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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Blondes: Diana Dors | Mrs. Huggett(archive footage) | 1999-12-26 |
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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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Mrs. Gibbons' Boys | Mrs Gibbons | 1962-04-01 |
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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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Cast a Dark Shadow | Emmie | 1955-09-20 |
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All for Mary | Nannie Cartwright | 1955-12-21 |
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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 | 1951-11-30 |
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Trio | Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger) | 1950-10-10 |
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The Day Begins Early | Ethel Huggett | 1950-12-23 |
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Double Confession | Kate | 1950-04-30 |
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Waterfront | Mrs. McCabe | 1950-07-26 |
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The Huggetts Abroad | Ethel Huggett | 1949-03-21 |
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Golden Arrow | Isobel | 1949-12-31 |
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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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Vote for Huggett | Ethel Huggett | 1949-02-01 |
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The Winslow Boy | Violet | 1948-09-24 |
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Oliver Twist | Mrs Sowerberry | 1948-06-28 |
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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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Temptation Harbour | Mabel Slater | 1947-02-27 |
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The Shop at Sly Corner | Mrs. Catt | 1947-03-10 |
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Holiday Camp | Mrs. Ethel Huggett | 1947-08-05 |
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I See a Dark Stranger | Waitress (uncredited) | 1946-07-04 |
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Wanted for Murder | Florrie | 1946-06-17 |
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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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Great Day | Pub Customer | 1945-07-09 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Egyptian Woman (uncredited) | 1945-12-11 |
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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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Letter from Home | Ethel | 1941-12-01 |
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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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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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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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Gaslight | Bit Role | 1940-08-31 |
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Girl in the News | Cook | 1940-08-28 |
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The Outsider | Mrs. Coates | 1939-01-30 |
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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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Convict 99 | Mabel | 1938-09-26 |
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The Terror | Parlour Maid | 1938-05-02 |
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Bank Holiday | May | 1938-01-27 |
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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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Night Must Fall | Emily Terence | 1937-04-30 |
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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 |
