- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 6, 1904
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- September 23, 1979
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 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 televi…
Filmography
movieMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973 · Mrs. Arbuthnot
tvThe Intruder
1972 · Miss Hendry
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Mrs Steinberg
movieThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Woman in Wheelchair
Wine of India
movieWine of India
1970 · Bee
tvThe Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970 · Dowager Duchess of Norfolk
tvJourney to the Unknown
1968 · Miss Sarah Prinn
All's Well That Ends Well
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
1968 · Countess of Rousillon
movieThe Sorcerers
1967 · Estelle Monserrat
movieThe Mummy's Shroud
1967 · Haiti
The Wednesday Thriller
tvThe Wednesday Thriller
1965 · Miss Chafecote
tvGideon's Way
1965 · Sarah Fischer
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Frau Mittermayer, Bee
tvTheatre 625
1964
movieThe Servant
1963 · Lady Agatha Mounset
Festival
tvFestival
1963 · The Rat-Wife
tvEspionage
1963 · Mother
tvThe Human Jungle
1963 · Mrs. Box
movieThe Shadow of the Cat
1961 · Ella Venable
Drama 61-67
tvDrama 61-67
1961 · Mrs. Mourtzinos
tvMaigret
1960
movieCrack in the Mirror
1960 · Mother Superior
movieThe Solitary Child
1958 · Mrs. Evans
movieRockets Galore
1958 · Mrs Waggett
movieInnocent Sinners
1958 · Angela Chesney
movieThe Master Builder
1958 · Aline Solness
movieThe Man in the Sky
1957 · Mary's mother
movieAnother Sky
1954 · Selena Prouse
movieWhisky Galore!
1949 · Mrs. Waggett
When The Bough Breaks
movieWhen The Bough Breaks
1947 · Almoner
movieThe White Unicorn
1947 · Miss Cater
movieThe October Man
1947 · Miss Selby
movieCarnival
1946 · Florry Raeburn
moviePink String and Sealing Wax
1945 · Miss Porter
movieI Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · Mrs. Robinson
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
movieFamous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945 · Gentlewoman
movieCottage to Let
1941 · Mrs. Stokes
movieCastle of Crimes
1940 · Francine Rollard
moviePoison Pen
1939 · Connie Fateley
Marco Millions
movieMarco Millions
1939
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1938 · The Nun