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.

Most Known For

BBC Play of the Month

as Mrs. Ashworth

Oliver Twist

as Mrs Sowerberry

Dandy Dick

as Jane (the Maid)

Home and Away

as Elsie Knowles

Danger UXB

as Mrs. Dollery

I Thank You

as Kathleen

Scrooge

as Mrs. Dilber

They Came by Night

as Mrs. Lightbody

Our Mutual Friend

as Henrietta Boffin

Aren't We All?

as Bit Role

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)

Mrs Thursday

Gaslight

as Bit Role

NBC Experiment in Television

as (voice)

In Which We Serve

as Mrs. Blake

It's a Wonderful World

as Miss Gilly

West 11

as Mrs. Beckett

Wanted for Murder

as Florrie

The Winslow Boy

as Violet

I See a Dark Stranger

as Waitress (uncredited)