Kathleen Harrison
Known for Acting · 87 credits
- Born
- 1892-02-22
- Died
- 1995-12-07
- Place of birth
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Кэтлин Харрисон
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.
Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (80)
Oliver Twist
1948
as Mrs Sowerberry
Scrooge
1951
as Mrs. Dilber
The London Connection
1979
as Elderly Lady
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
In Which We Serve
1942
as Mrs. Blake
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Violet
Gaslight
1940
as Bit Role
Where There's a Will
1955
as Annie Yeo
Salvage with a Smile
1940
as Housekeeper
It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Miss Gilly
The Ghoul
1933
as Kaney
Home and Away
1956
as Elsie Knowles
They Came by Night
1940
as Mrs. Lightbody
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lady Clumsey
The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Rachel Wardle
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Shop at Sly Corner
1947
as Mrs. Catt
Girl in the News
1940
as Cook
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Emmie
West 11
1963
as Mrs. Beckett
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
Night Must Fall
1937
as Emily Terence
Bond Street
1948
as Ethel Brawn
Now Barabbas
1949
as Mrs. Brown
Double Confession
1950
as Kate
Trio
1950
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
The Magic Box
1952
as Mother in Family Group
Inside the Room
1935
as Nurse
Temptation Harbour
1947
as Mabel Slater
On the Fiddle
1961
as Mrs. Cooksley
Seven Thunders
1957
as Mme. Abou
Holiday Camp
1947
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
Aren't We All?
1932
as Bit Role
Bank Holiday
1938
as May
Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Kate
Waterfront
1950
as Mrs. McCabe
Here Come the Huggetts
1948
as Ethel Huggett
The Man from Toronto
1933
as Martha
The Fast Lady
1962
as Mrs. Staggers
Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Granny Quilliam
Discoveries
1939
as Kitchen Maid
Convict 99
1938
as Mabel
Major Barbara
1941
as Mrs. Price
Wanted for Murder
1946
as Florrie
A Cry from the Streets
1958
as Mrs. Farrer
I Thank You
1941
as Kathleen
Alive and Kicking
1959
as Rosie
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
as Mrs Gibbons
Landfall
1949
as Mona's Mother
A Girl Must Live
1939
as Penelope
The Happy Family
1952
as Lillian Lord
The Great Defender
1934
as Agnes Carter
The Day Begins Early
1950
as Ethel Huggett
The Ghost Train
1941
as Miss Bourne
Broken Blossoms
1936
as Mrs. Lossy
The Big Money
1958
as Mrs Frith
The Outsider
1939
as Mrs. Coates
The Huggetts Abroad
1949
as Ethel Huggett
Great Day
1945
as Pub Customer
Letter from Home
1941
as Ethel
Vote for Huggett
1949
as Ethel Huggett
Waterloo Road
1945
Much Too Shy
1942
as Amelia Peabody
Wanted!
1937
as Belinda
Golden Arrow
1949
as Isobel
All for Mary
1955
as Nannie Cartwright
Meet Sexton Blake
1945
as Mrs. Bardell
The Terror
1938
as Parlour Maid
The New Lot
1943
as Keith's Mother
Once a Crook
1941
as Auntie
What Happened Then?
1934
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Mrs. Fossett
It Happened One Sunday
1944
as Mrs. Purkiss
The Flying Squad
1940
as Mrs. Schifan
Dandy Dick
1935
as Jane (the Maid)
Jury's Evidence
1936
as Secretary
The Tenth Man
1936
as Confused Voter
A Call for Arms!
1940
as Mrs. James
Hobson's Choice
1931
as Ada Figgins
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937
as Annie
About Kathleen Harrison
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… With 87 credits spanning from 1931 to 1999, Kathleen Harrison has appeared in 80 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kathleen Harrison Movies
- Oliver Twist (1948) — as Mrs Sowerberry
- Scrooge (1951) — as Mrs. Dilber
- The London Connection (1979) — as Elderly Lady
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) — as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
- In Which We Serve (1942) — as Mrs. Blake
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