Kathleen Harrison
Born February 22, 1892 (Age: 134)
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Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
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as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)
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Age: 107
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
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as Lady Clumsey
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Age: 77
West 11
1963
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as Mrs. Beckett
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Age: 71
The Fast Lady
1962
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as Mrs. Staggers
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Age: 70
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
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as Mrs Gibbons
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Age: 70
On the Fiddle
1961
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as Mrs. Cooksley
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Age: 69
Alive and Kicking
1959
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as Rosie
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Age: 67
A Cry from the Streets
1958
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as Mrs. Farrer
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Age: 66
The Big Money
1958
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as Mrs Frith
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Age: 66
Home and Away
1956
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as Elsie Knowles
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Age: 64
It's a Wonderful World
1956
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as Miss Gilly
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Age: 64
All for Mary
1955
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as Nannie Cartwright
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Age: 63
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955
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as Emmie
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Age: 63
Where There's a Will
1955
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as Annie Yeo
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Age: 63
Lilacs in the Spring
1954
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as Kate
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Age: 62
The Dog and the Diamonds
1953
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as Mrs. Fossett
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Age: 61
Turn the Key Softly
1953
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as Granny Quilliam
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Age: 61
No Image
The Day Begins Early
1950
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as Ethel Huggett
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Age: 58
Trio
1950
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as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
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Age: 58
Waterfront
1950
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as Mrs. McCabe
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Age: 58
Double Confession
1950
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as Kate
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Age: 58
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
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as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Great Day
1945
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as Pub Customer
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Age: 53
Meet Sexton Blake
1945
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as Mrs. Bardell
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Age: 52
Waterloo Road
1945
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as
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Age: 52
Much Too Shy
1942
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as Amelia Peabody
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Age: 50
In Which We Serve
1942
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as Mrs. Blake
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Age: 50
Letter from Home
1941
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as Ethel
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Age: 49
I Thank You
1941
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as Kathleen
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Age: 49
No Image
Once a Crook
1941
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as Auntie
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Age: 49
Major Barbara
1941
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as Mrs. Price
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Age: 49
The Ghost Train
1941
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as Miss Bourne
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Age: 49
Aren't We All?
1932
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as Bit Role
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Age: 40
Hobson's Choice
1931
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as Ada Figgins
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Age: 39