Kathleen Harrison

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

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

  • Scrooge

    Scrooge

  • Landfall

    Landfall

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Convict 99

    Convict 99

  • Trio

    Trio

  • West 11

    West 11

  • Bond Street

    Bond Street

  • Great Day

    Great Day

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • Seven Thunders

    Seven Thunders

  • The Terror

    The Terror

  • Waterloo Road

    Waterloo Road

  • The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

  • Waterfront

    Waterfront

  • Now Barabbas

    Now Barabbas

  • Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday

  • Night Must Fall

    Night Must Fall

  • Wanted!

    Wanted!

  • Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

  • Temptation Harbour

    Temptation Harbour

  • Lock Up Your Daughters

    Lock Up Your Daughters

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

  • The Fast Lady

    The Fast Lady

  • The London Connection

    The London Connection

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

  • The Great Defender

    The Great Defender

  • What Happened Then?

    What Happened Then?

  • Danger UXB

    Danger UXB

  • The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

  • Aren't Men Beasts!

    Aren't Men Beasts!

  • Wanted for Murder

    Wanted for Murder

  • It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World

  • They Came by Night

    They Came by Night

  • The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

  • Dandy Dick

    Dandy Dick

  • The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

  • A Girl Must Live

    A Girl Must Live

  • Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

  • The Huggetts Abroad

    The Huggetts Abroad

  • I Thank You

    I Thank You

  • Once a Crook

    Once a Crook

  • On the Fiddle

    On the Fiddle

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • The Big Money

    The Big Money

  • The Happy Family

    The Happy Family

  • The Shop at Sly Corner

    The Shop at Sly Corner

  • The Flying Squad

    The Flying Squad

  • It Happened One Sunday

    It Happened One Sunday

  • Much Too Shy

    Much Too Shy

  • Alive and Kicking

    Alive and Kicking

  • Blondes: Diana Dors

    Blondes: Diana Dors

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • Letter from Home

    Letter from Home

  • The Dog and the Diamonds

    The Dog and the Diamonds

  • Here Come the Huggetts

    Here Come the Huggetts

  • Meet Sexton Blake

    Meet Sexton Blake

  • Inside the Room

    Inside the Room

  • A Cry from the Streets

    A Cry from the Streets

  • Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

  • Mrs Thursday

    Mrs Thursday

  • Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

    Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

  • The Day Begins Early

    The Day Begins Early

  • Vote for Huggett

    Vote for Huggett

  • Girl in the News

    Girl in the News

  • Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will

  • Double Confession

    Double Confession

  • Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend

  • Gaslight

    Gaslight

  • Golden Arrow

    Golden Arrow

  • Aren't We All?

    Aren't We All?

  • NBC Experiment in Television

    NBC Experiment in Television

  • Home and Away

    Home and Away

  • Hobson's Choice

    Hobson's Choice

  • Cast a Dark Shadow

    Cast a Dark Shadow

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • Broken Blossoms

    Broken Blossoms

  • Discoveries

    Discoveries

  • Jury's Evidence

    Jury's Evidence

  • The Tenth Man

    The Tenth Man

  • Lilacs in the Spring

    Lilacs in the Spring

  • A Call for Arms!

    A Call for Arms!

  • All for Mary

    All for Mary

  • The New Lot

    The New Lot