Adele Lacy (born Adeline Charlotte Fergestad, 1910 – 1953). American film actress whose films all appeared during the Great Depression. Her name was sometimes spelled Adele Lacey.
Her paternal grandparents were born in Norway, and he mother's family was also of Norwegian stock.
At the age of 15 in 1926, Adele joined Gus Edwards' Juvenile Frolic dance troupe while they were performing in Hennipin. She left for Hollywood shortly after that and finished her public education at Hollywood High School in 1928.
After moving to Hollywood, Lacy appeared in eleven films, three credited movies and an additional eight un-credited.
Over her career, Lacy starred in musicals and westerns, and she was also a pinup girl and chorus girl. While in films, she worked with Tex Ritter, Hoot Gibson, and Eddie Cantor.
Her first husband was movie still photographer Madison S. Lacy. They divorced in 1935 and in 1937 she married againg, to director Walter Futter.
During World War II, Lacy had crossed the Atlantic Ocean to produce musicals in England with an amateur cast to entertain the troops.
- "Adeline was a vivacious red-haired child who had a knack for dancing and performing... Adele had natural red hair, hazel eyes, was 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 114 pounds in her prime." https://obscureactresses.wordpress.com/2018/03/23/adele-lacy/
- "The red headed beauty danced in several Busby Berkeley musicals..." https://www.classicactresses.org/2023/04/adelelacy.html
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