Kathleen Harrison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 22, 1892
- Died
- Dec 7, 1995 (aged 103)
- Place of birth
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 87
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
Filmography
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999Movie
Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
The London Connection
1979Movie
Elderly Lady
Danger UXB
1979TV
Mrs. Dollery
Our Mutual Friend
1976TV
Henrietta Boffin
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969Movie
Lady Clumsey
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
Rose
NBC Experiment in Television
1967TV
(voice)
Mrs Thursday
1966TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Mrs. Ashworth
Martin Chuzzlewit
1964TV
West 11
1963Movie
Mrs. Beckett
The Fast Lady
1962Movie
Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962Movie
Mrs Gibbons
On the Fiddle
1961Movie
Mrs. Cooksley
Alive and Kicking
1959Movie
Rosie
A Cry from the Streets
1958Movie
Mrs. Farrer
The Big Money
1958Movie
Mrs Frith
Seven Thunders
1957Movie
Mme. Abou
Home and Away
1956Movie
Elsie Knowles
It's a Wonderful World
1956Movie
Miss Gilly
All for Mary
1955Movie
Nannie Cartwright
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955Movie
Emmie
Where There's a Will
1955Movie
Annie Yeo
Lilacs in the Spring
1954Movie
Kate
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953Movie
Mrs. Fossett
Turn the Key Softly
1953Movie
Granny Quilliam
The Pickwick Papers
1952Movie
Rachel Wardle
The Happy Family
1952Movie
Lillian Lord
The Magic Box
1952Movie
Mother in Family Group
Scrooge
1951Movie
Mrs. Dilber
The Day Begins Early
1950Movie
Ethel Huggett
Trio
1950Movie
Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
Waterfront
1950Movie
Mrs. McCabe
Double Confession
1950Movie
Kate
Golden Arrow
1949Movie
Isobel
Landfall
1949Movie
Mona's Mother
Now Barabbas
1949Movie
Mrs. Brown
The Huggetts Abroad
1949Movie
Ethel Huggett
Vote for Huggett
1949Movie
Ethel Huggett
Here Come the Huggetts
1948Movie
Ethel Huggett
The Winslow Boy
1948Movie
Violet
Oliver Twist
1948Movie
Mrs Sowerberry
Bond Street
1948Movie
Ethel Brawn
Holiday Camp
1947Movie
Mrs. Ethel Huggett
The Shop at Sly Corner
1947Movie
Mrs. Catt
Temptation Harbour
1947Movie
Mabel Slater
I See a Dark Stranger
1946Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
Wanted for Murder
1946Movie
Florrie
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945Movie
Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Great Day
1945Movie
Pub Customer
Meet Sexton Blake
1945Movie
Mrs. Bardell
Waterloo Road
1945Movie
It Happened One Sunday
1944Movie
Mrs. Purkiss
The New Lot
1943Movie
Keith's Mother
Much Too Shy
1942Movie
Amelia Peabody
In Which We Serve
1942Movie
Mrs. Blake
Letter from Home
1941Movie
Ethel
I Thank You
1941Movie
Kathleen
Once a Crook
1941Movie
Auntie
Major Barbara
1941Movie
Mrs. Price
The Ghost Train
1941Movie
Miss Bourne
A Call for Arms!
1940Movie
Mrs. James
The Flying Squad
1940Movie
Mrs. Schifan
Gaslight
1940Movie
Bit Role
Girl in the News
1940Movie
Cook
They Came by Night
1940Movie
Mrs. Lightbody
Salvage with a Smile
1940Movie
Housekeeper
A Girl Must Live
1939Movie
Penelope
Discoveries
1939Movie
Kitchen Maid
The Outsider
1939Movie
Mrs. Coates
Convict 99
1938Movie
Mabel
The Terror
1938Movie
Parlour Maid
Bank Holiday
1938Movie
May
Wanted!
1937Movie
Belinda
Night Must Fall
1937Movie
Emily Terence
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937Movie
Annie
The Tenth Man
1936Movie
Confused Voter
Broken Blossoms
1936Movie
Mrs. Lossy
Jury's Evidence
1936Movie
Secretary
Inside the Room
1935Movie
Nurse
Dandy Dick
1935Movie
Jane (the Maid)
The Great Defender
1934Movie
Agnes Carter
What Happened Then?
1934Movie
The Ghoul
1933Movie
Kaney
The Man from Toronto
1933Movie
Martha
Aren't We All?
1932Movie
Bit Role
Hobson's Choice
1931Movie
Ada Figgins