Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

Known for

Acting

Born

May 6, 1904

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Died

September 23, 1979 (aged 75)

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...

Best known work

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes
1938
The Servant
The Servant
1963
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
I Know Where I'm Going!
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore!
1949
The Sorcerers
The Sorcerers
1967
The Mummy's Shroud
The Mummy's Shroud
1967
The Shadow of the Cat
The Shadow of the Cat
1961
The October Man
The October Man
1947
Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let
1941

Filmography

  1. 1973

    Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

    as Mrs. Arbuthnot

  2. 1972

    The IntruderTV

    as Miss Hendry (8 episodes)

  3. 1971

    The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesTV

    as Mrs Steinberg (1 episode)

  4. 1970

  5. 1970

  6. 1970

    The Six Wives of Henry VIIITV

    as Dowager Duchess of Norfolk (1 episode)

  7. 1968

    Journey to the UnknownTV

    as Miss Sarah Prinn (1 episode)

  8. 1968

    All's Well That Ends Well

    as Countess of Rousillon

  9. 1967

    The Sorcerers

    as Estelle Monserrat

  10. 1967

  11. 1965

    The Wednesday ThrillerTV

    as Miss Chafecote (1 episode)

  12. 1965

    Gideon's WayTV

    as Sarah Fischer (1 episode)

  13. 1964

    The Wednesday PlayTV

    as Frau Mittermayer (1 episode), as Bee (1 episode)

  14. 1964

  15. 1963

    The Servant

    as Lady Agatha Mounset

  16. 1963

    FestivalTV

    as The Rat-Wife (1 episode)

  17. 1963

    EspionageTV

    as Mother (1 episode)

  18. 1963

    The Human JungleTV

    as Mrs. Box (1 episode)

  19. 1961

    The Shadow of the Cat

    as Ella Venable

  20. 1961

    Drama 61-67TV

    as Mrs. Mourtzinos (1 episode)

  21. 1960

  22. 1960

    Crack in the Mirror

    as Mother Superior

  23. 1958

    The Solitary Child

    as Mrs. Evans

  24. 1958

    Rockets Galore

    as Mrs Waggett

  25. 1958

    Innocent Sinners

    as Angela Chesney

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