About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1892-02-22
Place of birth:
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Website:
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Kathleen Harrison

Overview

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

Acting
1987 Lethal Weapon Actor Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited) 71
Good
1979 The London Connection Actor Elderly Lady 59
Average
1976 Our Mutual Friend Actor Mrs. Henrietta Boffin N/A
N/A
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters Actor Lady Clumsey 58
Average
1966 Mrs Thursday Actor 69
Fair
1963 West 11 Actor Mrs. Beckett 59
Average
1962 The Fast Lady Actor Mrs. Staggers 58
Average
1961 On the Fiddle Actor Mrs. Cooksley 59
Average
1959 Alive and Kicking Actor Rosie 59
Average
1958 A Cry from the Streets Actor Mrs. Farrer 59
Average
1958 The Big Money Actor Mrs Frith 59
Average
1957 Seven Thunders Actor Mme. Abou 58
Average
1956 Home and Away Actor Elsie Knowles 59
Average
1956 It's a Wonderful World Actor Miss Gilly 59
Average
1955 All for Mary Actor Nannie Cartwright 59
Average
1955 Cast a Dark Shadow Actor Emmie 59
Average
1955 Where There's a Will Actor Annie Yeo 59
Average
1954 Lilacs in the Spring Actor Kate 59
Average
1953 The Dog and the Diamonds Actor Mrs. Fossett N/A
N/A
1953 Turn the Key Softly Actor Granny Quilliam 59
Average
1952 The Pickwick Papers Actor Rachel Wardle 59
Average
1952 The Happy Family Actor Lillian Lord 59
Average
1952 The Magic Box Actor Mother in Family Group 59
Average
1951 Scrooge Actor Mrs. Dilber 64
Fair
1950 Trio Actor Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger) 59
Average
1950 Waterfront Actor Mrs. McCabe 59
Average
1950 Double Confession Actor Kate 59
Average
1949 Golden Arrow Actor Isobel N/A
N/A
1949 Landfall Actor Mona's Mother 59
Average
1949 Now Barabbas Actor Mrs. Brown 59
Average
1949 The Huggetts Abroad Actor Ethel Huggett 59
Average
1949 Vote for Huggett Actor Ethel Huggett 59
Average
1948 Here Come the Huggetts Actor Ethel Huggett 59
Average
1948 The Winslow Boy Actor Violet 59
Average
1948 Oliver Twist Actor Mrs Sowerberry 63
Fair
1948 Bond Street Actor Ethel Brawn 59
Average
1947 Holiday Camp Actor Mrs. Ethel Huggett 59
Average
1947 The Shop at Sly Corner Actor Mrs. Catt 59
Average
1947 Temptation Harbour Actor Mabel Slater 58
Average
1946 I See a Dark Stranger Actor Waitress (uncredited) 59
Average
1946 Wanted for Murder Actor Florrie 59
Average
1945 Caesar and Cleopatra Actor Egyptian Woman (uncredited) 59
Average
1945 Great Day Actor Pub Customer 59
Average
1945 Meet Sexton Blake Actor Mrs. Bardell 59
Average
1945 Waterloo Road Actor 59
Average
1944 It Happened One Sunday Actor Mrs. Purkiss N/A
N/A
1943 The New Lot Actor Keith's Mother N/A
N/A
1942 Much Too Shy Actor Amelia Peabody 59
Average
1942 In Which We Serve Actor Mrs. Blake 60
Fair
1941 Letter from Home Actor Ethel N/A
N/A
1941 I Thank You Actor Kathleen 59
Average
1941 Once a Crook Actor Auntie N/A
N/A
1941 Major Barbara Actor Mrs. Price 59
Average
1941 The Ghost Train Actor Miss Bourne 59
Average
1940 A Call for Arms! Actor Mrs. James N/A
N/A
1940 The Flying Squad Actor Mrs. Schifan 59
Average
1940 Gaslight Actor Bit Role 60
Fair
1940 Girl in the News Actor Cook 59
Average
1940 They Came by Night Actor Mrs. Lightbody 59
Average
1940 Salvage with a Smile Actor Housekeeper N/A
N/A
1939 A Girl Must Live Actor Penelope 58
Average
1939 Discoveries Actor Kitchen Maid N/A
N/A
1939 The Outsider Actor Mrs. Coates 58
Average
1938 Convict 99 Actor Mabel 59
Average
1938 The Terror Actor Parlour Maid 59
Average
1938 Bank Holiday Actor May 59
Average
1937 Wanted! Actor Belinda N/A
N/A
1937 Night Must Fall Actor Emily Terence 59
Average
1937 Aren't Men Beasts! Actor Annie N/A
N/A
1936 The Tenth Man Actor Confused Voter 59
Average
1936 Broken Blossoms Actor Mrs. Lossy 59
Average
1936 Jury's Evidence Actor Secretary N/A
N/A
1935 Dandy Dick Actor Jane (the Maid) 59
Average
1934 The Great Defender Actor Agnes Carter 58
Average
1934 What Happened Then? Actor 58
Average
1933 The Ghoul Actor Kaney 58
Average
1933 The Man from Toronto Actor Martha 58
Average
1932 Aren't We All? Actor Bit Role N/A
N/A
1931 Hobson's Choice Actor Ada Figgins 58
Average
The Day Begins Early Actor 58
Average