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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Lethal Weapon | Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1987-03-06 |
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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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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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A Cry from the Streets | Mrs. Farrer | 1958-08-12 |
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The Big Money | Mrs Frith | 1958-06-09 |
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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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All for Mary | Nannie Cartwright | 1955-12-21 |
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Cast a Dark Shadow | Emmie | 1955-09-20 |
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Where There's a Will | Annie Yeo | 1955-03-01 |
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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 Happy Family | Lillian Lord | 1952-03-30 |
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The Pickwick Papers | Rachel Wardle | 1952-11-14 |
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The Magic Box | Mother in Family Group | 1952-01-01 |
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Scrooge | Mrs. Dilber | 1951-11-28 |
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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 Huggetts Abroad | Ethel Huggett | 1949-03-21 |
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Vote for Huggett | Ethel Huggett | 1949-02-01 |
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Landfall | Mona's Mother | 1949-09-30 |
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Golden Arrow | Isobel | 1949-12-31 |
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Now Barabbas | Mrs. Brown | 1949-05-24 |
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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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Here Come the Huggetts | Ethel Huggett | 1948-12-02 |
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Bond Street | Ethel Brawn | 1948-05-12 |
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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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Meet Sexton Blake | Mrs. Bardell | 1945-02-05 |
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Waterloo Road | 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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Major Barbara | Mrs. Price | 1941-05-14 |
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I Thank You | Kathleen | 1941-10-20 |
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Once a Crook | Auntie | 1941-08-23 |
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The Ghost Train | Miss Bourne | 1941-05-05 |
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Letter from Home | Ethel | 1941-12-01 |
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A Call for Arms! | Mrs. James | 1940-12-31 |
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Salvage with a Smile | Housekeeper | 1940-01-01 |
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Gaslight | Bit Role | 1940-08-31 |
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Girl in the News | Cook | 1940-08-28 |
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They Came by Night | Mrs. Lightbody | 1940-03-07 |
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The Flying Squad | Mrs. Schifan | 1940-10-12 |
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A Girl Must Live | Penelope | 1939-09-24 |
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Discoveries | Kitchen Maid | 1939-09-15 |
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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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Wanted! | Belinda | 1937-08-23 |
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Night Must Fall | Emily Terence | 1937-04-30 |
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Aren't Men Beasts! | Annie | 1937-01-19 |
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Jury's Evidence | Secretary | 1936-01-01 |
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The Tenth Man | Confused Voter | 1936-08-12 |
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Broken Blossoms | Mrs. Lossy | 1936-05-20 |
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Dandy Dick | Jane (the Maid) | 1935-03-01 |
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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 Ghoul | Kaney | 1933-08-01 |
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The Man from Toronto | Martha | 1933-01-01 |
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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 |
