Elsie Wagstaff

Elsie Wagstaff (1 July 1899 – 16 July 1985) was an English actress. Educated at the Guildhall School of Music, her stage work began in the chorus in 1919, and one of her first leading roles was as Sadie Thompson in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's Rain. In 1928, she appeared on Broadway in John Van Druten's Diversion, and in Arnold Ridley and Bernard Merivale's The Wrecker. She also worked sporadically in films, and with some regularity on television.

Selected filmography

Apron Fools (1936) Cotton Queen (1937) as Emily (uncredited) John Halifax (1938) as Jael Lassie from Lancashire (1938) as Aunt Hetty Trouble Brewing (1939) as Mrs. Hopkins Crimes at the Dark House (1940) as Mrs. Catherick The Dark Tower (1943) as Eve Headline (1944) as Mrs Daly Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) as Miss Jones Meet Sexton Blake! (1945) as Mrs. Baird Old Mother Riley at Home (1945) as Mrs. Ginochie Appointment with Crime (1946) as Mrs. Wilkins The Interrupted Journey (1949) as Wilding's Maid Celia (1949) as Aunt Nora Eight O'Clock Walk (1954) as Mrs Peskitt The End of the Affair (1955) as Bendrix Landlady You Pay Your Money (1957) as Ada Seymour Barnacle Bill (1957) as Mrs Gray Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) as Mrs Seaton The Snake Woman (1961) as Aggie Harker Whistle Down the Wind (1961) as Auntie Dorothy Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963) as Mrs. Ransley Heavens Above! (1963) as Lady on Parish Church Council Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) as Wild one