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.
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Movies (44)
Blondes: Diana Dors
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
1999
The London Connection
as Elderly Lady
1979
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lady Clumsey
1969
West 11
as Mrs. Beckett
1963
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
1962
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Mrs Gibbons
1962
On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley
1961
Alive and Kicking
as Rosie
1959
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Farrer
1958
The Big Money
as Mrs Frith
1958
Seven Thunders
as Mme. Abou
1957
Home and Away
as Elsie Knowles
1956
It's a Wonderful World
as Miss Gilly
1956
All for Mary
as Nannie Cartwright
1955
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie
1955
Where There's a Will
as Annie Yeo
1955
Lilacs in the Spring
as Kate
1954
The Dog and the Diamonds
as Mrs. Fossett
1953
Turn the Key Softly
as Granny Quilliam
1953
The Pickwick Papers
as Rachel Wardle
1952
The Happy Family
as Lillian Lord
1952
The Magic Box
as Mother in Family Group
1952
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
1951
The Day Begins Early
as Ethel Huggett
1950
Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
1950
Waterfront
as Mrs. McCabe
1950
Double Confession
as Kate
1950
Golden Arrow
as Isobel
1949
Landfall
as Mona's Mother
1949
Now Barabbas
as Mrs. Brown
1949
The Huggetts Abroad
as Ethel Huggett
1949
Vote for Huggett
as Ethel Huggett
1949
Here Come the Huggetts
as Ethel Huggett
1948
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
1948
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry
1948
Bond Street
as Ethel Brawn
1948
Holiday Camp
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
1947
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
1947
Temptation Harbour
as Mabel Slater
1947
I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited)
1946
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
1945
Great Day
as Pub Customer
1945
Meet Sexton Blake
as Mrs. Bardell
1945
