Catherine Lacey

Acting

Catherine Lacey

Born May 6, 1904London, England, UK38 credits

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

Filmography

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
as Mrs. ArbuthnotMovie
The Intruder
1972The Intruder
as Miss HendryTV
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Woman in WheelchairMovie
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Dowager Duchess of NorfolkTV
A
1968All's Well That Ends Well
as Countess of RousillonMovie
The Sorcerers
1967The Sorcerers
as Estelle MonserratMovie
Gideon's Way
1965Gideon's Way
as Sarah FischerTV
The Servant
1963The Servant
as Lady Agatha MounsetMovie
F
1963Festival
as The Rat-WifeTV
The Shadow of the Cat
1961The Shadow of the Cat
as Ella VenableMovie
D
1961Drama 61-67
as Mrs. MourtzinosTV
Crack in the Mirror
1960Crack in the Mirror
as Mother SuperiorMovie
The Solitary Child
1958The Solitary Child
as Mrs. EvansMovie
Rockets Galore
1958Rockets Galore
as Mrs WaggettMovie
Innocent Sinners
1958Innocent Sinners
as Angela ChesneyMovie
The Master Builder
1958The Master Builder
as Aline SolnessMovie
The Man in the Sky
1957The Man in the Sky
as Mary's motherMovie
Another Sky
1954Another Sky
as Selena ProuseMovie
Whisky Galore!
1949Whisky Galore!
as Mrs. WaggettMovie
The White Unicorn
1947The White Unicorn
as Miss CaterMovie
The October Man
1947The October Man
as Miss SelbyMovie
Carnival
1946Carnival
as Florry RaeburnMovie
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945I Know Where I'm Going!
as Mrs. RobinsonMovie
Cottage to Let
1941Cottage to Let
as Mrs. StokesMovie
Castle of Crimes
1940Castle of Crimes
as Francine RollardMovie
Poison Pen
1939Poison Pen
as Connie FateleyMovie
The Lady Vanishes
1938The Lady Vanishes
as The NunMovie