Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-02-22

Day of Death

1995-12-07 (103 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Кэтлин Харрисон

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.

Known For

Scrooge

Scrooge

Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall

The Happy Family

The Happy Family

A Cry from the Streets

A Cry from the Streets

The London Connection

The London Connection

Gaslight

Gaslight

I Thank You

I Thank You

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Great Day

Great Day

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon

Acting

Jury's Evidence

1936

Jury's Evidence

as

Secretary

Scrooge

1951

Scrooge

as

Mrs. Dilber

Cast a Dark Shadow

1955

Cast a Dark Shadow

as

Emmie

The Ghoul

1933

The Ghoul

as

Kaney

The Ghost Train

1941

The Ghost Train

as

Miss Bourne

Double Confession

1950

Double Confession

as

Kate

The Fast Lady

1962

The Fast Lady

as

Mrs. Staggers

Bank Holiday

1938

Bank Holiday

as

May

Convict 99

1938

Convict 99

as

Mabel

Wanted for Murder

1946

Wanted for Murder

as

Florrie

The Shop at Sly Corner

1947

The Shop at Sly Corner

as

Mrs. Catt

Night Must Fall

1937

Night Must Fall

as

Emily Terence

The Winslow Boy

1948

The Winslow Boy

as

Violet

Waterfront

1950

Waterfront

as

Mrs. McCabe

Turn the Key Softly

1953

Turn the Key Softly

as

Granny Quilliam

Once a Crook

1941

Once a Crook

as

Auntie

Now Barabbas

1949

Now Barabbas

as

Mrs. Brown

Trio

1950

Trio

as

Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

The Big Money

1958

The Big Money

as

Mrs Frith

On the Fiddle

1961

On the Fiddle

as

Mrs. Cooksley

Seven Thunders

1957

Seven Thunders

as

Mme. Abou

Lock Up Your Daughters

1969

Lock Up Your Daughters

as

Lady Clumsey

They Came by Night

1940

They Came by Night

as

Mrs. Lightbody

Landfall

1949

Landfall

as

Mona's Mother

Alive and Kicking

1959

Alive and Kicking

as

Rosie

Meet Sexton Blake

1945

Meet Sexton Blake

as

Mrs. Bardell

Bond Street

1948

Bond Street

as

Ethel Brawn

It Happened One Sunday

1944

It Happened One Sunday

as

Mrs. Purkiss

The Huggetts Abroad

1949

The Huggetts Abroad

as

Ethel Huggett

Here Come the Huggetts

1948

Here Come the Huggetts

as

Ethel Huggett

Vote for Huggett

1949

Vote for Huggett

as

Ethel Huggett

Holiday Camp

1947

Holiday Camp

as

Mrs. Ethel Huggett

Lilacs in the Spring

1954

Lilacs in the Spring

as

Kate

Much Too Shy

1942

Much Too Shy

as

Amelia Peabody

Where There's a Will

1955

Where There's a Will

as

Annie Yeo

The Happy Family

1952

The Happy Family

as

Lillian Lord

It's a Wonderful World

1956

It's a Wonderful World

as

Miss Gilly

Letter from Home

1941

Letter from Home

as

Ethel

Temptation Harbour

1947

Temptation Harbour

as

Mabel Slater

The Man from Toronto

1933

The Man from Toronto

as

Martha

A Cry from the Streets

1958

A Cry from the Streets

as

Mrs. Farrer

The Flying Squad

1940

The Flying Squad

as

Mrs. Schifan

A Girl Must Live

1939

A Girl Must Live

as

Penelope

The Great Defender

1934

The Great Defender

as

Agnes Carter

The London Connection

1979

The London Connection

as

Elderly Lady

Home and Away

1956

Home and Away

as

Elsie Knowles

Girl in the News

1940

Girl in the News

as

Cook

Gaslight

1940

Gaslight

as

Bit Role

The Tenth Man

1936

The Tenth Man

as

Confused Voter

The Outsider

1939

The Outsider

as

Mrs. Coates

Aren't We All?

1932

Aren't We All?

as

Bit Role

1949

Golden Arrow

as

Isobel

The Dog and the Diamonds

1953

The Dog and the Diamonds

as

Mrs. Fossett

Aren't Men Beasts!

1937

Aren't Men Beasts!

as

Annie

I Thank You

1941

I Thank You

as

Kathleen

What Happened Then?

1934

What Happened Then?

as

Major Barbara

1941

Major Barbara

as

Mrs. Price

The Magic Box

1952

The Magic Box

as

Mother in Family Group

Oliver Twist

1948

Oliver Twist

as

Mrs Sowerberry

Hobson's Choice

1931

Hobson's Choice

as

Ada Figgins

Broken Blossoms

1936

Broken Blossoms

as

Mrs. Lossy

Discoveries

1939

Discoveries

as

Kitchen Maid

West 11

1963

West 11

as

Mrs. Beckett

All for Mary

1955

All for Mary

as

Nannie Cartwright

The Terror

1938

The Terror

as

Parlour Maid

The New Lot

1943

The New Lot

as

Keith's Mother

Dandy Dick

1935

Dandy Dick

as

Jane (the Maid)

In Which We Serve

1942

In Which We Serve

as

Mrs. Blake

The Pickwick Papers

1952

The Pickwick Papers

as

Rachel Wardle

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

I See a Dark Stranger

as

Waitress (uncredited)

Wanted!

1937

Wanted!

as

Belinda

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

Caesar and Cleopatra

as

Egyptian Woman (uncredited)

Great Day

1945

Great Day

as

Pub Customer

Salvage with a Smile

1940

Salvage with a Smile

as

Housekeeper

A Call for Arms!

1940

A Call for Arms!

as

Mrs. James

Lethal Weapon

1987

Lethal Weapon

as

Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited)

Waterloo Road

1945

Waterloo Road

as

The Day Begins Early

1950

The Day Begins Early

as

Ethel Huggett

Inside the Room

1935

Inside the Room

as

Nurse

Mrs Thursday

Mrs Thursday

as

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

as

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

as

Mrs. Henrietta Boffin

NBC Experiment in Television

NBC Experiment in Television

as

(voice)

Danger UXB

Danger UXB

as

Mrs. Dollery

Production

Crew

Directing