Kathleen Harrison
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.
Filmography
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
The London Connection
1979
as Elderly Lady
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lady Clumsey
West 11
1963
as Mrs. Beckett
The Fast Lady
1962
as Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
as Mrs Gibbons
On the Fiddle
1961
as Mrs. Cooksley
Alive and Kicking
1959
as Rosie
A Cry from the Streets
1958
as Mrs. Farrer
The Big Money
1958
as Mrs Frith
Seven Thunders
1957
as Mme. Abou
Home and Away
1956
as Elsie Knowles
It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Miss Gilly
All for Mary
1955
as Nannie Cartwright
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Emmie
Where There's a Will
1955
as Annie Yeo
Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Kate
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Mrs. Fossett
Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Granny Quilliam
The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Rachel Wardle
The Happy Family
1952
as Lillian Lord
The Magic Box
1952
as Mother in Family Group
Scrooge
1951
as Mrs. Dilber
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The Day Begins Early
1950
as Ethel Huggett