Catherine Lacey
Known for Acting · 40 credits
- Born
- 1904-05-06
- Died
- 1979-09-23
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
Biography
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.
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
TV Shows (12)
Theatre 625
1964
Maigret
1960
Festival
1963
as The Rat-Wife
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Mrs Steinberg
Drama 61-67
1961
as Mrs. Mourtzinos
The Human Jungle
1963
as Mrs. Box
Gideon's Way
1965
as Sarah Fischer
Espionage
1963
as Mother
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Miss Sarah Prinn
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Dowager Duchess of Norfolk
The Intruder
1972
as Miss Hendry
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
as Miss Chafecote
Movies (28)
Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945
as Miss Porter
The Servant
1963
as Lady Agatha Mounset
The Lady Vanishes
1938
as The Nun
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Woman in Wheelchair
The Mummy's Shroud
1967
as Haiti
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Mrs. Robinson
Whisky Galore!
1949
as Mrs. Waggett
The Sorcerers
1967
as Estelle Monserrat
The Shadow of the Cat
1961
as Ella Venable
Cottage to Let
1941
as Mrs. Stokes
Poison Pen
1939
as Connie Fateley
Rockets Galore
1958
as Mrs Waggett
Another Sky
1954
as Selena Prouse
The October Man
1947
as Miss Selby
The Man in the Sky
1957
as Mary's mother
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Countess of Rousillon
Carnival
1946
as Florry Raeburn
Crack in the Mirror
1960
as Mother Superior
When The Bough Breaks
1947
as Almoner
The Master Builder
1958
as Aline Solness
Innocent Sinners
1958
as Angela Chesney
Castle of Crimes
1940
as Francine Rollard
Wine of India
1970
as Bee
The Solitary Child
1958
as Mrs. Evans
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945
as Gentlewoman
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973
as Mrs. Arbuthnot
The White Unicorn
1947
as Miss Cater
Marco Millions
1939
About Catherine Lacey
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 m… With 40 credits spanning from 1938 to 1973, Catherine Lacey has appeared in 28 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Catherine Lacey Movies
- Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) — as Miss Porter
- The Servant (1963) — as Lady Agatha Mounset
- The Lady Vanishes (1938) — as The Nun
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) — as Woman in Wheelchair
- The Mummy's Shroud (1967) — as Haiti
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