Kathleen Harrison
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-02-22
Day of Death
1995-12-07 (103 years old)
Place of Birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Kathleen Harrison
Biography
Kathleen Harrison was long a stalwart of British cinema. Her place was always firmly below stairs – a cook perhaps, or a cleaning lady often answering the door with a puzzled expression always fearful that trouble was just around the corner.
She was born in 1892 in Blackburn in Lancashire. She studied at RADA and then went to live in Agentina for some time. On her return to Britain, she made her stage debut in 1926 in “The Constant Flirt”. Her first major film role was in 1931 in “Hobson’s Choice”. Kathleen Harrison made one film in Hollywood in Emlyn Williams “Night Must Fall” in 1937 as a maid (naturally). She achieved national fame as Mrs Huggett in four films about the Huggett family. In the mid 1960′s she starred in a very popular television series Mrs Thursday about a cleaner who won the football pools. She died in 1995 at the age of 103.
Acting
(1987)
Lethal Weapon
as Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1979)
The London Connection
as Elderly Lady
(1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lady Clumsey
(1963)
West 11
as Mrs. Beckett
(1962)
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
(1961)
On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley
(1959)
Alive and Kicking
as Rosie
(1958)
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Farrer
(1958)
The Big Money
as Mrs Frith
(1957)
Seven Thunders
as Mme. Abou
(1956)
Home and Away
as Elsie Knowles
(1956)
It's a Wonderful World
as Miss Gilly
(1955)
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie
(1955)
All for Mary
as Nannie Cartwright
(1955)
Where There's a Will
as Annie Yeo
(1954)
Lilacs in the Spring
as Kate
(1953)
The Dog and the Diamonds
as Mrs. Fossett
(1953)
Turn the Key Softly
as Granny Quilliam
(1952)
The Magic Box
as Mother in Family Group
(1952)
The Happy Family
as Lillian Lord
(1952)
The Pickwick Papers
as Rachel Wardle
(1951)
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
(1950)
Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
(1950)
Waterfront
as Mrs. McCabe
(1950)
Double Confession
as Kate
(1950)
The Day Begins Early
as Ethel Huggett
(1949)
Landfall
as Mona's Mother
(1949)
Now Barabbas
as Mrs. Brown
(1949)
Golden Arrow
as Isobel
(1949)
Vote for Huggett
as Ethel Huggett
(1949)
The Huggetts Abroad
as Ethel Huggett
(1948)
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
(1948)
Bond Street
as Ethel Brawn
(1948)
Here Come the Huggetts
as Ethel Huggett
(1947)
Holiday Camp
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
(1947)
Temptation Harbour
as Mabel Slater
(1947)
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
(1946)
I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1946)
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
(1945)
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
(1945)
Meet Sexton Blake
as Mrs. Bardell
(1945)
(1945)
Great Day
as Pub Customer
(1944)
It Happened One Sunday
as Mrs. Purkiss
(1943)
The New Lot
as Keith's Mother
(1942)
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Blake
(1942)
Much Too Shy
as Amelia Peabody
(1941)
The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne
(1941)
Major Barbara
as Mrs. Price
(1941)
I Thank You
as Kathleen
(1941)
Once a Crook
as Auntie
(1941)
Letter from Home
as Ethel
(1940)
Gaslight
as Bit Role
(1940)
Girl in the News
as Cook
(1940)
Salvage with a Smile
as Housekeeper
(1940)
The Flying Squad
as Mrs. Schifan
(1940)
A Call for Arms!
as Mrs. James
(1940)
They Came by Night
as Mrs. Lightbody
(1939)
The Outsider
as Mrs. Coates
(1939)
A Girl Must Live
as Penelope
(1939)
Discoveries
as Kitchen Maid
(1938)
Bank Holiday
as May
(1938)
The Terror
as Parlour Maid
(1938)
Convict 99
as Mabel
(1937)
Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence
(1937)
Wanted!
as Belinda
(1937)
Aren't Men Beasts!
as Annie
(1936)
Broken Blossoms
as Mrs. Lossy
(1936)
Jury's Evidence
as Secretary
(1936)
The Tenth Man
as Confused Voter
(1935)
Dandy Dick
as Jane (the Maid)
(1935)
Inside the Room
as Nurse
(1934)
The Great Defender
as Agnes Carter
(1934)
(1933)
The Ghoul
as Kaney
(1933)
The Man from Toronto
as Martha
(1932)
Aren't We All?
as Bit Role
(1931)
Hobson's Choice
as Ada Figgins