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Article: Elsa Lanchester, cabaret singer and actress
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 27, 1986
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HOLLYWOOD Actress Elsa Lanchester, a red-haired imp who failed
to make it as a danseuse but succeeded in delighting audiences for 60
years with her bawdy cabaret songs and stage and film performances,
died yesterday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital here.
She was 84, and her death was attributed to bronchial pneumonia.
The London-born entertainer had been in the hospital since Dec.
17 after a series of strokes. She had been comatose at home for
several years before being admitted to the hospital.
The wife of Academy Award-winning actor Charles Laughton, she
herself had been nominated for Oscars as best-supporting actress in
"Come to the Stable" in 1949 and "Witness for ...