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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Jury's Evidence
as Secretary
1936
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
1951
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie
1955
The Ghoul
as Kaney
1933
The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne
1941
Double Confession
as Kate
1950
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
1962
Bank Holiday
as May
1938
Convict 99
as Mabel
1938
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
1946
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
1947
Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence
1937
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
1948
Waterfront
as Mrs. McCabe
1950
Turn the Key Softly
as Granny Quilliam
1953
Once a Crook
as Auntie
1941
Now Barabbas
as Mrs. Brown
1949
Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
1950
The Big Money
as Mrs Frith
1958
On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley
1961
