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.
Known For
Credits
- 1987 · Lethal Weapon as Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1979 · The London Connection as Elderly Lady
- 1979 · Danger UXB as Mrs. Dollery
- 1976 · Our Mutual Friend as Mrs. Henrietta Boffin
- 1969 · Lock Up Your Daughters as Lady Clumsey
- 1967 · NBC Experiment in Television as (voice)
- 1966 · Mrs Thursday as
- 1964 · Martin Chuzzlewit as
- 1963 · West 11 as Mrs. Beckett
- 1962 · The Fast Lady as Mrs. Staggers
- 1961 · On the Fiddle as Mrs. Cooksley
- 1959 · Alive and Kicking as Rosie
- 1958 · A Cry from the Streets as Mrs. Farrer
- 1958 · The Big Money as Mrs Frith
- 1957 · Seven Thunders as Mme. Abou
- 1956 · Home and Away as Elsie Knowles
- 1956 · It's a Wonderful World as Miss Gilly
- 1955 · All for Mary as Nannie Cartwright
- 1955 · Cast a Dark Shadow as Emmie
- 1955 · Where There's a Will as Annie Yeo
- 1954 · Lilacs in the Spring as Kate
- 1953 · The Dog and the Diamonds as Mrs. Fossett
- 1953 · Turn the Key Softly as Granny Quilliam
- 1952 · The Pickwick Papers as Rachel Wardle
- 1952 · The Happy Family as Lillian Lord
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Mother in Family Group
- 1951 · Scrooge as Mrs. Dilber
- 1950 · Trio as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
- 1950 · Waterfront as Mrs. McCabe
- 1950 · Double Confession as Kate
- 1949 · Golden Arrow as Isobel
- 1949 · Landfall as Mona's Mother
- 1949 · Now Barabbas as Mrs. Brown
- 1949 · The Huggetts Abroad as Ethel Huggett
- 1949 · Vote for Huggett as Ethel Huggett
- 1948 · Here Come the Huggetts as Ethel Huggett
- 1948 · The Winslow Boy as Violet
- 1948 · Oliver Twist as Mrs Sowerberry
- 1948 · Bond Street as Ethel Brawn
- 1947 · Holiday Camp as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
- 1947 · The Shop at Sly Corner as Mrs. Catt
- 1947 · Temptation Harbour as Mabel Slater
- 1946 · I See a Dark Stranger as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1946 · Wanted for Murder as Florrie
- 1945 · Caesar and Cleopatra as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
- 1945 · Great Day as Pub Customer
- 1945 · Waterloo Road as
- 1945 · Meet Sexton Blake as Mrs. Bardell
- 1944 · It Happened One Sunday as Mrs. Purkiss
- 1943 · The New Lot as Keith's Mother
- 1942 · Much Too Shy as Amelia Peabody
- 1942 · In Which We Serve as Mrs. Blake
- 1941 · Letter from Home as Ethel
- 1941 · I Thank You as Kathleen
- 1941 · Once a Crook as Auntie
- 1941 · Major Barbara as Mrs. Price
- 1941 · The Ghost Train as Miss Bourne
- 1940 · A Call for Arms! as Mrs. James
- 1940 · The Flying Squad as Mrs. Schifan
- 1940 · Gaslight as Bit Role
- 1940 · Girl in the News as Cook
- 1940 · They Came by Night as Mrs. Lightbody
- 1940 · Salvage with a Smile as Housekeeper
- 1939 · A Girl Must Live as Penelope
- 1939 · Discoveries as Kitchen Maid
- 1939 · The Outsider as Mrs. Coates
- 1938 · Convict 99 as Mabel
- 1938 · The Terror as Parlour Maid
- 1938 · Bank Holiday as May
- 1937 · Wanted! as Belinda
- 1937 · Night Must Fall as Emily Terence
- 1937 · Aren't Men Beasts! as Annie
- 1936 · The Tenth Man as Confused Voter
- 1936 · Broken Blossoms as Mrs. Lossy
- 1936 · Jury's Evidence as Secretary
- 1935 · Dandy Dick as Jane (the Maid)
- 1934 · The Great Defender as Agnes Carter
- 1934 · What Happened Then? as
- 1933 · The Ghoul as Kaney
- 1933 · The Man from Toronto as Martha
- 1932 · Aren't We All? as Bit Role
- 1931 · Hobson's Choice as Ada Figgins
- Future · The Day Begins Early as