Kathleen Harrison
Acting
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
Acting87
movieBlondes: Diana Dors
1999
Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
movieThe London Connection
1979
Elderly Lady
tvDanger UXB
1979
Mrs. Dollery
tvOur Mutual Friend
1976
Henrietta Boffin
movieLock Up Your Daughters
1969
Lady Clumsey
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Mrs. Ashworth
movieWest 11
1963
Mrs. Beckett
movieThe Fast Lady
1962
Mrs. Staggers
movieMrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
Mrs Gibbons
movieOn the Fiddle
1961
Mrs. Cooksley
movieA Cry from the Streets
1958
Mrs. Farrer
movieThe Big Money
1958
Mrs Frith
movieSeven Thunders
1957
Mme. Abou
movieHome and Away
1956
Elsie Knowles
movieIt's a Wonderful World
1956
Miss Gilly
movieAll for Mary
1955
Nannie Cartwright
movieWhere There's a Will
1955
Annie Yeo
movieThe Dog and the Diamonds
1953
Mrs. Fossett
movieTurn the Key Softly
1953
Granny Quilliam
movieThe Pickwick Papers
1952
Rachel Wardle
movieThe Happy Family
1952
Lillian Lord
movieThe Magic Box
1952
Mother in Family Group
movieScrooge
1951
Mrs. Dilber
The Day Begins Early
1950
Ethel Huggett
movieTrio
1950
Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
movieWaterfront
1950
Mrs. McCabe
movieGolden Arrow
1949
Isobel
movieLandfall
1949
Mona's Mother
movieNow Barabbas
1949
Mrs. Brown
movieThe Huggetts Abroad
1949
Ethel Huggett
movieVote for Huggett
1949
Ethel Huggett
movieHere Come the Huggetts
1948
Ethel Huggett
movieThe Winslow Boy
1948
Violet
movieOliver Twist
1948
Mrs Sowerberry
movieBond Street
1948
Ethel Brawn
movieHoliday Camp
1947
Mrs. Ethel Huggett
movieThe Shop at Sly Corner
1947
Mrs. Catt
movieTemptation Harbour
1947
Mabel Slater
movieI See a Dark Stranger
1946
Waitress (uncredited)
movieWanted for Murder
1946
Florrie
movieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
movieGreat Day
1945
Pub Customer
movieMeet Sexton Blake
1945
Mrs. Bardell
movieThe New Lot
1943
Keith's Mother
movieMuch Too Shy
1942
Amelia Peabody
movieIn Which We Serve
1942
Mrs. Blake
movieI Thank You
1941
Kathleen
movieMajor Barbara
1941
Mrs. Price
movieThe Ghost Train
1941
Miss Bourne
movieThe Flying Squad
1940
Mrs. Schifan
movieGaslight
1940
Bit Role
movieThey Came by Night
1940
Mrs. Lightbody
movieSalvage with a Smile
1940
Housekeeper
movieA Girl Must Live
1939
Penelope
Discoveries
1939
Kitchen Maid
movieThe Outsider
1939
Mrs. Coates
movieConvict 99
1938
Mabel
The Terror
1938
Parlour Maid
movieWanted!
1937
Belinda
movieNight Must Fall
1937
Emily Terence
movieThe Tenth Man
1936
Confused Voter
movieBroken Blossoms
1936
Mrs. Lossy
movieDandy Dick
1935
Jane (the Maid)
movieThe Great Defender
1934
Agnes Carter
movieThe Ghoul
1933
Kaney
movieAren't We All?
1932
Bit Role
movieHobson's Choice
1931
Ada Figgins