Kathleen Harrison

Born: 1892-02-22 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Died: 1995-12-07

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1999

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

1979

Danger UXB as Mrs. Dollery
The London Connection as Elderly Lady

1976

Our Mutual Friend as Henrietta Boffin

1963

West 11 as Mrs. Beckett

1962

The Fast Lady as Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys as Mrs Gibbons

1961

On the Fiddle as Mrs. Cooksley

1959

Alive and Kicking as Rosie

1958

The Big Money as Mrs Frith
A Cry from the Streets as Mrs. Farrer

1957

Seven Thunders as Mme. Abou

1956

Home and Away as Elsie Knowles
It's a Wonderful World as Miss Gilly

1955

Where There's a Will as Annie Yeo
Cast a Dark Shadow as Emmie
All for Mary as Nannie Cartwright

1954

Lilacs in the Spring as Kate

1953

Turn the Key Softly as Granny Quilliam
The Dog and the Diamonds as Mrs. Fossett

1952

The Magic Box as Mother in Family Group
The Happy Family as Lillian Lord
The Pickwick Papers as Rachel Wardle

1951

Scrooge as Mrs. Dilber

1950

Waterfront as Mrs. McCabe
Trio as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
Double Confession as Kate
The Day Begins Early as Ethel Huggett

1949

Vote for Huggett as Ethel Huggett
Landfall as Mona's Mother
The Huggetts Abroad as Ethel Huggett
Now Barabbas as Mrs. Brown
Golden Arrow as Isobel

1948

Oliver Twist as Mrs Sowerberry
The Winslow Boy as Violet
Here Come the Huggetts as Ethel Huggett
Bond Street as Ethel Brawn

1947

The Shop at Sly Corner as Mrs. Catt
Temptation Harbour as Mabel Slater
Holiday Camp as Mrs. Ethel Huggett

1946

I See a Dark Stranger as Waitress (uncredited)
Wanted for Murder as Florrie

1945

Caesar and Cleopatra as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Waterloo Road
Great Day as Pub Customer
Meet Sexton Blake as Mrs. Bardell

1944

It Happened One Sunday as Mrs. Purkiss

1943

The New Lot as Keith's Mother

1942

In Which We Serve as Mrs. Blake
Much Too Shy as Amelia Peabody

1941

Major Barbara as Mrs. Price
The Ghost Train as Miss Bourne
Letter from Home as Ethel
I Thank You as Kathleen
Once a Crook as Auntie

1940

Gaslight as Bit Role
A Call for Arms! as Mrs. James
The Flying Squad as Mrs. Schifan
Girl in the News as Cook
They Came by Night as Mrs. Lightbody
Salvage with a Smile as Housekeeper

1939

The Outsider as Mrs. Coates
Discoveries as Kitchen Maid
A Girl Must Live as Penelope

1938

Bank Holiday as May
The Terror as Parlour Maid
Convict 99 as Mabel

1937

Night Must Fall as Emily Terence
Wanted! as Belinda
Aren't Men Beasts! as Annie

1936

Broken Blossoms as Mrs. Lossy
The Tenth Man as Confused Voter
Jury's Evidence as Secretary

1935

Dandy Dick as Jane (the Maid)
Inside the Room as Nurse

1934

The Great Defender as Agnes Carter
What Happened Then?

1933

The Ghoul as Kaney
The Man from Toronto as Martha

1932

Aren't We All? as Bit Role

1931

Hobson's Choice as Ada Figgins