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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Scrooge (1951) — Mrs. Dilber
2. Oliver Twist (1948) — Mrs Sowerberry
3. Gaslight (1940) — Bit Role
4. In Which We Serve (1942) — Mrs. Blake
5. The Ghoul (1933) — Kaney
6. Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) — Emmie
7. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) — Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
8. Night Must Fall (1937) — Emily Terence
9. The Ghost Train (1941) — Miss Bourne
10. Wanted for Murder (1946) — Florrie
11. The Winslow Boy (1948) — Violet
12. I See a Dark Stranger (1946) — Waitress (uncredited)
13. Major Barbara (1941) — Mrs. Price
14. The Magic Box (1952) — Mother in Family Group
15. The Fast Lady (1962) — Mrs. Staggers
16. Waterloo Road (1945)
17. The Pickwick Papers (1952) — Rachel Wardle
18. Double Confession (1950) — Kate
19. Bank Holiday (1938) — May
20. The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) — Mrs. Catt
21. Turn the Key Softly (1953) — Granny Quilliam
22. West 11 (1963) — Mrs. Beckett
23. Trio (1950) — Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
24. Seven Thunders (1957) — Mme. Abou
25. Convict 99 (1938) — Mabel
26. Waterfront (1950) — Mrs. McCabe
27. Holiday Camp (1947) — Mrs. Ethel Huggett
28. Temptation Harbour (1947) — Mabel Slater
29. Much Too Shy (1942) — Amelia Peabody
30. A Cry from the Streets (1958) — Mrs. Farrer
31. Broken Blossoms (1936) — Mrs. Lossy
32. The Terror (1938) — Parlour Maid
33. Danger UXB (1979) — Mrs. Dollery
34. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Mrs. Ashworth
35. On the Fiddle (1961) — Mrs. Cooksley
36. Alive and Kicking (1959) — Rosie
37. Here Come the Huggetts (1948) — Ethel Huggett
38. Where There's a Will (1955) — Annie Yeo
39. The Great Defender (1934) — Agnes Carter
40. Girl in the News (1940) — Cook