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Kathleen Harrison

Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 02/23/1892 († 103, 12/07/1995) | Blackburn (United Kingdom (UK))
Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a Trio of British post-war comedies about a working-class family's misadventures, The Huggetts. She later played the charwoman Mrs. Dilber opposite Alastair Sim in the 1951 film Scrooge (US: A Christmas Carol, 1951) and a Cockney charwoman who inherits a fortune in the television series Mrs Thursday (1966–67). ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...

Oliver Twist

NR

1948 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
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Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior h ...

Scrooge

PG

1951 | 3.7/5 | 1h 26min
Fantasy, Drama
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Professor Morlant, a British Egyptologist, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those ...

The Ghoul

NR

1933 | 2.7/5 | 1h 20min
Horror, Mystery
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Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, a ...

Night Must Fall

NR

1937 | 3.7/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Movies with Kathleen Harrison as Actress(77)

as Mrs. Dilber (archive footage) (uncredited)1987 Lethal Weapon
as Elderly Lady1979 The London Connection
as Lady Clumsey1969 Lock Up Your Daughters
as Mrs. Beckett1963 West 11
as Mrs. Staggers1962 The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Cooksley1961 On the Fiddle
as Rosie1959 Alive and Kicking
as Mrs Frith1958 The Big Money
as Mrs. Farrer1958 A Cry from the Streets
as Mme. Abou1957 Seven Thunders
as Miss Gilly1956 It's a Wonderful World
as Elsie Knowles1956 Home and Away
as Emmie1955 Cast a Dark Shadow
as Nannie Cartwright1955 All for Mary
as Annie Yeo1955 Where There's a Will
as Kate1954 Lilacs in the Spring
1953 The Dog and the Diamonds
as Granny Quilliam1953 Turn the Key Softly
as Lillian Lord1952 The Happy Family
as Mother in Family Group1952 The Magic Box
as Rachel Wardle1952 The Pickwick Papers
as Mrs. Dilber1951 Scrooge
as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)1950 Trio
as Kate1950 Double Confession
as Mrs. McCabe1950 Waterfront Women
as Ethel Huggett1949 Vote for Huggett
as Ethel Huggett1949 The Huggetts Abroad
as Mrs. Brown1949 Now Barabbas
as Isobel1949 Golden Arrow
as Mona's Mother1949 Landfall
as Mrs Sowerberry1948 Oliver Twist
as Violet1948 The Winslow Boy
as Ethel Huggett1948 Here Come the Huggetts
as Ethel Brawn1948 Bond Street
as Mrs. Ethel Huggett1947 Holiday Camp
as Mrs. Catt1947 The Shop at Sly Corner
as Mabel Slater1947 Temptation Harbour
as Waitress (uncredited)1946 I See a Dark Stranger
as Florrie1946 Wanted for Murder
as Mrs. Bardell1945 Meet Sexton Blake
1945 Waterloo Road
as Egyptian Woman (uncredited)1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
as Pub Customer1945 Great Day
as Mrs. Purkiss1944 It Happened One Sunday
as Keith's Mother1943 The New Lot
as Amelia Peabody1942 Much Too Shy
as Mrs. Blake1942 In Which We Serve
as Kathleen1941 I Thank You
as Miss Bourne1941 The Ghost Train
as Auntie1941 Once a Crook
as Mrs. Price1941 Major Barbara
as Ethel1941 Letter from Home
as Mrs. Schifan1940 The Flying Squad
as Mrs. James1940 A Call for Arms!
as Cook1940 Girl in the News
as Mrs. Lightbody1940 They Came by Night
as Housekeeper1940 Salvage with a Smile
as Bit Role1940 Gaslight
as Kitchen Maid1939 Discoveries
as Penelope1939 A Girl Must Live
as Mrs. Coates1939 The Outsider
as Mabel1938 Convict 99
as Parlour Maid1938 The Terror
as May1938 Bank Holiday
as Annie1937 Aren't Men Beasts!
as Emily Terence1937 Night Must Fall
as Belinda1937 Wanted!
as Secretary1936 Jury's Evidence
as Confused Voter1936 The Tenth Man
as Mrs. Lossy1936 Broken Blossoms
as Jane (the Maid)1935 Dandy Dick
as Agnes Carter1934 The Great Defender
1934 What Happened Then?
as Martha1933 The Man from Toronto
as Kaney1933 The Ghoul
as Bit Role1932 Aren't We All?
as Ada Figgins1931 Hobson's Choice

TV Shows/Series with Kathleen Harrison as Actress(3)

as Mrs. Dollery1979 Danger UXB
as Mrs. Henrietta Boffin1976 Our Mutual Friend
as voice1970 NBC Experiment in Television

Full Name: Kathleen Harrison
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 02/23 1892 (February) in Blackburn (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 12/07 1995 (December) in London Borough of Merton (aged: 103)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
Kathleen Harrison frequently works together with these people:
Amy Veness (9x, Actress)
Anatole de Grunwald (9x, Crew)
Charles Victor (9x, Actor)
Ken Annakin (8x, Crew)
Stanley Holloway (8x, Actor)
Leslie Dwyer (8x, Actor)
Edward Black (8x, Crew)
Muir Mathieson (8x, Crew)
Wally Patch (8x, Actor)
Johnnie Schofield (7x, Actor)
Rodney Ackland (7x, Crew)
Jeremy Sinden (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:490255, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024