Fortune-Tellers and Psychics in Movies
Here is my movie list that have palm readers, crystal gazers, card readers, mediums and other psychic consultants of all kinds in them. I'll identify the actor and their character involved in each case.
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- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsPeter CushingIan BannenIan CarmichaelAn anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.Margaret Leighton as Madame Orloff. She is the colourful psychic who is in the 'Elemental' segment of the movie.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRex HarrisonConstance CummingsKay HammondA man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati. She is a trance medium who holds séances beginning with her famous line "Is anybody there?"
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsClaude RainsFay WrayMary ClareA fake music-hall clairvoyant meets a woman, and suddenly his predictions seem to come true ...Claude Rains as Maximus. He starts out as a fake psychic and then realises a true gift for telling the future.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingNeil McCallumAboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.Peter Cushing as Dr Terror. He tells the fortunes of his fellow train passengers with his Tarot deck that he calls the House of Horrors.
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsTyrone PowerJoan BlondellColeen GrayThe rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.Tyrone Power as Stanton Carlisle. He joins a travelling carnival keen to train himself to be a convincing fake clairvoyant.
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsRichard AttenboroughAlastair SimWylie WatsonPercy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, Percy becomes mixed up with gangsters and a murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.Alastair Sim as Mr Squales. He is an eccentric medium who gains the confidence of a spiritualist landlady of a boarding house.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsKim StanleyRichard AttenboroughMargaret LaceyA medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.Kim Stanley as Myra Savage. She is a séance medium whose spirit guide Arthur was her stillborn son from the other side.
- DirectorRodney GibbonsStarsMatt FrewerKenneth WelshShawn LawrenceSherlock Holmes investigates a series of death rumoured to be caused by a vampire.Kathleen Fee as Madame Karavsky. She is the psychic who tries to convince the sceptical Sherlock Holmes into her strange beliefs.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsKenneth MoreTaina ElgBrenda de BanzieIn London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.Brenda de Banzie as Nellie Lumsden. She is the dilettante astrologer and psychic who allows the fugitive Hannay into her home.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsEdward G. RobinsonCharles BoyerBarbara StanwyckAn anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.Thomas Mitchell as Septimus Podgers. He is the famous palmist who predicts that Edward G. Robinson will commit a murder.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsCheryl LaddLloyd BridgesDiane LaddThe fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.Marta DuBois as Rita Gam. She is the Tarot-reading actress who shares a room with Grace Kelly before she becomes famous.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsClaude RainsWarren WilliamLon Chaney Jr.Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.Bela Lugosi as Bela. He is the travelling gypsy palm reader who sees a pentagram on the palm of his customer.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellJohn PhillipsDavid BuckIn 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.Catherine Lacey as Haiti. She is the old Egyptian fortune teller who cackles and slavers as she predicts death to her customers.
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. She uses her psychic remote-viewing abilities so that she can spy on the land of Oz.
- CreatorSteve FranksStarsJames Roday RodriguezDulé HillTimothy OmundsonWhen a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.James Roday as Shawn Spencer. He is an amateur sleuth who kids the police that he can help them with his 'psychic powers.'
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. NelsonA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons. She is the small-statured quirky medium who offers her help to stop poltergeist activity.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsChristopher WalkenBrooke AdamsTom SkerrittA man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith. He awakes from a long coma to find that he has troubled visions of future events.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsKaren BlackBruce DernBarbara HarrisA phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.Barbara Harris as Blanche Taylor. She fakes mediumship to gain the confidence of a millionaire.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsChristopher PlummerJames MasonDavid HemmingsSherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.Donald Sutherland as Robert Lees. He is the medium who sees a vision of the murderer known as Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBob HopePaulette GoddardJohn BealWhen an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.Gale Sondergaard as Miss Lu. She is a psychic housekeeper who communes with the sprits that inhabit a lonely mansion.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsLon Chaney Jr.Robert PaigeLouise AllbrittonWhen Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.Adeline de Walt as Madame Zimba. She is the old psychic who tries to warn Kay about Count Alucard.
- DirectorBob KellettStarsFrankie HowerdPatrick CargillBill FraserRoman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems small compared to the trouble the scroll brings, but all are in for a nasty shock when Mount Vesuvius decides to erupt.Rita Webb as Cassandra. She is the loud voiced soothsayer who is constantly predicting disaster.
- DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsPatrick SwayzeDemi MooreWhoopi GoldbergAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown. She is the psychic who is troubled by the spirit of a murdered man.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsJeff ChandlerJack PalanceLudmilla TchérinaWith the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.Eduard Franz as the astrologer. He advises Attila the Hun on his destiny.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsTchéky KaryoF. Murray AbrahamRutger HauerNostradamus (1503-66) was a French doctor, astrologer and seer during the Inquisition, successful in treating patients during an outbreak of plague.Tcheky Karyo as Nostradamus. He is the famous French astrologer and seer who prophesied in quatrains.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppMartin LandauSarah Jessica ParkerAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.Jeffrey Jones as Criswell. He is the showbiz psychic known as The Amazing Criswell who joins Ed Wood's crew.
- 2013–20201h 24mTV-G7.0 (1.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorNorma BaileyStarsLori LoughlinSarah StrangeSteve BacicAntiques expert Jennifer Shannon thinks two clues found at the scene of a murder are really clues from a mystery novel.Fiona Vroom as Maggie. She poses as a psychic known as Magdalena who is really on a finances scam.
