Kathleen Harrison

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-02-22

Day of death

1995-12-07 (103 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

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

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • The Day Begins Early

    The Day Begins Early

  • The Huggetts Abroad

    The Huggetts Abroad

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

  • Wanted for Murder

    Wanted for Murder

  • Golden Arrow

    Golden Arrow

  • West 11

    West 11

  • Broken Blossoms

    Broken Blossoms

  • What Happened Then?

    What Happened Then?

  • The London Connection

    The London Connection

  • Landfall

    Landfall

  • Waterloo Road

    Waterloo Road

  • Lock Up Your Daughters

    Lock Up Your Daughters

  • Waterfront

    Waterfront

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Here Come the Huggetts

    Here Come the Huggetts

  • Convict 99

    Convict 99

  • Night Must Fall

    Night Must Fall

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

  • Trio

    Trio

  • Scrooge

    Scrooge

  • Much Too Shy

    Much Too Shy

  • The Fast Lady

    The Fast Lady

  • Great Day

    Great Day

  • Danger UXB

    Danger UXB

  • The Great Defender

    The Great Defender

  • The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

  • Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

  • Once a Crook

    Once a Crook

  • Aren't Men Beasts!

    Aren't Men Beasts!

  • On the Fiddle

    On the Fiddle

  • Seven Thunders

    Seven Thunders

  • Vote for Huggett

    Vote for Huggett

  • It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World

  • Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday

  • Now Barabbas

    Now Barabbas

  • The Dog and the Diamonds

    The Dog and the Diamonds

  • Bond Street

    Bond Street

  • It Happened One Sunday

    It Happened One Sunday

  • The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

  • The Tenth Man

    The Tenth Man

  • Meet Sexton Blake

    Meet Sexton Blake

  • I Thank You

    I Thank You

  • Double Confession

    Double Confession

  • Alive and Kicking

    Alive and Kicking

  • Wanted!

    Wanted!

  • The Terror

    The Terror

  • Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

    Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

  • The Flying Squad

    The Flying Squad

  • Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend

  • The Big Money

    The Big Money

  • In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

  • A Girl Must Live

    A Girl Must Live

  • Inside the Room

    Inside the Room

  • The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • A Call for Arms!

    A Call for Arms!

  • They Came by Night

    They Came by Night

  • NBC Experiment in Television

    NBC Experiment in Television

  • Home and Away

    Home and Away

  • Letter from Home

    Letter from Home

  • Mrs Thursday

    Mrs Thursday

  • Hobson's Choice

    Hobson's Choice

  • Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

  • Temptation Harbour

    Temptation Harbour

  • The Shop at Sly Corner

    The Shop at Sly Corner

  • Gaslight

    Gaslight

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • A Cry from the Streets

    A Cry from the Streets

  • Lilacs in the Spring

    Lilacs in the Spring

  • The Happy Family

    The Happy Family

  • Dandy Dick

    Dandy Dick

  • Aren't We All?

    Aren't We All?

  • Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will

  • Cast a Dark Shadow

    Cast a Dark Shadow

  • Girl in the News

    Girl in the News

  • The New Lot

    The New Lot

  • Discoveries

    Discoveries

  • All for Mary

    All for Mary

  • Jury's Evidence

    Jury's Evidence