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Catherine Lacey
Actor

Catherine Lacey

6 May 1904Born
23 Sep 1979Died
75Age at death
41Credits

Biography

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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.

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For the latter she won a 'Silver Asteroid' award as Best Actress at the Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival in 1968.

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.

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Filmography

  1. 1973Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontFilm: Mrs. Arbuthnot
  2. 1972The IntruderSeries: Miss Hendry (8 episodes)
  3. 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries: Mrs Steinberg (1 episode)
  4. 1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesFilm: Woman in Wheelchair
  5. 1970Wine of IndiaFilm: Bee
  6. 1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIISeries: Dowager Duchess of Norfolk (1 episode)
  7. 1968Journey to the UnknownSeries: Miss Sarah Prinn (1 episode)
  8. 1968All's Well That Ends WellFilm: Countess of Rousillon
  9. 1967The SorcerersFilm: Estelle Monserrat
  10. 1967The Mummy's ShroudFilm: Haiti
  11. 1965The Wednesday ThrillerSeries: Miss Chafecote (1 episode)
  12. 1965Gideon's WaySeries: Sarah Fischer (1 episode)
  13. 1964The Wednesday PlaySeries: Frau Mittermayer, Bee (1 episode)
  14. 1964Theatre 625Series (1 episode)
  15. 1963The ServantFilm: Lady Agatha Mounset
  16. 1963FestivalSeries: The Rat-Wife (1 episode)
  17. 1963EspionageSeries: Mother (1 episode)
  18. 1963The Human JungleSeries: Mrs. Box (1 episode)
  19. 1961The Shadow of the CatFilm: Ella Venable
  20. 1961Drama 61-67Series: Mrs. Mourtzinos (1 episode)
  21. 1960MaigretSeries (1 episode)
  22. 1960Crack in the MirrorFilm: Mother Superior
  23. 1958The Solitary ChildFilm: Mrs. Evans
  24. 1958Rockets GaloreFilm: Mrs Waggett
  25. 1958Innocent SinnersFilm: Angela Chesney
  26. 1958The Master BuilderFilm: Aline Solness
  27. 1957The Man in the SkyFilm: Mary's mother
  28. 1954Another SkyFilm: Selena Prouse
  29. 1949Whisky Galore!Film: Mrs. Waggett
  30. 1947When The Bough BreaksFilm: Almoner
  31. 1947The White UnicornFilm: Miss Cater
  32. 1947The October ManFilm: Miss Selby
  33. 1946CarnivalFilm: Florry Raeburn
  34. 1945Pink String and Sealing WaxFilm: Miss Porter
  35. 1945I Know Where I'm Going!Film: Mrs. Robinson
  36. 1945Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene IFilm: Gentlewoman
  37. 1941Cottage to LetFilm: Mrs. Stokes
  38. 1940Castle of CrimesFilm: Francine Rollard
  39. 1939Poison PenFilm: Connie Fateley
  40. 1939Marco MillionsFilm
  41. 1938The Lady VanishesFilm: The Nun

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