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