr Waldo Lanchester provozoval loutkové divadlo.
15. 3. 2019Elsa Lanchester. Actress: Svědek obžaloby. 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…
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.
Lanchester and her husband, Waldo were the first British people to appear on French television, as part of the World's Fair in Paris in 1937. [1 ] George Bernard Shaw’s final play, Shakes versus Shav, was written for the Lanchester…
Waldo Sullivan Lanchester (6 May 1897 – 15 December 1978) was a British puppeteer who founded the Lanchester Marionettes (1935–1962), a puppet theatre that was based in Malvern, and later in Stratford-upon-Avon.
14. 4. 2024Elsa Lanchester se nejvíce proslavila titulní rolí ve filmu Frankensteinova nevěsta, což z ní udělalo první dámu hororu. Takto výraznou postavou se proslavila zřejmě proto, že pocházela z velmi radikálního zázemí, kde se ale vyznávaly zcela…