Kathleen Harrison

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

BBC Play of the Month

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Danger UXB

Oliver Twist

Scrooge

Our Mutual Friend

NBC Experiment in Television

Caesar and Cleopatra

All Movies (80)

• Blondes: Diana Dors1999 · as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
• The London Connection1979 · as Elderly Lady
• Lock Up Your Daughters1969 · as Lady Clumsey
• West 111963 · as Mrs. Beckett
• The Fast Lady1962 · as Mrs. Staggers
• Mrs. Gibbons' Boys1962 · as Mrs Gibbons
• On the Fiddle1961 · as Mrs. Cooksley
• Alive and Kicking1959 · as Rosie
• A Cry from the Streets1958 · as Mrs. Farrer
• The Big Money1958 · as Mrs Frith
• Seven Thunders1957 · as Mme. Abou
• Home and Away1956 · as Elsie Knowles
• It's a Wonderful World1956 · as Miss Gilly
• All for Mary1955 · as Nannie Cartwright
• Cast a Dark Shadow1955 · as Emmie
• Where There's a Will1955 · as Annie Yeo
• Lilacs in the Spring1954 · as Kate
• The Dog and the Diamonds1953 · as Mrs. Fossett
• Turn the Key Softly1953 · as Granny Quilliam
• The Pickwick Papers1952 · as Rachel Wardle
• The Happy Family1952 · as Lillian Lord
• The Magic Box1952 · as Mother in Family Group
• Scrooge1951 · as Mrs. Dilber
• The Day Begins Early1950 · as Ethel Huggett
• Trio1950 · as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
• Waterfront1950 · as Mrs. McCabe
• Double Confession1950 · as Kate
• Golden Arrow1949 · as Isobel
• Landfall1949 · as Mona's Mother
• Now Barabbas1949 · as Mrs. Brown
• The Huggetts Abroad1949 · as Ethel Huggett
• Vote for Huggett1949 · as Ethel Huggett
• Here Come the Huggetts1948 · as Ethel Huggett
• The Winslow Boy1948 · as Violet
• Oliver Twist1948 · as Mrs Sowerberry
• Bond Street1948 · as Ethel Brawn
• Holiday Camp1947 · as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
• The Shop at Sly Corner1947 · as Mrs. Catt
• Temptation Harbour1947 · as Mabel Slater
• I See a Dark Stranger1946 · as Waitress (uncredited)
• Wanted for Murder1946 · as Florrie
• Caesar and Cleopatra1945 · as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
• Great Day1945 · as Pub Customer
• Meet Sexton Blake1945 · as Mrs. Bardell
• Waterloo Road1945
• It Happened One Sunday1944 · as Mrs. Purkiss
• The New Lot1943 · as Keith's Mother
• Much Too Shy1942 · as Amelia Peabody
• In Which We Serve1942 · as Mrs. Blake
• Letter from Home1941 · as Ethel
• I Thank You1941 · as Kathleen
• Once a Crook1941 · as Auntie
• Major Barbara1941 · as Mrs. Price
• The Ghost Train1941 · as Miss Bourne
• A Call for Arms!1940 · as Mrs. James
• The Flying Squad1940 · as Mrs. Schifan
• Gaslight1940 · as Bit Role
• Girl in the News1940 · as Cook
• They Came by Night1940 · as Mrs. Lightbody
• Salvage with a Smile1940 · as Housekeeper
• A Girl Must Live1939 · as Penelope
• Discoveries1939 · as Kitchen Maid
• The Outsider1939 · as Mrs. Coates
• Convict 991938 · as Mabel
• The Terror1938 · as Parlour Maid
• Bank Holiday1938 · as May
• Wanted!1937 · as Belinda
• Night Must Fall1937 · as Emily Terence
• Aren't Men Beasts!1937 · as Annie
• The Tenth Man1936 · as Confused Voter
• Broken Blossoms1936 · as Mrs. Lossy
• Jury's Evidence1936 · as Secretary
• Inside the Room1935 · as Nurse
• Dandy Dick1935 · as Jane (the Maid)
• The Great Defender1934 · as Agnes Carter
• What Happened Then?1934
• The Ghoul1933 · as Kaney
• The Man from Toronto1933 · as Martha
• Aren't We All?1932 · as Bit Role
• Hobson's Choice1931 · as Ada Figgins

All TV Shows (7)

• Danger UXB1979 · as Mrs. Dollery
• Our Mutual Friend1976 · as Henrietta Boffin
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Rose
• NBC Experiment in Television1967 · as (voice)
• Mrs Thursday1966
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mrs. Ashworth
• Martin Chuzzlewit1964