Kathleen Harrison

Birthday: 1892-02-22
Deathday: 1995-12-07
Birthplace: Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
The Day Begins Early
1979-12-21 The London Connection Elderly Lady
1969-03-29 Lock Up Your Daughters Lady Clumsey
1963-10-08 West 11 Mrs. Beckett
1962-12-14 The Fast Lady Mrs. Staggers
1961-10-10 On the Fiddle Mrs. Cooksley
1959-07-13 Alive and Kicking Rosie
1958-08-12 A Cry from the Streets Mrs. Farrer
1958-06-09 The Big Money Mrs Frith
1957-09-04 Seven Thunders Mme. Abou
1956-09-04 Home and Away Elsie Knowles
1956-08-28 It's a Wonderful World Miss Gilly
1955-12-21 All for Mary Nannie Cartwright
1955-09-20 Cast a Dark Shadow Emmie
1955-03-01 Where There's a Will Annie Yeo
1954-12-21 Lilacs in the Spring Kate
1953-11-01 The Dog and the Diamonds Mrs. Fossett
1953-04-29 Turn the Key Softly Granny Quilliam
1952-11-14 The Pickwick Papers Rachel Wardle
1952-03-30 The Happy Family Lillian Lord
1952-01-01 The Magic Box Mother in Family Group
1951-11-28 Scrooge Mrs. Dilber
1950-10-10 Trio Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
1950-07-26 Waterfront Mrs. McCabe
1950-04-30 Double Confession Kate
1949-12-31 Golden Arrow Isobel
1949-09-30 Landfall Mona's Mother
1949-05-24 Now Barabbas Mrs. Brown
1949-03-21 The Huggetts Abroad Ethel Huggett
1949-02-01 Vote for Huggett Ethel Huggett
1948-12-02 Here Come the Huggetts Ethel Huggett
1948-09-24 The Winslow Boy Violet
1948-06-28 Oliver Twist Mrs Sowerberry
1948-05-12 Bond Street Ethel Brawn
1947-08-05 Holiday Camp Mrs. Ethel Huggett
1947-03-10 The Shop at Sly Corner Mrs. Catt
1947-02-27 Temptation Harbour Mabel Slater
1946-07-04 I See a Dark Stranger Waitress (uncredited)
1946-06-17 Wanted for Murder Florrie
1945-12-11 Caesar and Cleopatra Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
1945-07-09 Great Day Pub Customer
1945-02-05 Meet Sexton Blake Mrs. Bardell
1945-02-05 Waterloo Road
1944-07-28 It Happened One Sunday Mrs. Purkiss
1943-01-01 The New Lot Keith's Mother
1942-10-12 Much Too Shy Amelia Peabody
1942-09-17 In Which We Serve Mrs. Blake
1941-12-01 Letter from Home Ethel
1941-10-20 I Thank You Kathleen
1941-08-23 Once a Crook Auntie
1941-05-14 Major Barbara Mrs. Price
1941-05-05 The Ghost Train Miss Bourne
1940-12-31 A Call for Arms! Mrs. James
1940-10-12 The Flying Squad Mrs. Schifan
1940-08-31 Gaslight Bit Role
1940-08-28 Girl in the News Cook
1940-03-07 They Came by Night Mrs. Lightbody
1940-01-01 Salvage with a Smile Housekeeper
1939-09-24 A Girl Must Live Penelope
1939-09-15 Discoveries Kitchen Maid
1939-01-30 The Outsider Mrs. Coates
1938-09-26 Convict 99 Mabel
1938-05-02 The Terror Parlour Maid
1938-01-27 Bank Holiday May
1937-08-23 Wanted! Belinda
1937-04-30 Night Must Fall Emily Terence
1937-01-19 Aren't Men Beasts! Annie
1936-08-12 The Tenth Man Confused Voter
1936-05-20 Broken Blossoms Mrs. Lossy
1936-01-01 Jury's Evidence Secretary
1935-03-26 Inside the Room Nurse
1935-03-01 Dandy Dick Jane (the Maid)
1934-11-26 The Great Defender Agnes Carter
1934-09-24 What Happened Then?
1933-08-01 The Ghoul Kaney
1933-01-01 The Man from Toronto Martha
1932-03-17 Aren't We All? Bit Role
1931-10-02 Hobson's Choice Ada Figgins