---
name: "Catherine Lacey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catherine-lacey"
fi1m_id: "catherine-lacey"
imdb_id: "nm0479910"
tmdb_id: 101723
wikidata_id: "Q2941963"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 May 1904"
died: "23 September 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T03:50:57.177757+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Catherine Lacey

## Identity

Catherine Lacey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catherine-lacey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catherine-lacey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0479910
- **TMDB ID:** 101723
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2941963
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Lacey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2941963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101723

Actor. Born 6 May 1904 in London, England, UK. Died 23 September 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 May 1904, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 23 September 1979
- **Active:** 1938–1945
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 88 (1), 1940s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Lacey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2941963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0479910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101723

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*I Know Where I'm Going!*](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md) (88)

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## Biography

Catherine Lacey (6 May 1904 – 23 September 1979) was an English actress of stage and screen. Born in London, she made her film debut in 1938 as the nun in Alfred Hitchcock's *The Lady Vanishes*, credited as Catherine Lacy.

Her film roles include Mrs. Robinson in *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Mrs. Waggett in *Whisky Galore!* (1949), Lady Agatha Mounset in *The Servant* (1963), Estelle Monserrat in *The Sorcerers* (1967) and a part in *The Mummy's Shroud* (1967). She won the Silver Asteroid award for best actress at the 1968 Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival for *The Sorcerers* and had earlier received the Guild of TV Producers and Directors award as Actress of the Year.

Lacey's stage career included work with the Old Vic and Royal Shakespeare Company. On television she debuted in a 1938 BBC production of *The Duchess of Malfi* and made her final appearance in the 1973 *Play for Today* instalment *Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Robinson — [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)
- *The Lady Vanishes* (1938), Fi1m 88, as The Nun — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-vanishes.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont* (1973), as Mrs. Arbuthnot
- *The Intruder* (1972), series, as Miss Hendry
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as Mrs Steinberg
- *The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes* (1970), as Woman in Wheelchair
- *Wine of India* (1970), as Bee
- *The Six Wives of Henry VIII* (1970), series, as Dowager Duchess of Norfolk
- *Journey to the Unknown* (1968), series, as Miss Sarah Prinn
- *All's Well That Ends Well* (1968), as Countess of Rousillon
- *The Sorcerers* (1967), as Estelle Monserrat
- *The Mummy's Shroud* (1967), as Haiti
- *The Wednesday Thriller* (1965), series, as Miss Chafecote
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Sarah Fischer
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Frau Mittermayer, Bee
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Servant* (1963), as Lady Agatha Mounset
- *Festival* (1963), series, as The Rat-Wife
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Mother
- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Mrs. Box
- *The Shadow of the Cat* (1961), as Ella Venable
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Mrs. Mourtzinos
- *Maigret* (1960), series, Actor
- *Crack in the Mirror* (1960), as Mother Superior
- *The Solitary Child* (1958), as Mrs. Evans
- *Rockets Galore* (1958), as Mrs Waggett
- *Innocent Sinners* (1958), as Angela Chesney
- *The Master Builder* (1958), as Aline Solness
- *The Man in the Sky* (1957), as Mary's mother
- *Another Sky* (1954), as Selena Prouse
- *Whisky Galore!* (1949), as Mrs. Waggett
- *When The Bough Breaks* (1947), as Almoner
- *The White Unicorn* (1947), as Miss Cater
- *The October Man* (1947), as Miss Selby
- *Carnival* (1946), as Florry Raeburn
- *Pink String and Sealing Wax* (1945), as Miss Porter
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), as Mrs. Robinson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)
- *Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I* (1945), as Gentlewoman
- *Cottage to Let* (1941), as Mrs. Stokes
- *Castle of Crimes* (1940), as Francine Rollard
- *Poison Pen* (1939), as Connie Fateley
- *Marco Millions* (1939), Actor
- *The Lady Vanishes* (1938), as The Nun — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-vanishes.md)

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