To many a moviegoer, Elsa Lanchester is just Charles Laughton’s wife; but to Hollywoodians she is the burlesqueen of what is probably the world’s toniest vaudeville palace: Los Angeles’ Turnabout ...

Elsa Lanchester, best known today as the iconic Bride of Frankenstein, was a two-time Oscar nominee and appeared in films such as Mary Poppins, Witness for the Prosecution, and Murder by Death.

Remembered primarily for her iconic role as the Bride of Frankenstein and as the wife of Charles Laughton, Lanchester made a name for herself in London in the 1920s, singing at her own night spot, and ...