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Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison

Birthday: 1892-02-23 | 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1976
Our Mutual Friend

as    Mrs. Henrietta Boffin

1969
Lock Up Your Daughters

as    Lady Clumsey

1965
The Fast Lady

as    Mrs. Staggers

1963
West 11

as    Mrs. Beckett

1961
On the Fiddle

as    Mrs. Cooksley

1958
The Big Money

as    Mrs Frith

1958
A Cry from the Streets

as    Mrs. Farrer

1957
Cast a Dark Shadow

as    Emmie

1957
Seven Thunders

as    Mme. Abou

1956
Home and Away

as    Elsie Knowles

1956
It's a Wonderful World

as    Miss Gilly

1955
Lilacs in the Spring

as    Kate

1954
Turn the Key Softly

as    Granny Quilliam

1954
The Pickwick Papers

as    Rachel Wardle

1953
The Dog and the Diamonds

as    Mrs. Fossett

1952
The Happy Family

as    Lillian Lord

1952
Waterfront

as    Mrs. McCabe

1951
Scrooge

as    Mrs. Dilber

1950
Trio

as    Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

1950
Bond Street

as    Ethel Brawn

1950
The Day Begins Early

as    Ethel Huggett

1950
Double Confession

as    Kate

1950
The Winslow Boy

as    Violet

1949
The Huggetts Abroad

as    Ethel Huggett

1949
Vote for Huggett

as    Ethel Huggett

1949
Temptation Harbour

as    Mabel Slater

1949
Landfall

as    Mona's Mother

1949
Now Barabbas

as    Mrs. Brown