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Catherine Lacey

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 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

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
1973 • Mrs. Arbuthnot
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 • Woman in Wheelchair
Wine of India
1970 • Bee
All's Well That Ends Well
1968 • Countess of Rousillon
The Sorcerers
The Sorcerers
1967 • Estelle Monserrat
The Mummy's Shroud
The Mummy's Shroud
1967 • Haiti
The Servant
The Servant
1963 • Lady Agatha Mounset
The Shadow of the Cat
The Shadow of the Cat
1961 • Ella Venable

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All's Well That Ends Well
1968 • Countess of Rousillon
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The Sorcerers
The Sorcerers
1967 • Estelle Monserrat
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The Servant
The Servant
1963 • Lady Agatha Mounset
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The Shadow of the Cat
The Shadow of the Cat
1961 • Ella Venable
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Crack in the Mirror
Crack in the Mirror
1960 • Mother Superior
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The Solitary Child
The Solitary Child
1958 • Mrs. Evans
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Rockets Galore
Rockets Galore
1958 • Mrs Waggett
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Innocent Sinners
Innocent Sinners
1958 • Angela Chesney
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The Master Builder
The Master Builder
1958 • Aline Solness
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The Man in the Sky
The Man in the Sky
1957 • Mary's mother
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Another Sky
Another Sky
1954 • Selena Prouse
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Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore!
1949 • Mrs. Waggett
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The White Unicorn
The White Unicorn
1947 • Miss Cater
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The October Man
The October Man
1947 • Miss Selby
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Carnival
Carnival
1946 • Florry Raeburn
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I Know Where I'm Going!
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 • Mrs. Robinson
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Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let
1941 • Mrs. Stokes
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Castle of Crimes
Castle of Crimes
1940 • Francine Rollard
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Poison Pen
Poison Pen
1939 • Connie Fateley
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Catherine Lacey – Biography, Known For & Filmography