Kathleen Harrison
Acting
- Born:
- 1892-02-22
- Died:
- 1995-12-07
- Place of birth:
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Blondes: Diana Dors
The London Connection
Danger UXB
Our Mutual Friend
Lock Up Your Daughters
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
NBC Experiment in Television
Mrs Thursday
BBC Play of the Month
Martin Chuzzlewit
West 11
The Fast Lady
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
On the Fiddle
Alive and Kicking
A Cry from the Streets
The Big Money
Seven Thunders
Home and Away
It's a Wonderful World
All for Mary
Cast a Dark Shadow
Where There's a Will
Lilacs in the Spring
The Dog and the Diamonds
Turn the Key Softly
The Pickwick Papers
The Happy Family
The Magic Box
Scrooge
The Day Begins Early
Trio
Waterfront
Double Confession
Golden Arrow
Landfall
Now Barabbas
The Huggetts Abroad
Vote for Huggett
Here Come the Huggetts
The Winslow Boy
Oliver Twist
Bond Street
Holiday Camp
The Shop at Sly Corner
Temptation Harbour
I See a Dark Stranger
Wanted for Murder
Caesar and Cleopatra
Great Day
Meet Sexton Blake
Waterloo Road
It Happened One Sunday
The New Lot
Much Too Shy
In Which We Serve
Letter from Home
I Thank You
Once a Crook
Major Barbara
The Ghost Train
A Call for Arms!
The Flying Squad
Gaslight
Girl in the News
They Came by Night
Salvage with a Smile
A Girl Must Live
Discoveries
The Outsider
Convict 99
The Terror
Bank Holiday
Wanted!
Night Must Fall
Aren't Men Beasts!
The Tenth Man
Broken Blossoms
Jury's Evidence
Inside the Room
Dandy Dick
The Great Defender
What Happened Then?
The Ghoul
The Man from Toronto
Aren't We All?
Hobson's Choice