Acting
Kathleen Harrison
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.
Filmography
Blondes: Diana Dors
Film · 1999
The London Connection
Film · 1979
Danger UXB
Series · 1979
Our Mutual Friend
Series · 1976
Lock Up Your Daughters
Film · 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Series · 1969
NBC Experiment in Television
Series · 1967
Mrs Thursday
Series · 1966
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Martin Chuzzlewit
Series · 1964
West 11
Film · 1963
The Fast Lady
Film · 1962
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
Film · 1962
On the Fiddle
Film · 1961
Alive and Kicking
Film · 1959
The Big Money
Film · 1958
A Cry from the Streets
Film · 1958
Seven Thunders
Film · 1957
It's a Wonderful World
Film · 1956
Home and Away
Film · 1956
Cast a Dark Shadow
Film · 1955
Where There's a Will
Film · 1955
All for Mary
Film · 1955
Lilacs in the Spring
Film · 1954
Turn the Key Softly
Film · 1953
The Dog and the Diamonds
Film · 1953
The Happy Family
Film · 1952
The Magic Box
Film · 1952
The Pickwick Papers
Film · 1952
Scrooge
Film · 1951
Double Confession
Film · 1950
Waterfront
Film · 1950
Trio
Film · 1950
The Day Begins Early
Film · 1950
Now Barabbas
Film · 1949
Landfall
Film · 1949
Vote for Huggett
Film · 1949
The Huggetts Abroad
Film · 1949
Golden Arrow
Film · 1949
The Winslow Boy
Film · 1948
Bond Street
Film · 1948
Here Come the Huggetts
Film · 1948
Oliver Twist
Film · 1948
The Shop at Sly Corner
Film · 1947
Holiday Camp
Film · 1947
Temptation Harbour
Film · 1947
Wanted for Murder
Film · 1946
I See a Dark Stranger
Film · 1946
Meet Sexton Blake
Film · 1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
Film · 1945
Great Day
Film · 1945
Waterloo Road
Film · 1945
It Happened One Sunday
Film · 1944
The New Lot
Film · 1943
Much Too Shy
Film · 1942
In Which We Serve
Film · 1942
The Ghost Train
Film · 1941
Once a Crook
Film · 1941
Letter from Home
Film · 1941
I Thank You
Film · 1941
Major Barbara
Film · 1941
They Came by Night
Film · 1940
The Flying Squad
Film · 1940
Girl in the News
Film · 1940
Gaslight
Film · 1940
Salvage with a Smile
Film · 1940
A Call for Arms!
Film · 1940
A Girl Must Live
Film · 1939
The Outsider
Film · 1939
Discoveries
Film · 1939
Bank Holiday
Film · 1938
Convict 99
Film · 1938
The Terror
Film · 1938
Night Must Fall
Film · 1937
Aren't Men Beasts!
Film · 1937
Wanted!
Film · 1937
Jury's Evidence
Film · 1936
The Tenth Man
Film · 1936
Broken Blossoms
Film · 1936
Dandy Dick
Film · 1935
Inside the Room
Film · 1935
The Great Defender
Film · 1934
What Happened Then?
Film · 1934
The Ghoul
Film · 1933
The Man from Toronto
Film · 1933
Aren't We All?
Film · 1932
Hobson's Choice
Film · 1931