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.
Acted in 81
1990s
- 1999
Blondes: Diana Dors
Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
1970s
- 1979
The London Connection
Elderly Lady
Danger UXB
Mrs. Dollery · 1 episode
- 1976
Our Mutual Friend
Henrietta Boffin · 4 episodes
1960s
- 1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
Lady Clumsey
- 1967
- 1966
Mrs Thursday
TV
- 1965
- 1964
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV
- 1963
West 11
Mrs. Beckett
- 1962
The Fast Lady
Mrs. Staggers
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
Mrs Gibbons
- 1961
1950s
- 1959
Alive and Kicking
Rosie
- 1958
The Big Money
Mrs Frith
- 1957
Seven Thunders
Mme. Abou
- 1956
Home and Away
Elsie Knowles
It's a Wonderful World
Miss Gilly
- 1955
All for Mary
Nannie Cartwright
Cast a Dark Shadow
Emmie
- 1954
Lilacs in the Spring
Kate
- 1953
The Dog and the Diamonds
Mrs. Fossett
Turn the Key Softly
Granny Quilliam
- 1952
The Pickwick Papers
Rachel Wardle
The Happy Family
Lillian Lord
The Magic Box
Mother in Family Group
- 1951
- 1950
Trio
Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
Waterfront
Mrs. McCabe
Double Confession
Kate
1940s
- 1949
Golden Arrow
Isobel
Landfall
Mona's Mother
Now Barabbas
Mrs. Brown
The Huggetts Abroad
Ethel Huggett
Vote for Huggett
Ethel Huggett
- 1948
Here Come the Huggetts
Ethel Huggett
Bond Street
Ethel Brawn
- 1947
Holiday Camp
Mrs. Ethel Huggett
Temptation Harbour
Mabel Slater
- 1946
I See a Dark Stranger
Waitress (uncredited)
Wanted for Murder
Florrie
- 1945
Great Day
Pub Customer
Meet Sexton Blake
Mrs. Bardell
Waterloo Road
Movie
- 1943
The New Lot
Keith's Mother
- 1942
Much Too Shy
Amelia Peabody
- 1941
Letter from Home
Ethel
I Thank You
Kathleen
Major Barbara
Mrs. Price
The Ghost Train
Miss Bourne
- 1940
The Flying Squad
Mrs. Schifan
Girl in the News
Cook
They Came by Night
Mrs. Lightbody
Salvage with a Smile
Housekeeper
1930s
- 1939
A Girl Must Live
Penelope
The Outsider
Mrs. Coates
- 1938
Convict 99
Mabel
Bank Holiday
May
- 1937
Wanted!
Belinda
Night Must Fall
Emily Terence
Aren't Men Beasts!
Annie
- 1936
The Tenth Man
Confused Voter
Broken Blossoms
Mrs. Lossy
Jury's Evidence
Secretary
- 1935
Inside the Room
Nurse
Dandy Dick
Jane (the Maid)
- 1934
The Great Defender
Agnes Carter
What Happened Then?
Movie
- 1933
The Man from Toronto
Martha
- 1932
Aren't We All?
Bit Role
- 1931
Hobson's Choice
Ada Figgins
