Margaret Lacey
| Margaret Lacey | |
|---|---|
 Lacey as Mrs. Whistler in Diamonds are Forever 1971 | |
| Born |
15 February 1910 Wales |
| Died |
4 October 1989 (aged 79) Llandudno |
| Years active | 1957–1989 |
Margaret Lacey (15 February 1910 – 4 October 1989) was a Welsh actress and ballet teacher. She lived in retirement at Wern, in the snowdonia village of Rowen, Conwy.
She appeared in over 30 films between 1957 and 1985 mostly playing a sweet old lady or motherly figure in minor roles. She is perhaps best remembered internationally for starring in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever in which she played a seemingly innocent Christian school teacher who smuggled diamonds in her bible for the henchmen Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. In the film, she was later found murdered and her body recovered out of an Amsterdam canal. She also had cameo role in John Schlesinger's 1961 semi-documentary "Terminus" as the elderly lady who lost her umbrella. She was friendly with Schlesinger and appeared in small parts in several of his films.
For some years in the 1950s and 1960s she held regular dancing classes at the former Metropole Hotel in Colwyn Bay.
Lacey also made appearances in Dr Finlays Casebook (1960s), Z-Cars and her last credited appearance was in Magnum, P.I. in 1985.
Selected filmography
- Brothers in Law (1957) - Helper
- Happy Is the Bride (1958) - Miss Dacres
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) - Onlooker
- I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Empire Loyalist
- A French Mistress (1960) - Kitchen Maid
- Suspect (1960) - Prince's Secretary
- Dentist on the Job (1961) - Old Lady Contestant
- Bomb in the High Street (1961) - Woman at barrier
- Only Two Can Play (1962) - 1st Pianist (uncredited)
- Heavens Above! (1963) - Molly (uncredited)
- Billy Liar (1963) - Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)
- Ladies Who Do (1963) - 3rd Charlady (uncredited)
- Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) - Woman at first Seance
- Rotten to the Core (1965) - Miss Rossiter
- Sky West and Crooked (1965) - Village Woman
- The Deadly Affair (1966) - Mrs. Bird (uncredited)
- Island of Terror (1966) - Old Woman
- The Family Way (1966) - Mrs. Harris
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) - Maryann Money
- There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) - Autograph Hunter
- Black Beauty (1971) - Anna Sewell
- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971) - Auntie
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Mrs. Whistler
- The Ruling Class (1972) - Midwife (uncredited)
- Bless This House (1972) - Vicar's Wife
- Smokey Joe's Revenge (1974) - Mrs. Williams
- Yanks (1979) - Woman at Hotel
- Richard's Things (1980) - Miss Beale
- Secret Places (1984) - Mrs. Burgess