- DirectorRay DantonStarsPaul BurkeJim HuttonJulie AdamsA former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.Jim Hutton as Arnold James Masters. After being granted psychic ability he takes revenge on those who have wronged him by willing their death.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsRichard BurtonLee RemickLino VenturaA telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.Richard Burton as Morlar. He is a possessed psychic who seeks help to rid himself of his ability to cause death and destruction.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsDick PowellClaire TrevorAnne ShirleyAfter being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.Otto Kruger as Jules Amthor. He is the psychic healer who gives treatment to Claire Trevor's character.
- DirectorSam PillsburyStarsBarbara EdenTed MarcouxMissy CriderDr. Jesse Newman is assigned to treating David, a grieving policeman who lost his partner in a shootout. It seems the case is solved, until a lucky coin belonging to David's partner triggers a revealing series of psychic visions for Dr. Newman. The visions not only implicate the killer, but also reveal the sordid habits of San Francisco's business and political elite.Barbara Eden as Dr Jesse Newman. She starts to receive psychic visions while she is treating a grieving policeman.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsMarisa TomeiRobert Downey Jr.Bonnie HuntAs a teen, Faith was told that her destiny is a man named Damon Bradley. Years later - Faith is about to marry another man - a Damon Bradley calls to wish them all the best. Faith blows off the wedding and follows Damon to Italy.Antonia Rey as the carnival fortune teller. She sees the name of Faith's soul-mate in her crystal ball.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsEdward G. RobinsonGail RussellJohn LundAfter phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.Edward G. Robinson as John Triton. He is a nightclub fortune-teller who starts to receive true precognition.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsPatrick MageeMimsy FarmerDavid WarbeckA professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies.Patrick Magee as Professor Robert Miles. He is a necromancer who uses his cat to take revenge on his foes.
- DirectorGeorge ScileppiStarsSewell WhitneyAlicia PetridesKristin PfeiferWhen a television psychic begins to get real results, the cast and crew of the show find themselves trapped by vengeful spirits.Alicia Petrides as Madame Camille. She is the psychic on 'The Séance Hour' TV show.
- DirectorEdward BennettStarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserAnn MorrishAn elderly woman confides to Poirot that she fears one of her relatives is trying to kill her for her money. He persuades her to disinherit her heirs, but she is murdered anyway.Pauline Jameson as Isabel Tripp. She is a trained medium who lives with her sister.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsDemi MooreJason AlexanderMary Kay BergmanA deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.Demi Moore voicing Esmeralda. She reads Quasimodo's palm and sees no monster lines.
- DirectorStefan ScainiStarsWendy CrewsonJoel KellerLeon PownallIt's the post WWI era Toronto. Despite Prohibition, Daniel Small continues to operate Corman Distilleries, while his son, Ambrose Small, has just sold his chain of theaters for $1 million. Daniel acquired Corman from the family of Ambrose's wife, Theresa Small. Theresa being wealthy from the liquor business is ironic due to her temperance stance. The sale of the theaters doesn't sit well with Ambrose's business manager, Jack Doughty, to who the theaters represented his livelihood. Immediately following the sale, Ambrose disappears without a trace. Initially, Theresa doesn't want the police involved since she believes he is just out carousing, while his business associates believe he has met with some foul play. Increasingly, the public, especially the anti-Catholic forces, believe devout Catholic Theresa had Protestant Ambrose murdered so that she could funnel his money into the Catholic church. Believing her husband still alive, Theresa hires the young Cole Willis to find Ambrose. Cole is a junior detective with the Tratt Detective Agency, which handles much of the security for the Small family businesses. Edgar Tratt originally hired Cole as a favor to his father and acts as Cole's mentor. As Cole enters into his investigation, he believes that some people know more than they let on about Ambrose's disappearance, whether it be Jack, who absconded with $100,000 of the Small's money, Jack's slatternly wife Vivian Doughty, or Theresa herself, the latter despite Cole's growing attraction to her.Richard McMillan as Rainville. He is the crime-solving psychic who regularly helps the police.
- DirectorRichard GabaiStarsLacey ChabertDrew SeeleyWill KempA woman, after being left at the altar, has a brief liaison with a handsome stranger on a plane which ultimately puts her and everyone else on the flight in terrible danger.Veronica Cartwright as Rose. She is a Reiki healer and psychic who 'sees' a good future for Amy.
- DirectorPeter SasdyStarsEric PorterAngharad ReesJane MerrowAs a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.Margaret Rawlings as Madame Bullard. She is the Royal Medium who reveals the identity of the Ripper.
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesGuy PearceTimothy SpallOn a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.Catherine Zeta-Jones as Mary McGarvie . She has a psychic stage act and tries to impress Houdini with her 'powers.'
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsMay WhittyMadge EvansLewis StoneInspector Marney of Scotland Yard travels to Calcutta to investigate the murder of Leonard Lee, a generally despised man in these parts. John Wales, who considered Lee his best friend, is a suspect, but he proposes to the Inspector a ploy to discover the murderer's identity: hold a séance conducted by a medium, Madame Rosalie La Grange. Wales doesn't believe that Mme. La Grange can discover the murderer's identity through such hocus pocus, but does believe the process might draw out the murderer in revealing him or herself. Wales invites who he considers suspects--generally those in the upper crust of British society in Calcutta--plus a few red herring attendees so as not to tip the murderer as to the séance's purpose. Upon Mme. La Grange's arrival, she does admit that most of her work is conducted as parlor tricks solely for sheer entertainment, but that when required, she truly does have the ability. As the course of the evening progresses, Mme. La Grange turns from medium to detective as she truly tries to figure out the murderer's identity--with ulterior motives.Dame May Whitty plays Mme. Rosalie La Grange who disguises her humble background under that grand nom de plume. She is sought by society people for her psychic powers.