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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

The London Connection
Character: Elderly Lady
MOVIE • 1979

Danger UXB
Character: Mrs. Dollery
TV • 1979

Our Mutual Friend
Character: Mrs. Henrietta Boffin
TV • 1976

Lock Up Your Daughters
Character: Lady Clumsey
MOVIE • 1969

NBC Experiment in Television
Character: (voice)
TV • 1967

Mrs Thursday
Character:
TV • 1966

BBC Play of the Month
Character: Mrs. Ashworth
TV • 1965
Martin Chuzzlewit
Character:
TV • 1964

West 11
Character: Mrs. Beckett
MOVIE • 1963

The Fast Lady
Character: Mrs. Staggers
MOVIE • 1962

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
Character: Mrs Gibbons
MOVIE • 1962

On the Fiddle
Character: Mrs. Cooksley
MOVIE • 1961

Alive and Kicking
Character: Rosie
MOVIE • 1959

A Cry from the Streets
Character: Mrs. Farrer
MOVIE • 1958

The Big Money
Character: Mrs Frith
MOVIE • 1958

Seven Thunders
Character: Mme. Abou
MOVIE • 1957

Home and Away
Character: Elsie Knowles
MOVIE • 1956

It's a Wonderful World
Character: Miss Gilly
MOVIE • 1956

All for Mary
Character: Nannie Cartwright
MOVIE • 1955

Cast a Dark Shadow
Character: Emmie
MOVIE • 1955