Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

5/6/1904 – 9/23/1979London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (41 titles)

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Arbuthnot · 1973

The Intruder

The Intruder

Miss Hendry · 1972

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Mrs Steinberg · 1971

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Woman in Wheelchair · 1970

Wine of India

Bee · 1970

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Dowager Duchess of Norfolk · 1970

Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

Miss Sarah Prinn · 1968

All's Well That Ends Well

Countess of Rousillon · 1968

The Sorcerers

The Sorcerers

Estelle Monserrat · 1967

The Mummy's Shroud

The Mummy's Shroud

Haiti · 1967

The Wednesday Thriller

Miss Chafecote · 1965

Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way

Sarah Fischer · 1965

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Frau Mittermayer · 1964

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964

The Servant

The Servant

Lady Agatha Mounset · 1963

Festival

The Rat-Wife · 1963

Espionage

Espionage

Mother · 1963

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

Mrs. Box · 1963

The Shadow of the Cat

The Shadow of the Cat

Ella Venable · 1961

Drama 61-67

Mrs. Mourtzinos · 1961

Maigret

Maigret

1960

Crack in the Mirror

Crack in the Mirror

Mother Superior · 1960

The Solitary Child

The Solitary Child

Mrs. Evans · 1958

Rockets Galore

Rockets Galore

Mrs Waggett · 1958

Innocent Sinners

Innocent Sinners

Angela Chesney · 1958

The Master Builder

The Master Builder

Aline Solness · 1958

The Man in the Sky

The Man in the Sky

Mary's mother · 1957

Another Sky

Another Sky

Selena Prouse · 1954

Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore!

Mrs. Waggett · 1949

When The Bough Breaks

Almoner · 1947