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Margaret Lacey
Lacey as Mrs. Whistler in Diamonds are Forever 1971Born February 15, 1910
WalesDied October 4, 1989
LlandudnoYears active 1957–1989 Margaret Lacey (February 15, 1910 – October 4, 1989) was a Welsh actress.
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.
Lacey also made appearances in Z-Cars and her last credited appearance was in Magnum, P.I. in 1985.
Selected filmography
- Brothers in Law (1957)
- Happy is the Bride (1958)
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
- I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- A French Mistress (1960)
- Only Two Can Play (1962)
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Ladies Who Do (1963)
- Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
- Rotten to the Core (1965)
- Sky West and Crooked (1966)
- Island of Terror (1966)
- The Deadly Affair (1966)
- The Family Way (1966)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
- Black Beauty (1971)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Bless This House (1972)
- The Ruling Class (1972)
- Yanks (1979)
- Richard's Things (1980)
External links/Sources
Categories:- 1910 births
- 1989 deaths
- People from Llandudno
- Welsh film actors
- British film actor stubs
- Welsh actor stubs
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