Kathleen Harrison
Actor
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.
Filmography
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry 1948
Gaslight
as Bit Role 1940
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Blake 1942
The Ghoul
as Kaney 1933
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited) 1945
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie 1955
Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence 1937
The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne 1941
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie 1946
The Winslow Boy
as Violet 1948
I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited) 1946
The Magic Box
as Mother in Family Group 1952
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers 1962
Major Barbara
as Mrs. Price 1941
Waterloo Road
1945
Double Confession
as Kate 1950