Catherine Lacey

Catherine Lacey

1904-05-06

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.

Also appears in

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

7.4

The Servant

The Servant

7.6

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

6.8

I Know Where I’m Going!

I Know Where I’m Going!

7.1

Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore!

6.8

The Sorcerers

The Sorcerers

6.2

The Mummy’s Shroud

The Mummy’s Shroud

5.5

Cottage to Let

Cottage to Let

6.5

The Shadow of the Cat

The Shadow of the Cat

6.8

Crack in the Mirror

Crack in the Mirror

7.5

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

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The Man in the Sky

The Man in the Sky

7.2

The October Man

The October Man

6.2

Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax

6.0

When The Bough Breaks

When The Bough Breaks

6.0

Innocent Sinners

Innocent Sinners

7.0

Poison Pen

Poison Pen

6.5

The Solitary Child

The Solitary Child

5.0

The White Unicorn

The White Unicorn

7.5

Carnival

Carnival

7.6