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name: "Elsie Wagstaff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elsie-wagstaff"
fi1m_id: "elsie-wagstaff"
imdb_id: "nm0906186"
tmdb_id: 30583
wikidata_id: "Q5367639"
roles: []
born: "1 July 1899"
died: "16 July 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T09:09:46.429397+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."
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# Elsie Wagstaff

## Identity

Elsie Wagstaff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elsie-wagstaff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elsie-wagstaff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0906186
- **TMDB ID:** 30583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5367639
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Wagstaff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367639, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30583

Actor. Born 1 July 1899 in Leytonstone, Essex, England, UK. Died 16 July 1985.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 July 1899, Leytonstone, Essex, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 July 1985
- **Also known as:** Elsie Lilian Wagstaff, Elsie Wagstaffe
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Wagstaff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367639, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30583

## Biography

Elsie Wagstaff (1 July 1899 – 16 July 1985) was an English actress. She was educated at the Guildhall School of Music. Her stage work began in the chorus in 1919, with early leading roles including Sadie Thompson in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's *Rain*. In 1928 she appeared on Broadway in *Diversion* and *The Wrecker*.

She worked sporadically in films from the 1930s and with some regularity on television. Her film credits include Mrs Seaton in *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Auntie Dorothy in *Whistle Down the Wind* (1961) and the Wild One in *Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell* (1974). She was married to Bernard Jukes from 1924 until his death in 1939.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Fi1m 82, as Mrs. Seaton — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell* (1974), as Wild One
- *A Place to Die* (1973), as Old Woman
- *The Frighteners* (1972), series, as Elizabeth's Mother
- *The Raging Moon* (1971), as Wedding Guest
- *Christ Recrucified* (1969), series, as Martha
- *Great Expectations* (1967), series, as Sarah Pocket
- *The Bond* (1965), as Gran
- *Strife* (1965), as Mrs. Rous
- *Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow* (1963), as Mrs. Ransley
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Mrs Bailey
- *Whistle Down the Wind* (1961), as Auntie Dorothy
- *The Snake Woman* (1961), as Aggie Harker
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), as Mrs. Seaton — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)
- *Barnacle Bill* (1957), as Mrs. Gray
- *You Pay Your Money* (1957), as Ada Seymour
- *Jane Eyre* (1956), series, as Shopwoman
- *The End of the Affair* (1955), as Bendrix Landlady
- *Waterfront* (1950), as Mrs. Simon (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Interrupted Journey* (1949), as Wilding's maid
- *Trottie True* (1949), as Dependant Relative (uncredited)
- *Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora* (1949), as Aunt Nora
- *Adam and Evelyne* (1949), as Theatre Barmaid (uncredited)
- *Emma* (1948), as Mrs. Ford
- *My Brother Jonathan* (1948), as Factory Worker
- *Appointment with Crime* (1946), as Mrs. Wilkins
- *Old Mother Riley at Home* (1945), as Mrs. Ginochie
- *Meet Sexton Blake* (1945), as Mrs. Baird
- *Headline* (1943), as Mrs. Daly (uncredited)
- *The Dark Tower* (1943), as Eve Wainwright (as Elsie Wagstaffe)
- *The Balloon Goes Up* (1942), as The Welfare Officer
- *Crimes at the Dark House* (1940), as Mrs. Catherick
- *Trouble Brewing* (1939), as Mrs. Hopkins
- *Lassie from Lancashire* (1938), as Aunt Hetty
- *John Halifax* (1938), as Jael
- *Cotton Queen* (1937), as Emily

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