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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Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fianc...
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Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of l...
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Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels ...
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The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action...
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The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist th...
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When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv...
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In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents...
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Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a...
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Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older w...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West 11 (1963) | Mrs. Beckett | - | - |
| 2 | Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) | Emmie | 7.5 | |
| 3 | The Magic Box (1952) | Mother in Family Group | - | - |
| 4 | Scrooge (1951) | Mrs. Dilber | 9 | |
| 5 | Waterfront (1950) | Mrs. McCabe | - | - |
| 6 | Oliver Twist (1948) | Mrs Sowerberry | 6 | |
| 7 | The Winslow Boy (1948) | Violet | 6 | |
| 8 | Wanted for Murder (1946) | Florrie | 5 | |
| 9 | Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) | Egyptian Woman (uncredited) | 2 | |
| 10 | In Which We Serve (1942) | Mrs. Blake | 4 | |
| 11 | The Ghost Train (1941) | Miss Bourne | 5 | |
| 12 | Major Barbara (1941) | Mrs. Price | 4 | |
| 13 | Gaslight (1940) | Bit Role | 6 | |
| 14 | Night Must Fall (1937) | Emily Terence | 6 | |
| 15 | The Man from Toronto (1933) | Martha | - | - |
| 16 | The Ghoul (1933) | Kaney | 3 |
