
Kathleen Harrison
Known for Acting · 87 credits
- Born
- 1892-02-22
- Died
- 1995-12-07
- Place of birth
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Кэтлин Харрисон
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (80)

Oliver Twist
1948
as Mrs Sowerberry

Scrooge
1951
as Mrs. Dilber

The Shop at Sly Corner
1947
as Mrs. Catt

The Ghoul
1933
as Kaney

The Outsider
1939
as Mrs. Coates
Discoveries
1939
as Kitchen Maid

Landfall
1949
as Mona's Mother

In Which We Serve
1942
as Mrs. Blake

Seven Thunders
1957
as Mme. Abou

Now Barabbas
1949
as Mrs. Brown

Trio
1950
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)

Gaslight
1940
as Bit Role

The London Connection
1979
as Elderly Lady

Waterfront
1950
as Mrs. McCabe

On the Fiddle
1961
as Mrs. Cooksley

Major Barbara
1941
as Mrs. Price

The Winslow Boy
1948
as Violet

Holiday Camp
1947
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett

The Fast Lady
1962
as Mrs. Staggers

The Magic Box
1952
as Mother in Family Group

Golden Arrow
1949
as Isobel

West 11
1963
as Mrs. Beckett

Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Emmie

All for Mary
1955
as Nannie Cartwright

The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Mrs. Fossett

Inside the Room
1935
as Nurse

Alive and Kicking
1959
as Rosie

Where There's a Will
1955
as Annie Yeo

The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Rachel Wardle

The Ghost Train
1941
as Miss Bourne

Girl in the News
1940
as Cook

Letter from Home
1941
as Ethel

Broken Blossoms
1936
as Mrs. Lossy

The Happy Family
1952
as Lillian Lord

The Man from Toronto
1933
as Martha

I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Waitress (uncredited)

The Huggetts Abroad
1949
as Ethel Huggett

Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)

Home and Away
1956
as Elsie Knowles

Night Must Fall
1937
as Emily Terence

Bank Holiday
1938
as May

It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Miss Gilly

Here Come the Huggetts
1948
as Ethel Huggett

Bond Street
1948
as Ethel Brawn

Great Day
1945
as Pub Customer

The Big Money
1958
as Mrs Frith
The Terror
1938
as Parlour Maid

A Girl Must Live
1939
as Penelope

Temptation Harbour
1947
as Mabel Slater

Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lady Clumsey

Wanted!
1937
as Belinda

Dandy Dick
1935
as Jane (the Maid)

Wanted for Murder
1946
as Florrie

Double Confession
1950
as Kate

Vote for Huggett
1949
as Ethel Huggett

The New Lot
1943
as Keith's Mother

The Tenth Man
1936
as Confused Voter

Waterloo Road
1945

Meet Sexton Blake
1945
as Mrs. Bardell

Aren't We All?
1932
as Bit Role

A Cry from the Streets
1958
as Mrs. Farrer

I Thank You
1941
as Kathleen

Convict 99
1938
as Mabel
A Call for Arms!
1940
as Mrs. James

Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Kate

The Flying Squad
1940
as Mrs. Schifan

What Happened Then?
1934

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
as Mrs Gibbons
Once a Crook
1941
as Auntie

Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Granny Quilliam

Much Too Shy
1942
as Amelia Peabody

Hobson's Choice
1931
as Ada Figgins

They Came by Night
1940
as Mrs. Lightbody

The Great Defender
1934
as Agnes Carter
The Day Begins Early
1950
as Ethel Huggett

Aren't Men Beasts!
1937
as Annie
It Happened One Sunday
1944
as Mrs. Purkiss
Jury's Evidence
1936
as Secretary

Salvage with a Smile
1940
as Housekeeper
About Kathleen Harrison
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… With 87 credits spanning from 1931 to 1999, Kathleen Harrison has appeared in 80 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kathleen Harrison Movies
- Oliver Twist (1948) — as Mrs Sowerberry
- Scrooge (1951) — as Mrs. Dilber
- The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) — as Mrs. Catt
- The Ghoul (1933) — as Kaney
- The Outsider (1939) — as Mrs. Coates
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