Kathleen Harrison

Personal Info

Birthday

February 22, 1892

Day of Death

1995-12-07

(103 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Кэтлин Харрисон

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”.

Known For

BBC Play of the Month

Lethal Weapon

Scrooge

The Shop at Sly Corner

Oliver Twist

Danger UXB

Caesar and Cleopatra

Cast a Dark Shadow

Filmography

1987
Lethal Weapon
as Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The London Connection
as Elderly Lady
1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lady Clumsey
1963
West 11
as Mrs. Beckett
1962
The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Mrs Gibbons
1961
On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley
1959
Alive and Kicking
as Rosie
1958
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Farrer
The Big Money
as Mrs Frith
1957
Seven Thunders
as Mme. Abou
1956
Home and Away
as Elsie Knowles
It's a Wonderful World
as Miss Gilly
1955
All for Mary
as Nannie Cartwright
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Emmie
Where There's a Will
as Annie Yeo
1954
Lilacs in the Spring
as Kate
1953
The Dog and the Diamonds
as Mrs. Fossett
Turn the Key Softly
as Granny Quilliam
1952
The Pickwick Papers
as Rachel Wardle
The Happy Family
as Lillian Lord
The Magic Box
as Mother in Family Group
1951
Scrooge
as Mrs. Dilber
1950
The Day Begins Early
as Ethel Huggett
Trio
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
Waterfront
as Mrs. McCabe
Double Confession
as Kate
1949
Golden Arrow
as Isobel
Landfall
as Mona's Mother
Now Barabbas
as Mrs. Brown
The Huggetts Abroad
as Ethel Huggett
Vote for Huggett
as Ethel Huggett
1948
Here Come the Huggetts
as Ethel Huggett
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Sowerberry
Bond Street
as Ethel Brawn
1947
Holiday Camp
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mrs. Catt
Temptation Harbour
as Mabel Slater
1946
I See a Dark Stranger
as Waitress (uncredited)
Wanted for Murder
as Florrie
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Great Day
as Pub Customer
Meet Sexton Blake
as Mrs. Bardell
1944
It Happened One Sunday
as Mrs. Purkiss
1943
The New Lot
as Keith's Mother
1942
Much Too Shy
as Amelia Peabody
In Which We Serve
as Mrs. Blake
1941
Letter from Home
as Ethel
I Thank You
as Kathleen
Once a Crook
as Auntie
Major Barbara
as Mrs. Price
The Ghost Train
as Miss Bourne
1940
A Call for Arms!
as Mrs. James
The Flying Squad
as Mrs. Schifan
Gaslight
as Bit Role
Girl in the News
as Cook
They Came by Night
as Mrs. Lightbody
Salvage with a Smile
as Housekeeper
1939
A Girl Must Live
as Penelope
Discoveries
as Kitchen Maid
The Outsider
as Mrs. Coates
1938
Convict 99
as Mabel
The Terror
as Parlour Maid
Bank Holiday
as May
1937
Wanted!
as Belinda
Night Must Fall
as Emily Terence
Aren't Men Beasts!
as Annie
1936
The Tenth Man
as Confused Voter
Broken Blossoms
as Mrs. Lossy
Jury's Evidence
as Secretary
1935
Inside the Room
as Nurse
Dandy Dick
as Jane (the Maid)
1934
The Great Defender
as Agnes Carter
1933
The Ghoul
as Kaney
The Man from Toronto
as Martha
1932
Aren't We All?
as Bit Role
1931
Hobson's Choice
as Ada Figgins