Lady in Black
Background
Lady in Black is a former German movie actress. While filming a movie on an island near Scituate in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, she was possessed by a witch.
During the events of Witchery (1988) played by Hildegard Knef
Lady in Black saves Jane Brooks from being crushed by an I-beam by shining a light from her crystal at her, stopping Jane. She then appears to Tommy Brooks and tells him Jane bought him a present. She appears to Linda Sullivan who is hired by Freddie Brooks and Rose Brooks to look at a property for them. While Leslie is looking at a piece of glass, the Lady in Black appears to her, but then disappears. She murders the Fisherman who takes the Brooks, Linda and Jerry Giordano to the island property, and then causes the Fisherman's boat to leave the island. She gives Tommy, Jane's pills when he goes looking for them. She then causes the death of Rose, Jerry, Linda and the impregnation of Leslie. She ceases to exist as the German actress when she takes the possession of Jane and the witch's spirit transfers to Jane's body.