Kathleen Harrison
Acting
Born: 1892-02-22 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs. Ashworth
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Rose
Danger UXB
Mrs. Dollery
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice)
Oliver Twist
Mrs Sowerberry
Mrs Thursday
Scrooge
Mrs. Dilber
Our Mutual Friend
Henrietta Boffin
Caesar and Cleopatra
Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Martin Chuzzlewit
On the Fiddle
Mrs. Cooksley
Bank Holiday
May
In Which We Serve
Mrs. Blake
Inside the Room
Nurse
Gaslight
Bit Role
I See a Dark Stranger
Waitress (uncredited)
Aren't We All?
Bit Role
The Ghoul
Kaney
The Winslow Boy
Violet
The Pickwick Papers
Rachel Wardle
The New Lot
Keith's Mother
Convict 99
Mabel
Salvage with a Smile
Housekeeper
The Magic Box
Mother in Family Group
Major Barbara
Mrs. Price
Home and Away
Elsie Knowles
Girl in the News
Cook
The Fast Lady
Mrs. Staggers
Temptation Harbour
Mabel Slater
Great Day
Pub Customer
Trio
Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
It's a Wonderful World
Miss Gilly
Wanted!
Belinda
I Thank You
Kathleen
They Came by Night
Mrs. Lightbody
Holiday Camp
Mrs. Ethel Huggett
The London Connection
Elderly Lady
The Happy Family
Lillian Lord