---
name: "Elsa Buchanan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elsa-buchanan"
fi1m_id: "elsa-buchanan"
imdb_id: "nm0118003"
tmdb_id: 120769
wikidata_id: "Q5367393"
roles: []
born: "22 December 1908"
died: "17 January 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:19:27.384624+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elsa Buchanan

## Identity

Elsa Buchanan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elsa-buchanan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elsa-buchanan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118003
- **TMDB ID:** 120769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5367393
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Buchanan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120769

Actor. Born 22 December 1908 in London. Died 17 January 2004.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 December 1908, London
- **Died:** 17 January 2004
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Buchanan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120769

## Biography

Elsa Buchanan (1908–2004) was an English actress. Born Elsie Winifred Buchanan Tinker in London, she made her stage debut at the age of three at the Palace Theatre. She was the first Briton admitted to the training school of the Académie Française.

She appeared in seventeen films in the United States during the 1930s, including *Peter Ibbetson* (1935) as Madame Pasquier and *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936) as Susan. She retired from acting after marrying merchant sailor Noll Charlton in 1938.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Madame Pasquier — [page](https://film.one/film/peter-ibbetson.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Invisible Enemy* (1938), as Sophia
- *The Dark Stairway* (1938), Actor
- *The Thirteenth Chair* (1937), as Grace Stanby
- *Call It a Day* (1937), as Vera, the Maid (uncredited)
- *Ready, Willing and Able* (1937), as Maid at Party
- *Lloyd's of London* (1936), as Servant Girl
- *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), as Susan
- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), as Madame Pasquier — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/peter-ibbetson.md)
- *Here's to Romance* (1935), as Enid
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1935), as Mrs. Tisher
- *The Little Minister* (1934), as Villager
- *Charlie Chan in London* (1934), as Alice Rooney

## Gallery

- ![Elsa Buchanan](https://film.one/media/person/3856492/gallery-0ae7098c885a.jpg) Elsa Buchanan — film screenshot (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Elsa_Buchanan_in_The_Thirteenth_Chair_%281937%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elsa Buchanan in Little Lord Fauntleroy - cropped screenshot (1936)](https://film.one/media/person/3856492/gallery-eecac940a0d5.jpg) Elsa Buchanan in Little Lord Fauntleroy - cropped screenshot (1936) — DVD (Selznick Studio - United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Elsa_Buchanan_in_Little_Lord_Fauntleroy_%281936%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/elsa-buchanan