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Kathleen Harrison

Lived · 103 Born · Feb 22, 1892 From · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK Films · 73

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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

Blondes: Diana Dors poster

Blondes: Diana Dors

The London Connection poster

The London Connection

Lock Up Your Daughters poster

Lock Up Your Daughters

West 11 poster

Career timeline

1999

Blondes: Diana Dors Notable

Mrs. Huggett(archive footage) · 1999

1979

The London Connection Notable

Elderly Lady · 1979

1969

Lock Up Your Daughters

Lady Clumsey · 1969

1963

Mrs. Beckett · 1963

1962

Mrs. Staggers · 1962

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys Notable

Mrs Gibbons · 1962

1961

Mrs. Cooksley · 1961

1959

Alive and Kicking Notable

1958

A Cry from the Streets Notable

Mrs. Farrer · 1958

The Big Money Notable

Mrs Frith · 1958

1957

Mme. Abou · 1957

1956

Home and Away Notable

Elsie Knowles · 1956

It's a Wonderful World

Miss Gilly · 1956

1955

Nannie Cartwright · 1955

Cast a Dark Shadow

Where There's a Will

Annie Yeo · 1955

1954

Lilacs in the Spring

1953

The Dog and the Diamonds

Mrs. Fossett · 1953

Turn the Key Softly

Granny Quilliam · 1953

1952

The Pickwick Papers Notable

Rachel Wardle · 1952

The Happy Family Notable

Lillian Lord · 1952

Mother in Family Group · 1952

1951

Scrooge Notable

Mrs. Dilber · 1951

1950

Emma Foreman (in segment The V · 1950

Mrs. McCabe · 1950

Double Confession

1949

Golden Arrow Notable

Landfall Notable

Mona's Mother · 1949

Mrs. Brown · 1949

1948

Here Come the Huggetts

Ethel Huggett · 1948

The Winslow Boy Notable

Oliver Twist Notable

Mrs Sowerberry · 1948

1947

Mrs. Ethel Huggett · 1947

The Shop at Sly Corner

Mrs. Catt · 1947

Temptation Harbour

Mabel Slater · 1947

1946

I See a Dark Stranger

Waitress (uncredited) · 1946

Wanted for Murder

Florrie · 1946

Frequently appears with

Luther Starling

Mona Washbourne

Full filmography

Blondes: Diana Dors poster

Blondes: Diana Dors

The London Connection poster

The London Connection

Lock Up Your Daughters poster

Lock Up Your Daughters

West 11 poster

The Fast Lady poster

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys poster

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

On the Fiddle poster

Alive and Kicking poster

Alive and Kicking

A Cry from the Streets poster

A Cry from the Streets

The Big Money poster

Seven Thunders poster

Home and Away poster

It's a Wonderful World poster

It's a Wonderful World

All for Mary poster

Cast a Dark Shadow poster

Cast a Dark Shadow

Where There's a Will poster

Where There's a Will

Lilacs in the Spring poster

Lilacs in the Spring

The Dog and the Diamonds poster

The Dog and the Diamonds

Turn the Key Softly poster

Turn the Key Softly

The Pickwick Papers poster

The Pickwick Papers

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