Acting
Kathleen Harrison
EN cinema · 80 credits
Born
22 February 1892
Died
7 December 1995 (aged 103)
Birthplace
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as Кэтлин Харрисон
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
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
The London Connection
as Elderly Lady
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lady Clumsey
West 11
as Mrs. Beckett
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Mrs Gibbons
On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley
Alive and Kicking
as Rosie
The Big Money
as Mrs Frith
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Farrer
Seven Thunders
as Mme. Abou
It's a Wonderful World
as Miss Gilly
Home and Away
as Elsie Knowles
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie
Where There's a Will
as Annie Yeo
All for Mary
as Nannie Cartwright
Turn the Key Softly
as Granny Quilliam
The Dog and the Diamonds
as Mrs. Fossett
The Happy Family
as Lillian Lord
The Magic Box
as Mother in Family Group
The Pickwick Papers
as Rachel Wardle
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
Waterfront
as Mrs. McCabe
Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
The Day Begins Early
1950
The Day Begins Early
as Ethel Huggett
Now Barabbas
as Mrs. Brown
Landfall
as Mona's Mother
Vote for Huggett
as Ethel Huggett
The Huggetts Abroad
as Ethel Huggett
Golden Arrow
as Isobel
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
Bond Street
as Ethel Brawn
Here Come the Huggetts
as Ethel Huggett
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
Holiday Camp
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
Temptation Harbour
as Mabel Slater
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited)
Meet Sexton Blake
as Mrs. Bardell
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Great Day
as Pub Customer
It Happened One Sunday
1944
It Happened One Sunday
as Mrs. Purkiss
The New Lot
as Keith's Mother
Much Too Shy
as Amelia Peabody
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Blake
The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne
Letter from Home
as Ethel
I Thank You
as Kathleen
Major Barbara
as Mrs. Price
They Came by Night
as Mrs. Lightbody
The Flying Squad
as Mrs. Schifan
Gaslight
as Bit Role
Girl in the News
as Cook
Salvage with a Smile
as Housekeeper
A Girl Must Live
as Penelope
The Outsider
as Mrs. Coates
Discoveries
1939
Discoveries
as Kitchen Maid
Bank Holiday
as May
Convict 99
as Mabel
The Terror
1938
The Terror
as Parlour Maid
Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence
Aren't Men Beasts!
as Annie
Wanted!
as Belinda
Jury's Evidence
as Secretary
The Tenth Man
as Confused Voter
Broken Blossoms
as Mrs. Lossy
Dandy Dick
as Jane (the Maid)
Inside the Room
as Nurse
The Great Defender
as Agnes Carter
The Ghoul
as Kaney
The Man from Toronto
as Martha
Aren't We All?
as Bit Role
Hobson's Choice
as Ada Figgins