Acting · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Born February 22, 1892
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.
MovieBlondes: Diana Dors
1999
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
MovieThe London Connection
1979
as Elderly Lady
TVDanger UXB
1979
as Mrs. Dollery
TVOur Mutual Friend
1976
as Henrietta Boffin
MovieLock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Lady Clumsey
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Rose
TVNBC Experiment in Television
1967
as (voice)
TVMrs Thursday
1966
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mrs. Ashworth
TVMartin Chuzzlewit
1964
MovieWest 11
1963
as Mrs. Beckett
MovieThe Fast Lady
1962
as Mrs. Staggers
MovieMrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
as Mrs Gibbons
MovieOn the Fiddle
1961
as Mrs. Cooksley
MovieAlive and Kicking
1959
as Rosie
MovieA Cry from the Streets
1958
as Mrs. Farrer
MovieThe Big Money
1958
as Mrs Frith
MovieSeven Thunders
1957
as Mme. Abou
MovieHome and Away
1956
as Elsie Knowles
MovieIt's a Wonderful World
1956
as Miss Gilly
MovieAll for Mary
1955
as Nannie Cartwright
MovieCast a Dark Shadow
1955
as Emmie
MovieWhere There's a Will
1955
as Annie Yeo
MovieLilacs in the Spring
1954
as Kate
MovieThe Dog and the Diamonds
1953
as Mrs. Fossett
MovieTurn the Key Softly
1953
as Granny Quilliam
MovieThe Pickwick Papers
1952
as Rachel Wardle
MovieThe Happy Family
1952
as Lillian Lord
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as Mother in Family Group
MovieScrooge
1951
as Mrs. Dilber
The Day Begins Early
1950
as Ethel Huggett
MovieTrio
1950
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
MovieWaterfront
1950
as Mrs. McCabe
MovieDouble Confession
1950
as Kate
MovieGolden Arrow
1949
as Isobel
MovieLandfall
1949
as Mona's Mother
MovieNow Barabbas
1949
as Mrs. Brown
MovieThe Huggetts Abroad
1949
as Ethel Huggett
MovieVote for Huggett
1949
as Ethel Huggett
MovieHere Come the Huggetts
1948
as Ethel Huggett
MovieThe Winslow Boy
1948
as Violet
MovieOliver Twist
1948
as Mrs Sowerberry
MovieBond Street
1948
as Ethel Brawn
MovieHoliday Camp
1947
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
MovieThe Shop at Sly Corner
1947
as Mrs. Catt
MovieTemptation Harbour
1947
as Mabel Slater
MovieI See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Waitress (uncredited)
MovieWanted for Murder
1946
as Florrie
MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
MovieGreat Day
1945
as Pub Customer
MovieMeet Sexton Blake
1945
as Mrs. Bardell
MovieWaterloo Road
1945
It Happened One Sunday
1944
as Mrs. Purkiss
MovieThe New Lot
1943
as Keith's Mother
MovieMuch Too Shy
1942
as Amelia Peabody
MovieIn Which We Serve
1942
as Mrs. Blake
MovieLetter from Home
1941
as Ethel
MovieI Thank You
1941
as Kathleen
Once a Crook
1941
as Auntie
MovieMajor Barbara
1941
as Mrs. Price
MovieThe Ghost Train
1941
as Miss Bourne
A Call for Arms!
1940
as Mrs. James
MovieThe Flying Squad
1940
as Mrs. Schifan
MovieGaslight
1940
as Bit Role
MovieGirl in the News
1940
as Cook
MovieThey Came by Night
1940
as Mrs. Lightbody
MovieSalvage with a Smile
1940
as Housekeeper
MovieA Girl Must Live
1939
as Penelope
Discoveries
1939
as Kitchen Maid
MovieThe Outsider
1939
as Mrs. Coates
MovieConvict 99
1938
as Mabel
The Terror
1938
as Parlour Maid
MovieBank Holiday
1938
as May
MovieWanted!
1937
as Belinda
MovieNight Must Fall
1937
as Emily Terence
MovieAren't Men Beasts!
1937
as Annie
MovieThe Tenth Man
1936
as Confused Voter
MovieBroken Blossoms
1936
as Mrs. Lossy
Jury's Evidence
1936
as Secretary
MovieInside the Room
1935
as Nurse
MovieDandy Dick
1935
as Jane (the Maid)
MovieThe Great Defender
1934
as Agnes Carter
MovieWhat Happened Then?
1934
MovieThe Ghoul
1933
as Kaney
MovieThe Man from Toronto
1933
as Martha
MovieAren't We All?
1932
as Bit Role
MovieHobson's Choice
1931
as Ada Figgins
