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 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.
Acting
Movie
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
1951
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Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry
1948
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Gaslight
as Bit Role
1940
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In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Blake
1942
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The Ghoul
as Kaney
1933
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Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie
1955
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Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
1945
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Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence
1937
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The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne
1941
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Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
1946
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The Winslow Boy
as Violet
1948
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I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited)
1946
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Major Barbara
as Mrs. Price
1941
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The Magic Box
as Mother in Family Group
1952
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The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
1962
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Waterloo Road
1945
Movie
The Pickwick Papers
as Rachel Wardle
1952
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Double Confession
as Kate
1950
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Bank Holiday
as May
1938
Movie
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
1947
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Turn the Key Softly
as Granny Quilliam
1953
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West 11
as Mrs. Beckett
1963
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Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
1950
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Seven Thunders
as Mme. Abou
1957