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.
Filmography (87 titles)
9.0MovieBlondes: Diana Dors
Mrs. Huggett(archive footage) · 1999
7.8MovieThe London Connection
Elderly Lady · 1979
8.0ShowDanger UXB
Mrs. Dollery · 1979
7.0ShowOur Mutual Friend
Henrietta Boffin · 1976
6.0MovieLock Up Your Daughters
Lady Clumsey · 1969
7.0ShowITV Saturday Night Theatre
Rose · 1969
ShowNBC Experiment in Television
(voice) · 1967
5.0ShowMrs Thursday
1966
5.3ShowBBC Play of the Month
Mrs. Ashworth · 1965
8.0ShowMartin Chuzzlewit
1964
6.9MovieWest 11
Mrs. Beckett · 1963
5.8MovieThe Fast Lady
Mrs. Staggers · 1962
7.0MovieMrs. Gibbons' Boys
Mrs Gibbons · 1962
5.7MovieOn the Fiddle
Mrs. Cooksley · 1961
7.1MovieAlive and Kicking
Rosie · 1959
7.1MovieA Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Farrer · 1958
7.0MovieThe Big Money
Mrs Frith · 1958
5.5MovieSeven Thunders
Mme. Abou · 1957
7.0MovieHome and Away
Elsie Knowles · 1956
5.8MovieIt's a Wonderful World
Miss Gilly · 1956
6.7MovieAll for Mary
Nannie Cartwright · 1955
6.5MovieCast a Dark Shadow
Emmie · 1955
6.9MovieWhere There's a Will
Annie Yeo · 1955
6.0MovieLilacs in the Spring
Kate · 1954
6.7MovieThe Dog and the Diamonds
Mrs. Fossett · 1953
6.3MovieTurn the Key Softly
Granny Quilliam · 1953
7.0MovieThe Pickwick Papers
Rachel Wardle · 1952
7.8MovieThe Happy Family
Lillian Lord · 1952
6.5MovieThe Magic Box
Mother in Family Group · 1952
7.4MovieScrooge
Mrs. Dilber · 1951