Kathleen Harrison
Born
February 22, 1892
Died
December 7, 1995 (103 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Lethal Weapon
Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
The London Connection
Elderly Lady
1979
Danger UXB
Mrs. Dollery · (1 episode)
1979
Our Mutual Friend
Mrs. Henrietta Boffin · (7 episodes)
1976
Lock Up Your Daughters
Lady Clumsey
1969
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice) · (1 episode)
1967
Mrs Thursday
(38 episodes)
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs. Ashworth · (1 episode)
1965
Martin Chuzzlewit
(3 episodes)
1964
West 11
Mrs. Beckett
1963
The Fast Lady
Mrs. Staggers
1962
On the Fiddle
Mrs. Cooksley
1961
Alive and Kicking
Rosie
1959
A Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Farrer
1958
The Big Money
Mrs Frith
1958
Seven Thunders
Mme. Abou
1957
Home and Away
Elsie Knowles
1956
It's a Wonderful World
Miss Gilly
1956
All for Mary
Nannie Cartwright
1955
Cast a Dark Shadow
Emmie
1955
Where There's a Will
Annie Yeo
1955
Lilacs in the Spring
Kate
1954
The Dog and the Diamonds
Mrs. Fossett
1953
Turn the Key Softly
Granny Quilliam
1953
The Pickwick Papers
Rachel Wardle
1952
The Happy Family
Lillian Lord
1952
The Magic Box
Mother in Family Group
1952
Scrooge
Mrs. Dilber
1951
The Day Begins Early
Ethel Huggett
1950
Trio
Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
1950
Waterfront
Mrs. McCabe
1950
Double Confession
Kate
1950
Golden Arrow
Isobel
1949
Landfall
Mona's Mother
1949
Now Barabbas
Mrs. Brown
1949
The Huggetts Abroad
Ethel Huggett
1949
Vote for Huggett
Ethel Huggett
1949
Here Come the Huggetts
Ethel Huggett
1948
The Winslow Boy
Violet
1948
Oliver Twist
Mrs Sowerberry
1948
Bond Street
Ethel Brawn
1948
Holiday Camp
Mrs. Ethel Huggett
1947
The Shop at Sly Corner
Mrs. Catt
1947
Temptation Harbour
Mabel Slater
1947
I See a Dark Stranger
Waitress (uncredited)
1946
Wanted for Murder
Florrie
1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
1945
Great Day
Pub Customer
1945
Meet Sexton Blake
Mrs. Bardell
1945
Waterloo Road
1945
It Happened One Sunday
Mrs. Purkiss
1944
The New Lot
Keith's Mother
1943
Much Too Shy
Amelia Peabody
1942
In Which We Serve
Mrs. Blake
1942
Letter from Home
Ethel
1941
I Thank You
Kathleen
1941
Once a Crook
Auntie
1941
Major Barbara
Mrs. Price
1941
The Ghost Train
Miss Bourne
1941
A Call for Arms!
Mrs. James
1940
The Flying Squad
Mrs. Schifan
1940
Gaslight
Bit Role
1940
Girl in the News
Cook
1940
They Came by Night
Mrs. Lightbody
1940
Salvage with a Smile
Housekeeper
1940
A Girl Must Live
Penelope
1939
Discoveries
Kitchen Maid
1939
The Outsider
Mrs. Coates
1939
Convict 99
Mabel
1938
The Terror
Parlour Maid
1938
Bank Holiday
May
1938
Wanted!
Belinda
1937
Night Must Fall
Emily Terence
1937
Aren't Men Beasts!
Annie
1937
The Tenth Man
Confused Voter
1936
Broken Blossoms
Mrs. Lossy
1936
Jury's Evidence
Secretary
1936
Inside the Room
Nurse
1935
Dandy Dick
Jane (the Maid)
1935
The Great Defender
Agnes Carter
1934
What Happened Then?
1934
The Ghoul
Kaney
1933
The Man from Toronto
Martha
1933
Aren't We All?
Bit Role
1932
Hobson's Choice
Ada Figgins
1931