Kathleen Harrison
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Choi...
Known For
Filmography
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
The London Connection
1979
as Elderly Lady
Danger UXB
1979
as Mrs. Dollery
Our Mutual Friend
1976
as Henrietta Boffin
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lady Clumsey
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Rose
NBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
Mrs Thursday
1966
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mrs. Ashworth
Martin Chuzzlewit
1964
West 11
1963
as Mrs. Beckett
The Fast Lady
1962
as Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
as Mrs Gibbons
On the Fiddle
1961
as Mrs. Cooksley
Alive and Kicking
1959
as Rosie
The Big Money
1958
as Mrs Frith
A Cry from the Streets
1958
as Mrs. Farrer
Seven Thunders
1957
as Mme. Abou
It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Miss Gilly
Home and Away
1956
as Elsie Knowles
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Emmie
Where There's a Will
1955
as Annie Yeo
All for Mary
1955
as Nannie Cartwright
Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Kate
Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Granny Quilliam
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Mrs. Fossett
The Happy Family
1952
as Lillian Lord
The Magic Box
1952
as Mother in Family Group
The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Rachel Wardle
Scrooge
1951
as Mrs. Dilber
Double Confession
1950
as Kate
Waterfront
1950
as Mrs. McCabe
Trio
1950
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
The Day Begins Early
1950
as Ethel Huggett
Now Barabbas
1949
as Mrs. Brown
Landfall
1949
as Mona's Mother
The Huggetts Abroad
1949
as Ethel Huggett
Vote for Huggett
1949
as Ethel Huggett
Golden Arrow
1949
as Isobel
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Violet
Bond Street
1948
as Ethel Brawn
Here Come the Huggetts
1948
as Ethel Huggett
Oliver Twist
1948
as Mrs Sowerberry
The Shop at Sly Corner
1947
as Mrs. Catt
Holiday Camp
1947
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
Temptation Harbour
1947
as Mabel Slater
Wanted for Murder
1946
as Florrie
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Waitress (uncredited)
Meet Sexton Blake
1945
as Mrs. Bardell
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Great Day
1945
as Pub Customer
Waterloo Road
1945
It Happened One Sunday
1944
as Mrs. Purkiss
The New Lot
1943
as Keith's Mother
Much Too Shy
1942
as Amelia Peabody
In Which We Serve
1942
as Mrs. Blake
The Ghost Train
1941
as Miss Bourne
Once a Crook
1941
as Auntie
Letter from Home
1941
as Ethel
I Thank You
1941
as Kathleen
Major Barbara
1941
as Mrs. Price
They Came by Night
1940
as Mrs. Lightbody
The Flying Squad
1940
as Mrs. Schifan
Girl in the News
1940
as Cook
Gaslight
1940
as Bit Role
Salvage with a Smile
1940
as Housekeeper
A Call for Arms!
1940
as Mrs. James
A Girl Must Live
1939
as Penelope
The Outsider
1939
as Mrs. Coates
Discoveries
1939
as Kitchen Maid
Bank Holiday
1938
as May
Convict 99
1938
as Mabel
The Terror
1938
as Parlour Maid
Night Must Fall
1937
as Emily Terence
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937
as Annie
Wanted!
1937
as Belinda
Jury's Evidence
1936
as Secretary
The Tenth Man
1936
as Confused Voter
Broken Blossoms
1936
as Mrs. Lossy
Dandy Dick
1935
as Jane (the Maid)
Inside the Room
1935
as Nurse
The Great Defender
1934
as Agnes Carter
What Happened Then?
1934
The Ghoul
1933
as Kaney
The Man from Toronto
1933
as Martha
Aren't We All?
1932
as Bit Role
Hobson's Choice
1931
as Ada Figgins