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Actor
Catherine Lacey
- Born May 6, 1904 in London, England, UK
- Died September 23, 1979
From Wikipedia Catherine Lacey (6 May 1904 – 23 September 1979) was an English actress of stage and screen. She made her film debut in 1938 as the secretive nun who wears high heels in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes, but was credited as Catherine Lacy. She was subsequently cast in major films like I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), The October Man (1947), Whisky Galore! (1949), The Servant (1963) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), in which she played Queen Elizabeth I. In 1966/67 she played in two notable horror films, as a malevolent fortune-teller in The Mummy's Shroud and as Boris Karloff's insane wife in Michael Reeves' The Sorcerers. For the latter she won a 'Silver Asteroid' award as Best Actress at the Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival in 1968.
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Eight years earlier she received the Guild of TV Producers and Directors award as Actress of the Year. Her television debut, in 1938, was in a BBC production of The Duchess of Malfi; her last appearance, in 1973, was in the Play for Today instalment Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
Known for
The Lady Vanishes1938
The Servant1963
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970
I Know Where I'm Going!1945
Whisky Galore!1949
The Sorcerers1967
The Mummy's Shroud1967
The Shadow of the Cat1961
Filmography
- 1973Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontFilmMrs. Arbuthnot
- 1972The IntruderSeriesMiss Hendry
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeriesMrs Steinberg
- 1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesFilmWoman in Wheelchair
- 1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIISeriesDowager Duchess of Norfolk
- 1970Wine of IndiaFilmBee
- 1968Journey to the UnknownSeriesMiss Sarah Prinn
- 1968All's Well That Ends WellFilmCountess of Rousillon
- 1967The SorcerersFilmEstelle Monserrat
- 1967The Mummy's ShroudFilmHaiti
- 1965Gideon's WaySeriesSarah Fischer
- 1965The Wednesday ThrillerSeriesMiss Chafecote
- 1964Theatre 625Series
- 1964The Wednesday PlaySeriesFrau Mittermayer, Bee
- 1963The ServantFilmLady Agatha Mounset
- 1963The Human JungleSeriesMrs. Box
- 1963FestivalSeriesThe Rat-Wife
- 1963EspionageSeriesMother
- 1961The Shadow of the CatFilmElla Venable
- 1961Drama 61-67SeriesMrs. Mourtzinos
- 1960MaigretSeries
- 1960Crack in the MirrorFilmMother Superior
- 1958Rockets GaloreFilmMrs Waggett
- 1958The Solitary ChildFilmMrs. Evans
- 1958Innocent SinnersFilmAngela Chesney
- 1958The Master BuilderFilmAline Solness
- 1957The Man in the SkyFilmMary's mother
- 1954Another SkyFilmSelena Prouse
- 1949Whisky Galore!FilmMrs. Waggett
- 1947The October ManFilmMiss Selby
- 1947When The Bough BreaksFilmAlmoner
- 1947The White UnicornFilmMiss Cater
- 1946CarnivalFilmFlorry Raeburn
- 1945I Know Where I'm Going!FilmMrs. Robinson
- 1945Pink String and Sealing WaxFilmMiss Porter
- 1945Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene IFilmGentlewoman
- 1941Cottage to LetFilmMrs. Stokes
- 1940Castle of CrimesFilmFrancine Rollard
- 1939Poison PenFilmConnie Fateley
- 1939Marco MillionsFilm
- 1938The Lady VanishesFilmThe Nun