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
(1979)
The London Connection
as Elderly Lady
(1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lady Clumsey
(1963)
West 11
as Mrs. Beckett
(1962)
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Mrs Gibbons
(1962)
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
(1961)
On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley
(1959)
Alive and Kicking
as Rosie
(1958)
The Big Money
as Mrs Frith
(1958)
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Farrer
(1957)
Seven Thunders
as Mme. Abou
(1956)
It's a Wonderful World
as Miss Gilly
(1956)
Home and Away
as Elsie Knowles
(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 Pickwick Papers
as Rachel Wardle
(1952)
The Happy Family
as Lillian Lord
(1951)
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
(1950)
The Day Begins Early
as Ethel Huggett
(1950)
Waterfront
as Mrs. McCabe
(1950)
Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
(1950)
Double Confession
as Kate
(1949)
The Huggetts Abroad
as Ethel Huggett
(1949)
Golden Arrow
as Isobel
(1949)
Landfall
as Mona's Mother
(1949)
Vote for Huggett
as Ethel Huggett
(1949)
Now Barabbas
as Mrs. Brown
(1948)
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
(1948)
Here Come the Huggetts
as Ethel Huggett
(1948)
Bond Street
as Ethel Brawn
(1947)
Holiday Camp
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
(1947)
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
(1947)
Temptation Harbour
as Mabel Slater
(1946)
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
(1946)
I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1945)
(1945)
Great Day
as Pub Customer
(1945)
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
(1945)
Meet Sexton Blake
as Mrs. Bardell
(1944)
It Happened One Sunday
as Mrs. Purkiss
(1943)
The New Lot
as Keith's Mother
(1942)
Much Too Shy
as Amelia Peabody
(1942)
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Blake
(1941)
Major Barbara
as Mrs. Price
(1941)
The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne
(1941)
I Thank You
as Kathleen
(1941)
Once a Crook
as Auntie
(1941)
Letter from Home
as Ethel
(1940)
A Call for Arms!
as Mrs. James
(1940)
The Flying Squad
as Mrs. Schifan
(1940)
They Came by Night
as Mrs. Lightbody
(1940)
Salvage with a Smile
as Housekeeper
(1940)
Gaslight
as Bit Role
(1940)
Girl in the News
as Cook
(1939)
The Outsider
as Mrs. Coates
(1939)
A Girl Must Live
as Penelope
(1939)
Discoveries
as Kitchen Maid
(1938)
Convict 99
as Mabel
(1938)
The Terror
as Parlour Maid
(1938)
Bank Holiday
as May
(1937)
Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence
(1937)
Aren't Men Beasts!
as Annie
(1937)
Wanted!
as Belinda
(1936)
Broken Blossoms
as Mrs. Lossy
(1936)
The Tenth Man
as Confused Voter
(1936)
Jury's Evidence
as Secretary
(1935)
Inside the Room
as Nurse
(1935)
Dandy Dick
as Jane (the Maid)
(1934)
(1934)
The Great Defender
as Agnes Carter
(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