Adele Lacy

Adele Lacy (born Adeline Charlotte Fergestad, September 8, 1910 – July 3, 1953) was an American film actress whose films all appeared during the Great Depression. Her name was sometimes spelled Adele Lacey.

Early life

Born as in Minnesota on September 8, 1910, she was the daughter of Morris and Mina Fergestad. With her parents, she grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota with an older brother, C. Marvin Fergestad. She was of Norwegian heritage.

At the age of 15 in 1926, she joined Gus Edwards' Juvenile Frolic dance troupe while they were performing in Hennipin. She had received her education in dance from Helen Noble. Later that year she was made the face of Minneapolis Candy Company, Sweetest Maid, and named "Miss Sweetest Maid". She left for Hollywood shortly after joining Edwards' group and finished her public education at Hollywood High School in 1928. Over her career, Lacy starred in musicals and westerns, and chorus girl. While in films, she worked with Tex Ritter, Hoot Gibson, and Eddie Cantor. Lacy's second marriage was to director Walter Futter (1900-1958) in December 1937.

During World War II, she had crossed the Atlantic Ocean to produce musicals in England with an amateur cast In 1945-1953, the Futters lived in the New York City suburb bedroom community of Plainfield, New Jersey for the last eight years of her life.

She died in Mexico City, Mexico on July 3, 1953. The release on November 17, 1932, The Kid from Spain The release on April 27, 1934, Twenty Million Sweethearts The release on August 16, 1934, Dames The release on September 7, 1935, Redheads On Parade The release on April 8, 1936, The Great Ziegfeld