Elsa Mars

Notes & Trivia



 * Playing the role of Elsa Mars is actress Jessica Lange's fourth and final character on American Horror Story. In season one's "Murder House", she played Constance Langdon (a role which she briefly resumed for "Apocalypse" in season eight). In season two, she played Jude Martin. In season three she played Fiona Goode.
 * The season four finale, "Curtain Call", may have been so-titled not only for its entertainment reference, but also to signify Jessica Lange's final appearance on the show as a series regular.


 * Elsa Mars' had two connections to characters featured in "Asylum". The character of Arthur Arden from "Asylum" was one of her tormentors in Germany during World War II. The character of Pepper from "Freak Show" was also one of the mental patients from "Asylum".


 * Elsa Mars was rejected from becoming part of Edward Mordrake's ghost troupe. Instead, a scene with Elsa's soul journeying to the afterlif shows her reuniting with her family from the freak show, thus giving this tragic character a peaceful ending.


 * As of season eight's "Murder House", all of the characters portrayed by Jessica Lange up until this point are now deceased.