1892-02-22 Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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The London Connection | Elderly Lady | 1979-12-21 |
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Lock Up Your Daughters | Lady Clumsey | 1969-03-29 |
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West 11 | Mrs. Beckett | 1963-10-08 |
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Mrs. Gibbons' Boys | Mrs Gibbons | 1962-04-01 |
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The Fast Lady | Mrs. Staggers | 1962-12-14 |
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On the Fiddle | Mrs. Cooksley | 1961-10-10 |
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Alive and Kicking | Rosie | 1959-07-13 |
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The Big Money | Mrs Frith | 1958-06-09 |
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A Cry from the Streets | Mrs. Farrer | 1958-08-12 |
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Seven Thunders | Mme. Abou | 1957-09-04 |
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Home and Away | Elsie Knowles | 1956-09-04 |
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It's a Wonderful World | Miss Gilly | 1956-08-28 |
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Where There's a Will | Annie Yeo | 1955-03-01 |
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All for Mary | Nannie Cartwright | 1955-12-21 |
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Cast a Dark Shadow | Emmie | 1955-09-20 |
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Lilacs in the Spring | Kate | 1954-12-21 |
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The Dog and the Diamonds | Mrs. Fossett | 1953-11-01 |
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Turn the Key Softly | Granny Quilliam | 1953-04-29 |
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The Magic Box | Mother in Family Group | 1952-01-01 |
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The Happy Family | Lillian Lord | 1952-03-30 |
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The Pickwick Papers | Rachel Wardle | 1952-11-14 |
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Scrooge | Mrs. Dilber | 1951-11-30 |
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Waterfront | Mrs. McCabe | 1950-07-26 |
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Trio | Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger) | 1950-10-10 |
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Double Confession | Kate | 1950-04-30 |
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The Day Begins Early | Ethel Huggett | 1950-12-23 |
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Vote for Huggett | Ethel Huggett | 1949-02-01 |
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The Huggetts Abroad | Ethel Huggett | 1949-03-21 |
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Landfall | Mona's Mother | 1949-09-30 |
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Now Barabbas | Mrs. Brown | 1949-05-24 |
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Golden Arrow | Isobel | 1949-12-31 |
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Oliver Twist | Mrs Sowerberry | 1948-06-28 |
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The Winslow Boy | Violet | 1948-09-24 |
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Bond Street | Ethel Brawn | 1948-05-12 |
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Here Come the Huggetts | Ethel Huggett | 1948-12-02 |
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The Shop at Sly Corner | Mrs. Catt | 1947-03-10 |
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Temptation Harbour | Mabel Slater | 1947-02-27 |
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Holiday Camp | Mrs. Ethel Huggett | 1947-08-05 |
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Wanted for Murder | Florrie | 1946-06-17 |
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I See a Dark Stranger | Waitress (uncredited) | 1946-07-04 |
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Waterloo Road | 1945-02-05 | |
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Meet Sexton Blake | Mrs. Bardell | 1945-02-05 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Egyptian Woman (uncredited) | 1945-12-11 |
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Great Day | Pub Customer | 1945-07-09 |
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It Happened One Sunday | Mrs. Purkiss | 1944-07-28 |
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The New Lot | Keith's Mother | 1943-01-01 |
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Much Too Shy | Amelia Peabody | 1942-10-12 |
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In Which We Serve | Mrs. Blake | 1942-09-17 |
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I Thank You | Kathleen | 1941-10-20 |
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Major Barbara | Mrs. Price | 1941-05-14 |
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Letter from Home | Ethel | 1941-12-01 |
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The Ghost Train | Miss Bourne | 1941-05-05 |
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Once a Crook | Auntie | 1941-08-23 |
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They Came by Night | Mrs. Lightbody | 1940-03-07 |
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Salvage with a Smile | Housekeeper | 1940-01-01 |
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A Call for Arms! | Mrs. James | 1940-12-31 |
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Girl in the News | Cook | 1940-08-28 |
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The Flying Squad | Mrs. Schifan | 1940-10-12 |
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Gaslight | Bit Role | 1940-08-31 |
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Discoveries | Kitchen Maid | 1939-09-15 |
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A Girl Must Live | Penelope | 1939-09-24 |
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The Outsider | Mrs. Coates | 1939-01-30 |
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Convict 99 | Mabel | 1938-09-26 |
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Bank Holiday | May | 1938-01-27 |
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The Terror | Parlour Maid | 1938-05-02 |
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Night Must Fall | Emily Terence | 1937-04-30 |
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Wanted! | Belinda | 1937-08-23 |
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Aren't Men Beasts! | Annie | 1937-01-19 |
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Broken Blossoms | Mrs. Lossy | 1936-05-20 |
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The Tenth Man | Confused Voter | 1936-08-12 |
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Jury's Evidence | Secretary | 1936-01-01 |
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Dandy Dick | Jane (the Maid) | 1935-03-01 |
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Inside the Room | Nurse | 1935-03-26 |
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The Great Defender | Agnes Carter | 1934-11-26 |
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What Happened Then? | 1934-09-24 | |
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The Man from Toronto | Martha | 1933-01-01 |
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The Ghoul | Kaney | 1933-08-01 |
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Aren't We All? | Bit Role | 1932-03-17 |
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Hobson's Choice | Ada Figgins | 1931-10-02 |
